EEO and Diversity

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SESSION 1
Mei Wood Manager, Human Resources Department of
Consumer and Employment Protection Ph 9282
0919 Email mwood_at_docep.wa.gov.au
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The Governments policy position on equity and
diversity is simple and clear The Government
is committed to developing an equitable and
diverse public sector workforce which is
representative of the Western Australian
community at all levels of employment and enables
employees to combine work and family
responsibilities. Equity and Diversity Plan
for the Public Sector Workforce 2006 - 2009
Human Resources Branch, Department of Consumer
and Employment Protection
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Representation of people with a disability
employed in the WA Public Sector and the
Department of Consumer and Employment Protection
from 2001- 2002 to 2007- 2008 Community
Representation of People with a Disability - 4
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Workforce Distribution (Equity Index) of people
with a disability in the WA Public Sector and the
Department of Consumer and Employment
Protection from 2001 - 2002 to 2007 - 2008
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What type of work can people with a disability do?

• The following people all had a disability
• Beethoven (was deaf when he composed his 9th
  Symphony)
• Albert Einstein (had a learning disability, did
  not speak until age 3, and had a difficult time
  doing maths in school)
• Alexander Graeme Bell (learning disability)
• Isaac Newton (stutter and epilepsy)
• Lord Byron (epilepsy)
• Julius Caesar (epilepsy)
• Alexander the Great (epilepsy)
• Hans Christian Anderson (dyslexia)
• Ray Charles (blind)
• Stevie Wonder (blind)
• Jose Feliciano (blind)
• General George Patton (learning disability)
• George Washington (learning disability)
• Franklin Roosevelt (at age 39, his legs were
  paralysed by polio, he became governor of New
  York state and was elected president)
• Teddy Roosevelt (asthma, visual impairment)
• Woodrow Wilson (learning disability and severely
  dyslexic)

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QUESTIONS Mei Wood, Manager Human
Resources Department of Consumer and Employment
Protection