Principles

Principles are values that guide behaviour and create a shared understanding about what is important. This plan is based on the following principles for people living with disability:

• Fundamental human rights, responsibility and autonomy.
• Individual worth and dignity.
• Participation in social and economic life.
• The right to realise physical, social, sexual, reproductive, emotional and intellectual capacities.
• The right to make decisions, including supported decisions, and to take risks.
• Access to information in appropriate forms.
• Respect for cultural or linguistic diversity, age, gender, sexual orientation and religious beliefs.
• Rights to privacy and confidentiality.
• Live free from neglect, abuse and exploitation.
• Rights to pursue complaints and access justice.
• Acknowledge and respect the crucial role of families, carers and significant persons.
• Freedom of association and support to engage in family, social and friendship activities.
• Respect the needs and rights of children as they develop.
• Acknowledge and respect the abilities, strengths, goals and needs of people living with disability.