Authors: Department of Social Services
Overview
Vision and Purpose Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 (the Strategy) is Australia’s national disability policy framework. It sets out a plan for continuing to improve the lives of people with disability in Australia over the next ten years.
Vision The Strategy’s vision is for an inclusive Australian society that ensures people with disability can fulfill their potential, as equal members of the community. In line with Australia’s commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), this Strategy will play an important role in protecting, promoting and realising the human rights of people with disability.
Purpose The purpose of the Strategy is to:
• provide national leadership towards greater inclusion of people with disability
• guide activity across all areas of public policy to be inclusive and responsive to people with disability
• drive mainstream services and systems to improve outcomes for people with disability
• engage, inform and involve the whole community in achieving a more inclusive society.
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