RTRFM is proud to have established a strong reputation within Western Australia and has been striving to create a diverse community of passionate music and arts lovers for more than 45 years.
We are strong advocates for inclusion, human rights and social justice and this commitment is part of our foundation that guides how we do business. It is important to us that anyone can safely participate in all that we do, and feel that they belong.
(Read the Easy Language version of this page here!)
We want to make sure that we continue to be a welcoming and respectful radio station, especially for people with disability/disabilities.
Here’s what we’ve done so far
In late 2021, RTRFM formed a Disability Inclusion Advisory Group (DIAG) to help guide us towards making our station, programming and events even more inclusive and accessible. This coincided with the launch of Breaking Sound Barriers, an ongoing initiative to provide podcasting and broadcasting training to people with disability. (Listen to the podcast here! 2024 graduates pictured.)
The members of the DIAG continue to meet quarterly.
Disability Inclusion Plan
One of the first outputs from the DIAG was our Disability Inclusion Plan (DIP), which provides RTRFM with a practical roadmap towards improved inclusion and accessibility, developed by our disability-led working group.
The Plan is intended to act a living document that will be adjusted and amended based upon ongoing feedback, engagement and consultation. (NB: The draft DIP was first published on 29 June 2022 and the updated DIP was shared on 2 December 2022. It will be again reviewed in 2024.)
RTRFM thanks the DIAG for their work and support thus far, and we thank the wider public for their patience and collaboration as we aim to make our community ever more accepting.
- RTRFM – Disability Inclusion Plan (PDF)
- RTRFM – Disability Inclusion Plan (docx)
- RTRFM – Disability Inclusion Plan (PDF – large print)
- RTRFM – Disability Inclusion Plan (docx – large print)
Listen to the audio version of the Plan below:
More Information
If you are deaf or have a hearing or speech impairment, contact us through the National Relay Service.
- TTY users phone 133 677 then ask for 08 9260 9210
- Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727 then ask for 08 9260 9210
- Internet relay users connect to the NRS then ask for 08 9260 9210
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Please note, we will refer to the definition of disability that is used within the Disability Discrimination Act as outlined on the Australian Human Rights Commission Website. This includes physical, intellectual, psychiatric, sensory, neurological and learning disabilities. It also includes physical disfigurement and the presence in the body of disease-causing organisms, such as the HIV virus.
