Community attitudes priorities

Identify and share evidence-informed approaches

Identify and share evidence-informed approaches to shifting community attitudes.

What we have done and continue to do: 

  • Funded and guided two waves of the ‘Change Your Reactions’ multimedia campaign. This campaign builds helpful attitudes and behaviours towards autistic people and their families. We will deliver more waves of this campaign in 2023 and 2024. Messaging will focus on areas where autistic people particularly miss out, such as work.

Lead division: Disability Complex Needs and Emergency Management

Facilitate activities to change community attitudes

Facilitate activities to change community attitudes including efforts to build disability-confident and inclusive workforces.

What we have done and continue to do: 

  • The departments of Health and of Families, Fairness and Housing lead the Disability Liaison Officer program. The program works in Victorian health services to help people with disability to navigate the health system and access care and treatment.
  • Leverage good practice across government in capacity building and working well with people with disability.

Lead division: Disability Complex Needs and Emergency Management

Deliver a state-wide campaign

Deliver a state-wide campaign to celebrate and support LGBTIQA+ communities, including LGBTIQA+ people with disability.

What we have done and continue to do: 

  • Ensure visibility of LGBTIQA+ people with disabilities in public-facing products, campaigns and documents. Pilot an LGBTIQA+ Disability Expert Advisory Group to ensure the voices of people with disabilities inform LGBTIQA+ policy in the Equality portfolio. 

Lead division: Fairer Victoria Engagement