Every person is unique.
The supports a person with disability may need must
fit their own needs, goals and interests.
People have control over their own lives.
Every person is at the centre of their life and
planning should put the
person at the centre, making choices about their
home and their goals.
Lives change.
To take into account the changes in people's lives
and goals, supports must change too.
All people make contributions.
All people with disability contribute to society.
Some people with disability need support to have
opportunities to contribute through their work,
leisure, and relationships.
People belong together.
People with disability need to belong to the same
workplaces, clubs, associations and ordinary places
that people without disability belong to. People with
and without disability need opportunities to have
relationships with each other.
People with disability are treated as adults.
People may need support to be treated the same as
people their age without disability.
Cultural backgrounds are respected.
Where a person with disability gets support it
should be sensitive to their cultural background.
Home is a safe place, free from abuse and neglect
and like other people's homes in the
neighbourhood.
People with disability have secure funding
The supports a person may need are guaranteed for
life.
