| Long-term life outcomes for disabled people: ideally indicators below require analysis at total population level and by impairment type, ethnicity, gender, age, and location (i.e. urban vs rural) |
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| Citizenship: “I participate in my community”
Disabled people have equality of choices, rights, responsibilities as non-disabled people
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- Number of national and locally-based anti-discrimination programmes
- Extent to which achievements of disabled people are celebrated
- Extent to which perspectives of disabled people are included on ethical and bioethical debates
- Legislative or strategy development aimed at promoting equality
- Level of participation in democratic processes
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- Review of legislation
- Review of media
- Documentation on ethical and bioethical debates
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- Disabled people’s heard voice through case studies
- Electoral Commission has published research looking at Māori participation rates. Explore whether possible to do same for disabled people
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Health: “I feel healthy and well”
Disabled people have access to appropriate health and wellbeing services
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- Level of awareness of, access to and use of disability support, health and wellbeing services
- Level of awareness and use of needs assessment
- Percentage of disabled people who perceive accessing disability supports, health and wellbeing services to be simple
- Percentage of disabled people who perceive disability supports as fair and flexible Percentage of disabled people who perceive their health and wellbeing needs are timely met
- Percentage of disabled people who feel they are at the centre of service and support provision
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- Statistics New Zealand’s post-census Disability Survey – support, equipment and services
- Ministry of Health administrative data including the Client Claims Processing System (CCPS) database
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- Perception based indicators assessed via case studies with disabled people
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Education: “I am learning new things”
Disabled people have equal opportunities to learn and develop in local educational centres
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- Level of access to local early childhood, primary, and secondary schools for disabled children
- Percentage of disabled children participating in formal education
- Percentage of disabled children participating in some aspects of mainstream education
- Level of access to New Zealand Sign Language, communication technologies and human aids to develop effective communications
- Equitable access to resources for education needs
- Percentage of disabled people with a school qualification
- Level of access for disabled people to tertiary education
- Percentage of adult disabled people attending tertiary institutions
- Percentage of disabled people with a post-school qualification
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- Statistics New Zealand’s post-census Disability Survey – education
- Ministry of Education’s Special Education administrative data including distribution of resources for education needs
- Coverage of disability issues and learning needs for disabled people in teacher training and professional development courses
- Administrative data of tertiary institutions about their disability responsiveness
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Perception based indicators assessed via case studies with disabled people |
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Employment: “I have meaningful employment”
Disabled people have meaningful employment of their choice
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- Number of and access to programmes to facilitate transition from school to work for disabled people
- Number of and access to vocation services by working-age disabled people
- Number of and access to career services by working-age disabled people
- Percentage of working age disabled people in employment
- Level of support available for working-age disabled people to access employment
- Percentage of working-age disabled people receiving appropriate support to enable work
- Percentage of working-age disabled people who are satisfied with their employment and vocational choices
- Percentage of employers who are aware of abilities, value and contribution of disabled people
- Level of availability of communication services, resources and flexible workplace options
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- Statistics New Zealand’s post-census Disability Survey – employment
- State Services Commission’s data on disabled people employed in the public sector
- Ministry of Social Development’s administrative data
- Review of performance reporting of providers contracted to provide transition and career service, placement assistance and vocational service
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- Survey to measure employers’ perceptions of disabled people (Workbridge has undertaken survey in this area in the past)
- Perception based indicators assessed via case studies with disabled people
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Income: “I pay for things”
Disabled people’s income supports their independence and their choices
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- Level of income support provisions
- Level of flexibility in income support benefits making transition to work and training easier
- Level of income of working age disabled people
- Percentage of disabled people who manage their finances
- Number of disabled people active in unions and other staff and service organisations
- Percentage of disabled people who perceive their income is adequate to support their independence
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- Statistics New Zealand’s post-census Disability Survey – income
- Ministry of Social Development’s Work and Income administrative data
- ACC’s administrative data
- Union and other staff and service organisations membership and governance data
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- Type and availability of data from Ministry of Social Development’s ACC’s, union’s etc requires further scoping
- Perception based indicators assessed via case studies with disabled people
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Housing: “I have my own home”
Disabled people have a secure, accessible, affordable, quality home in the community
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- Percentage of disabled people who own their home
- Percentage of disabled people living in long-term residential care (adults and children)
- Percentage of public housing stock accessible to disabled people
- Level of use of needs-based-customised modifications to enable accessibility within and from the home
- Percentage of disabled people who say it is easy to access suitable state and private housing through ‘best match”, cross-agency case management, and support and advocacy
- Level and effective use supply of modified housing stock
- Level of use of universal design and accessibility principles in new public and private housing stock
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- Statistics New Zealand’s Disability Survey – house and home
- Statistics New Zealand’s Disability Survey – living in residential facilities
- Reporting mechanisms of Housing New Zealand and supporting agencies (i.e. information available from the Rental database)
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- Type and availability of local authorities data about use of universal design requires further scoping
- Disabled people’s voice heard through case studies
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Transport and environment: “I can move around”
Disabled people have available, accessible and affordable transport and access to built environment
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- Proportion of public buildings, facilities, and environments that are accessible to disabled people
- Percentage of disabled people who undertake independent journeys
- Percentage of disabled people who can access and use public transport
- Percentage of public transport personnel trained in disability responsiveness
- Percentage of training requirements included in driver licensing and contract service delivery
- Percentage of disabled students able to use School Transport Assistance in a non-discriminatory and equitable basis
- Level of implementation and monitoring of national accessibility performance standards, as enforced by the Ministry of Transport
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- Statistics New Zealand’s post-census Disability Survey – travel and transport
- Data from Ministry of Transport, Land Transport
- Barrier Free Trust
- State Services Commission’s accessibility survey
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- Access to data from Ministry of Transport may need to be negotiated
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Recreation: “I have fun”
Disabled people enjoy cultural and recreation activities of their choice
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- Proportion of disabled people involved in sports and recreation
- Proportion of disabled people involved in cultural activities
- Level of training offered to staff and volunteers working in recreation who are trained in disability responsiveness
- Proportion of staff and volunteers working in recreation of disability responsiveness
- Proportion of disability support providers who are trained in sport and recreation and cultural activities
- Level of availability of and access to inclusive and exclusive sporting and recreation options for disabled people
- Proportion of disabled people who feel it is easy to access sport, recreation and cultural activities
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- SPARC
- Department of Conservation
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- Type and availability of data from central government agencies requires further scoping
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Relationships: “I have friends and lovers”
Disabled people make and keep relationships
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- Percentage of disabled people making their own choices about their relationships, sexuality, and reproductive potential
- Percentage of disabled people supported by families and whānau
- Percentage of disabled people who are supported to develop independent communication
- Percentage of disabled people who have opportunities to meet new friends
- Percentage of disabled people in long-term relationships
- Percentage of disabled people who perceive they have opportunities to meet new friends
- Percentage of disabled people who have access to supports to maintain friendships
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- Disabled people’s voice through case studies
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Value: “I feel valued”
Disabled people are highly valued by society
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- Percentage of disabled people who feel their contribution to society is valued
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- New Zealand based media analysis
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- Disabled people's voice through case studies
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Needs of diverse groups including Māori, Pacific people, children, women and the families/whānau and other providers of support to disabled people
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- Assessment of the needs of each of these diverse groups across the life indicators above, more specific indicators are detailed below:
- Level of disability support services designed and provided by Māori for Māori, and by Pacific people for Pacific people
- Level of access to and cultural appropriateness of mainstream service providers for Māori and Pacific peoples
- Level of training received by Māori and Pacific disability service provider professional
- Level of training available for trilingual interpreters for Deaf people
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- Statistics New Zealand’s post-census Disability Survey – Māori and disability
- Statistics New Zealand’s post-census Disability Survey – Pacific people and disability
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- Unknown the extent to which existing data about disabled people can be robustly analysed at these subgroup levels
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