The University will address access issues in its communication, digital and physical environments, to improve access and participation in the life of the University for all students, staff and visitors. DEMOGRAPHICS People with disabilities make up a significant proportion of our community. Disability is a part of the human experience. According to the World Report on Disability everyone will be temporarily or permanently “almost impaired at some point in life, and those who survive to old age will experience increasing difficulties in functioning.” According to the World Health Organization: a billion people or about 15% of the world's population, have some form of disability. “Over Between 110 million and 190 million people have significant difficulties in functioning. Rates of disability are increasing due to population ageing and increases in chronic health conditions, among other causes. Persons with disabilities on average as a group experience worse socioeconomic outcomes than persons without disabilities, such as less education, worse health outcomes, less employment, and higher poverty rates.” According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009, in Australia 18.5 percent or more than four million people reported as having a disability. In Australia: 15 percent of Australians of working age (15-64 years of age) have a disability 54 percent of people with a disability are in a job or looking for one. 83 percent of people with no disability are in a job or looking for one. young Australians with a disability (15-29 years of age) are significantly less likely than their peers to complete Year 12 or equivalent the majority of disabilities (approximately 88 percent are not visible) one in five Australians will experience a mental health problem at some point in their lives In 2011 two percent of staff at the University identified as having a disability and 0.2 percent of staff required a work-related adjustment to support them in the workplace.
The University will address access issues in its communication, digital and physical environments, to improve access and participation in the life of the University for all students, staff and visitors. DEMOGRAPHICS People with disabilities make up a significant proportion of our community. Disability is a part of the human experience. According to the World Report on Disability “almost everyone will be temporarily or permanently impaired at some point in life, and those who survive to old age will experience increasing difficulties in functioning.” According to the World Health Organization: “Over a billion people or about 15% of the world's population, have some form of disability. Between 110 million and 190 million people have significant difficulties in functioning. Rates of disability are increasing due to population ageing and increases in chronic health conditions, among other causes. Persons with disabilities on average as a group experience worse socioeconomic outcomes than persons without disabilities, such as less education, worse health outcomes, less employment, and higher poverty rates.” According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2009, in Australia 18.5 percent or more than four million people reported as having a disability. In Australia: 15 percent of Australians of working age (15-64 years of age) have a disability 54 percent of people with a disability are in a job or looking for one. 83 percent of people with no disability are in a job or looking for one. young Australians with a disability (15-29 years of age) are significantly less likely than their peers to complete Year 12 or equivalent the majority of disabilities (approximately 88 percent are not visible) one in five Australians will experience a mental health problem at some point in their lives In 2011 two percent of staff at the University identified as having a disability and 0.2 percent of staff required a work-related adjustment to support them in the workplace.
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