Forget colouring in, join the dots Jay!
30/12/2015
December 30, 2015
Dignity for Disability MLC Kelly Vincent – Media release
Dignity for Disability MLC, Kelly Vincent says colouring in is now officially passé, and the next big thing is joining the dots.
“I would like to begin with number one, and I challenge Jay Weatherill and the SA government take a leaf out of my dot-to-dot book and do likewise,” says Kelly Vincent.
“If the Premier wants to be on trend in 2016, he might like to adopt some of Dignity for Disability’s ideas,” said Ms Vincent.
- Implement full accessibility across Adelaide Metro bus fleet.
- Pay communication experts to provide assistance as part of the Disability Justice Plan (just the way we pay translators).
- Mandate a demerit point penalty for parking in an accessible carpark without a permit.
- Extend passenger rail from Tonsley to Flinders University and FMC.
- Support industry to manufacture and service mobility aids and assistive devices locally, and develop post-market vehicle modifications expertise.
- Incorporate four key universal design features: step-free entry; wider doorways; reinforced bathroom walls for rails and a toilet on the ground floor, in all new housing.
- Include epilepsy as a disability in SA definition of disability for state services (such as disability parking permit).
- Increase accessibility in all SA wineries and other venues to improve safety, and increase ageing and disability tourism.
- Employ more, not fewer, people with disabilities in the SA public sector workforce.
- Ensure facilities exist in SA schools for therapy sessions under the NDIS.
