What are we changing in 2022?

A magnifying glass next to a thumbs up and a change icon.

In 2022 we checked the Act to find out what:

still works well
needs to change.

An Act document and a magnifying glass.

We asked an expert to check the Act.

His name is Richard Dennis.

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Mr Dennis shared a list of recommendations for the SA Government.

Recommendations are ideas for how to make something better.

An Inclusive SA document with 4 circles labelled one, 2, 3 and 4. There is a change icon next to the document.

Some of Mr Dennis’s recommendations were about how to change Inclusive SA.

The Australia Disability Strategy document with a thumbs up icon next to it.

Mr Dennis said we should change Inclusive SA to better support the Strategy.

The new Strategy document with the number 7 next to an exclamation mark.

The Strategy has 7 outcomes.

A clipboard with outcomes on it.

Outcomes are important results the Australian Government wants to achieve.

Inclusive SA document with 4 circles labelled one, 2, 3 and 4. Next to it is the number 7 next to an exclamation mark.

We want our plan to use the same 7 outcomes as the Strategy.

We will change this when:

Inclusive SA document with 4 circles labelled one, 2, 3 and 4. Next to it is a calendar with a stop hand icon on it.

our current plan ends

Inclusive SA document with a new icon on it. Next to it is a calendar that has '2023' on it.

the new plan starts in 2023.

An annual report next to a calendar with a change icon on it.

Mr Dennis also said we need to change when we share our annual report each year.

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At the moment our annual reports:

start on 1 July
end on 31 June.

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In the future our annual reports will:

start on 1 January
end on 31 December.

A calendar with 2023 on it and a change icon next to it.

We will change this in 2023.

So this annual report also includes what we did in the last 6 months of 2022.

What did we do from July to December 2022?

A booklet with the title 'See Me For Me' and an icon of a person with their hand raised.

On 1 July 2022, we shared the ‘See Me For Me’ project.

‘See Me For Me’ supports South Australians to see people with disability for:

who they are
not just their disability.

A TV, a mobile and a radio.

We shared ‘See Me For Me’ on:

TV
radio
social media.

A man looking up and thinking with a thought bubble with the change icon in it.

After we shared this, we wanted to find out if people had changed what they thought about disability.

A woman looking up and thinking with a thought bubble containing the disability icon.

We found that over 50% of people said the project made them think about what it’s like to live with a disability.

2 people sitting on a chair smiling. Above them it reads 1.8 million dollars and a calendar with 4 years on it.

We gave $1.8 million over the next 4 years to make the Community Visitors Scheme (CVS) better.

A worker visiting the home of an elderly person.

Community Visitors visit people with disability where they live to make sure they are safe.

A screen showing a video of someone supporting another person.

Wellbeing SA worked with others to make a video that supports people with disability.

It explains how to find and use NDIS services when they are in hospital.

2 people talking to a doctor in a hospital.

Wellbeing SA is also working with others to support healthcare workers to find information on different health conditions.

A beach with a Mobi-Mat leading out to the sand.

Community Living Australia worked with Kangaroo Island Council.

They will install a Mobi-Mat at the Kangaroo Island tidal pool.

The Mobi-Mat will make the beach more accessible.