Priority issues – your views Through our engagement and capacity building work on the Disability Convention a range of issues have been highlighted What.

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Priority issues – your views Through our engagement and capacity building work on the Disability Convention a range of issues have been highlighted What are the top three priorities from the list or ones of your own? Evidence?

Access to justice Including: access to courts and tribunals, reporting and prosecuting incidents of harassment or bullying; participation on juries; support for people with learning disabilities; changes to legal aid Articles 9, 12, 13 and14

Accessible information and communication Including: access to information about rights and legal protection; helpline/advisory services; Easy Read; BSL; access for deafblind people; provision in rural areas Articles 4.1(g) & (h), 9 and 21

Education Including: educational attainment rates; support for young disabled people transitioning from statutory education to post 16 education and training; inclusive education; SEN provision; harassment and bullying. Article 24 UK reservation / interpretative declaration

Health and social care Including: mental health laws and detention; health and social care provision. Articles 4.1(i), 16, 19, 20, 22, 25 and 26

Independent living Including: mental health laws and detention; health and social care provision. Articles 4.1(i), 16, 19, 20, 22, 25 and 26

Involvement Including: decision-making by national and local government; equality impact assessments; involvement of people who are housebound and those who live outside main cities; awareness of the Convention and involvement in implementation Articles 4.1(c), 4.3, 4.5 and 33.3

Participation in political / public life Including: representation of disabled people in national and local government; public appointments Article 29

Transport Including: accessible infrastructure and transport; planning and development stages of new transport projects; accessible transport in rural areas. Articles 9, 20

Welfare reform Including: changes to benefits; assessment arrangements; poverty and income levels; housing; ability to live independently; changes in social care provision and other local authority services. Articles 4.1(c), 9, 19 and 28

Work and training Including: disability-related bullying; barriers getting into work; high levels of discrimination in recruitment; barriers to staying in and getting on in work. Articles 8.2(a)(iii) and 27

Other priority issues Another issue, not on the list? Issues affecting particular groups of disabled people? Issues relating to the UK Initial report? More or / and more up to date information needed? Clarification needed?