The Victorian autism plan has a strong connection with Inclusive Victoria: state disability plan 2022–2026 (also known as Inclusive Victoria). Both plans share key priority areas.
Inclusive Victoria outlines the wider disability inclusion policy and reforms for Victoria. It also has a framework that supports the autism plan. The Victorian autism plan, like Inclusive Victoria, includes specific actions for the autism community. For example, it aims to improve access to autism assessment and diagnosis.
The refreshed plan commits to reporting on both actions and outcomes. It recognises the need to align with Inclusive Victoria’s outcomes framework and a new national autism strategy.
In 2024, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing hired Amaze to create a data framework for the Victorian autism plan. This framework has strategies to track outcomes for autistic Victorians, their families and carers. The framework works alongside the State disability plan outcomes framework.
Amaze created the framework with input from community partners, data custodians and stakeholders. The framework has:
- datasets for tracking outcomes
- recommendations for data management
- clear communication of results.
The framework has a proposed list of outcome indicators, including proposed headline indicators. In consultation with the Victorian autism plan’s governance groups:
- the Victorian Government will consider the proposed indicators in 2025
- we will incorporate approved measures into the State disability plan outcomes framework.
The project found existing data sources. It also noted gaps where indicators are not tracked. The draft report made recommendations to address data gaps.
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