Under the guidance of the Steering Group for national disability reform, we designed and implemented a national engagement program to reach people with disability, their families and carers, disability organisations and service providers, advocates and other interested stakeholders to inform the next national disability strategy for 2020 and beyond.
We facilitated 17 consultation events, 12 in-depth interviews (including with harder to reach groups), managed a public survey which received more than 2,600 responses, and moderated an open online forum. We assisted the Commonwealth and states and territories to promote and organise the workshop events, which were attended by 600 people over an 8-week period.
All events were designed to be highly accessible for all people with disability, including physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities. We created multiple methods for engagement and input at each event, in order to respond to a wide variety of accessibility needs.
Our final report, Right to opportunity: Consultation report to help shape the next national disability strategy, was published in December 2019.
Under the guidance of the Steering Group for national disability reform, we designed and implemented a national engagement program to reach people with disability, their families and carers, disability organisations and service providers, advocates and other interested stakeholders to inform the next national disability strategy for 2020 and beyond.
The Social Deck acknowledges the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. Our staff live and work on the lands of many First Nations peoples, including the Gubbi Gubbi or Kabi Kabi people, the Turrbal and Yuggera people, the Bundjalung people, the Ngarigo and Ngunnawal people and the Wadawurrung people. These peoples have lived on and cared for these lands for thousands of generations, and their sovereignty has never been ceded. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders past and present.
The Social Deck acknowledges the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and community. Our staff live and work on the lands of many First Nations peoples, including the Gubbi Gubbi or Kabi Kabi people, the Turrbal and Yuggera people, the Bundjalung people, the Ngarigo and Ngunnawal people and the Wadawurrung people. These peoples have lived on and cared for these lands for thousands of generations, and their sovereignty has never been ceded. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders past and present.
