
Central to the NFSA’s work is our mission to tell the national story in all its diversity. Inherent in this work is the recognition that disability forms an integral part of the diverse picture of our Australian community. As such, the NFSA puts inclusion at the forefront of all our activities.
In formulating this Diversity Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP), we collaborated with Accessible Arts, the peak arts and disability organisation in NSW. We also engaged with a diversity of stakeholders including partner organisations, community members and staff who provided their insights and feedback on access and inclusion at the NFSA.
The NFSA embraces the social model of disability. We recognise that the barriers a person with disability experiences are from the environment and the society they live in and are not inherent to their condition. By shifting the focus from a person's medical diagnosis to barriers that may cause marginalisation through limiting participation, representation, autonomy and self-expression, we are empowered to make change by addressing these barriers.
We have taken the opportunity to interrogate what services we provide, as well as how we provide them. Services such as ramps and audio describing are critical, but so are our collecting and programming policies that define what we collect, and what we
select for screening, streaming and display.
Ensuring that Australians living with disability see themselves in our collection is as important as offering the collection to others to help them see the world from different vantage points.
Read the full CEO statement in the DIAP.
Patrick McIntyre,
Chief Executive Officer
We have set ourselves the following goals to achieve over the course of this DIAP, to improve accessibility and inclusion across the NFSA. In each of these four areas, we have developed a range of strategies and actions to deliver over the next four years.
Accessible versions of our DIAP are available in the following formats:
Hard copy formats are also available to borrow from reception, or contact us.
You can find accessibility information about visiting our Canberra building in Acton on our Visit Us page.
We value community feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts and experiences with us to ensure our continued improvement and progress in meeting the goals in our DIAP.
For general enquiries, feedback and services, please contact:
enquiries@nfsa.gov.au
+61 2 6248 2000
Toll free (within Australia): 1800 067 274
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.