People with Disability

We want to make Wollongong a better place to live or visit for people of all abilities.

We work with people with disability in Wollongong to improve our city. This includes things like:

Making buildings easier to get into
Making it easier for people to use our parks, beaches and playgrounds
Making Council information easier to understand
Helping people with disabilities to get jobs
Helping people with disabilities attend events and community activities.

We also try to raise awareness about important issues for people living with disability.

Our Disability Inclusion Action Plan explains how we work to support people with disability.

We made this plan in 2016 with the help of many people in our community who live with disability. We would like to thank everyone who helped with this.

You can read the plan in three formats below.

Progress reports

Recent reports about the things we’ve done so far to meet the goals in our Disability Inclusion Action Plan are shown below.

Our Disability Access Guide has information to help you use Council’s services and access information.

Finding a paid job is often harder for people with disability. We asked local people with a disability to share stories about their experiences in the workplace.

You can read more on our EmployABILITY page.

We regularly talk with the community and ask for their ideas to help us make decisions about Council services and projects. It’s important that people with disability have the chance to join these conversations.

To find out about the things we’re currently working on visit the Have Your Say Wollongong website or call (02) 4227 7111.

We work to make our community events accessible. You can see a list of upcoming events that have accessible features below, or call us on (02) 4227 7111 to discuss your needs.

Accessible events

31 Dec

New Year’s Eve

26 Jan

Australia Day

04 Apr

Sculpture in the Garden 2020

Members of our community who have chronic illness or disability need extra help in an emergency.

Prepare NSW has a Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (PCEP) tool for community health and disability providers. This can be used to support those with chronic illness or disability to prepare, respond and recover from emergencies.

Visit the Prepare NSW website for more information.

We have a list of questions we are asked a lot with simple answers on our Common Questions in Easy English page.

Celebration of Ability

Saturday 23 November - Wednesday 11 December

We're celebrating the United Nations International Day of People with a Disability (3 December) with a program of activities that celebrate the achievements of people with disability.

Check out the program below.

Celebration of Ability booklet 2019 PDF, 3667.45 KB

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