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requirement for the ACT Disability Justice Strategy. The first report was published in September 2020. The ACT COVID-19 Disability Strategy is subject to annual report requirements under the auspices of the Community Services Directorate. Australia signed up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the UNCRPD) in 2008. Australia reports to the United Nations every four years, and all Australian Governments including the ACT contribute to this national response.
(3) There is no charter of rights for people with disability in the ACT, however the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) and the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT) protect the rights of people with disability. Additionally, the Disability Services Act (ACT) 1991 includes the requirement that:
“Services should be designed and administered so as to ensure that people with disabilities have access to advocacy support where necessary to ensure adequate participation in decision-making about the services they receive” (Schedule 2 item 11).
Amendments to the Disability Services Act made in 2012 gave the Minister the power to approve disability service standards and to make regulations under the Act.
The rights of people with disability are also protected by other Commonwealth and international laws such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
(4) According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publication Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings, released on 5 February 2020, in 2018 there were approximately 80,000 people with reported disability in the ACT representing an estimated 19.4 per cent of the total ACT population.
(5)
a) The following data is sourced from the ABS publication Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings (2018). The information requested is given at higher levels of aggregation to support use of the most robust data available. Information available at finer levels is not recommended for discrete use. Note also that people with disability can fall into multiple disability groups.
|
Persons aged 0 to 64 years |
Persons aged 65 years and over |
Males |
Females |
All persons | |
|
ESTIMATE (‘000) | |||||
|
Profound or severe core activity limitation |
14.8 |
9.6 |
11.9 |
11 |
23.2 |
|
Moderate or mild core activity limitation |
20.6 |
11.7 |
13.5 |
19.7 |
33.3 |
|
Schooling or employment restriction |
34.5 |
5.3 |
19.8 |
21.8 |
40 |
|
All with specific limitations or restrictions |
44.3 |
21.5 |
32.6 |
35.2 |
67 |
|
All with reported disability |
53.1 |
24.5 |
34.7 |
41.9 |
77.3 |
|
No reported disability |
307.3 |
25.9 |
168 |
164.9 |
332.3 |
|
Total |
358.6 |
50.8 |
202.7 |
207.7 |
410.6 |
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