1. Business as usual for some Business as usual for all
DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSIONER
Shifting the Dial
BETTER
OUTCOMES
Intent
To improve outcomes for disabled New Zealanders and protect their human rights by focusing on addressing systemic issues and being intentional with our strategic advocacy ability.
Focusing Questions
How do we leverage current landscape ?
Who are the key voices and influencers that must be involved?
How can the sector and decision-makers ensure they challenge themselves and each-other enough to shift the dial meaningfully?
Who will we partner with to deliver better outcomes?
Where we are
The shift required
Where we want to be
Improvements for disabled New Zealanders have come a long way, but are not where they need to be. 24% of New Zealanders identify as having a disability, and the population is aging.
Disabled people don’t fare as well as others across key well- being outcomes. Education and employment are key to helping shift these outcomes.
The picture of disability data in New Zealand is unclear; potentially leading to untargeted service design.
Attitudes towards disabled people remain at best indifferent, at worst discriminatory, and underpin how disabled New Zealanders are treated and valued for their contributions to society.
New Zealand cities are not as accessible as they need to be for a range of users.
The disability sector is evolving and continuing to grow stronger.
Key recommendations from the UN and various inquiries have not been adequately dealt with.
Information is not accessible for a wide range of people, primarily those who are deaf, blind, or have learning disabilities.
The time is now with an incoming Government, new Disability Rights Commissioner, system transformation, focus on early intervention, and the upcoming UN reporting on CRPD outcomes.
The place of disabled people is celebrated so it becomes ‘business as usual’ across all parts of participation in society.
The narrative about disability has changed leading to greater participation and experiences for disabled people.
The dial has shifted across well-being measures towards positive outcomes for disabled Kiwis.
Disabled young people are included and succeed in the entire school system from ECE to tertiary.
The gap between labour-force participation in meaningful roles between disabled and non-disabled people closes.
New Zealand cities, homes, and services are created using universal design principles.
There is strong, representative, and effective leadership in the disability sector, operating in strong partnership with central and local government, business and community groups.
There is a robust picture of disability showing prevalence and disaggregation to allow for better provision of services and opportunities for disabled people.
Disabled New Zealanders can access the same services and information as other Kiwis in a way that meets their needs.
Business as usual for some
Business as usual for all
Key
Disabled
Non-disabled
Effort
Effortless
Reactive
Proactive
Imposed
Embraced
Forced
Natural
What do we focus on and why?
To shift the dial meaningfully, we need to focus on systemic change by tackling long-term systemic issues while always being responsive to daily issues that protect the human rights of disabled people. The two initial systemic issues we will focus on will be Education and Employment.
Improving the life course and outcomes for disabled New Zealanders through 5 priorities:
1. Education
2. Employment
3. Hearts & Minds
4. Data
5. Strong Disability Sector
42%
75%
25%
42% of disabled young people are not in education, employment or training
25% of disabled people are in the labour force compared to 75% of non-disabled people
We need to change hearts and minds
We need a better picture of disability in New Zealand
We need to support a stronger disability sector

2. How do we get to where we want to be?
DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSIONER
Shifting the Dial
BETTER
OUTCOMES
What do we focus on now?
To shift the dial meaningfully, we need to focus on systemic change by tackling long-term systemic issues while always being responsive to daily issues that protect the human rights of disabled people. The two initial systemic issues we will focus on will be:
Education
Employment
These two issues go to the heart of setting the life-course of an individual, enabling them to be economically independent, socially included, and able to make a contribution to their world.
Underpinning these two areas and other areas where change is needed are fundamental supporting blocks needed for results to be sustainable:
Changing hearts and minds
Supporting a stronger sector
Data
How do we get to where we want to be?
Specific actions
Intentional strategic advocacy across other key issues:
Deliver smart campaign to shift the hearts and minds of New Zealanders in partnership with others.
Housing
Accessibility (infrastructure, housing, transport, health, services and information)
Provide a gap analysis of data and develop solution with others for addressing.
State Abuse
Violence and abuse
Develop in partnership a communications strategy based on ‘a strong unified, credible disability sector’ messaging.
Mental Health
Support for families
Seclusion and Restraint
Bioethics and the place of disabled people in society
Present case for change (and follow up solutions) to decision-makers to ensure disabled young people are fully included in the entire school system and extra- curricular activities from ECE to tertiary education.
Neurodisability issues
Supported decision-making
Develop employment strategy involving sector and business leaders.
This program of work will be underpinned by a communications and stakeholder plan. A benefits realisation framework will also be developed to ensure our contribution to shifting outcomes can be measured.
Timeline (first wave of actions on priorities)
SEP ‘17
OCT ‘17
NOV ‘17
DEC ‘17
JAN ‘18
FEB ‘18
MAR ‘18
APR ‘18
MAY ‘18
JUN ‘18
JUL-SEP ‘18
Develop KPIs
Comms Strategy & Stakeholder Plan
Education
Develop Case for Change
Engage Ministers /Stakeholders
Scope way forward
Employment
RFP
Engage External Resource
Report Drafted
Round Tables
Options Paper Produced
Hearts & Minds
Internal Strategy Map
Engage External Resource to Develop Comprehensive Resource
Hire Consult + Socialise Concept
Socialise with Potential Funders
Development of Campaign
Data
Input into ODI Outcomes Framework
GAP Analysis
Socialise with Stakeholders
Coordination of Budget Bid
Promoting a Strong Disability Sector
Map the Sector
Develop Comms Messages
Implement Messaging Across Variety of Audiences
CRPD Reporting (Shadow)
Issues Paper
A Variety of Activities to Support the CRPD Shadow Reporting Process, Including Consultation and Thermeatic Report