Framework for policy development

Components	Questions for policy makers
1 - Understand the context of disability issues	● Do you have knowledge of the aspirations of the NZ Disability Strategy? For example, do you know about the social model of disability, the human rights dimensions of the Strategy, or the history of disability issues in New Zealand in relation to your policy area? ● Have you considered whether programmes in your policy area have historically excluded or segregated disabled people from their community? ● What efforts have been made to find out how many disabled people there may be amongst your target population? ● What efforts have been made to find out the scope of unmet need in your policy area?
Policy analysis pathways	Define problem, gather information	Identify objectives, desired outcomes	Construct alternatives, develop options	Analyse options, policy outcomes	Decide, implement	Monitor, evaluate
2 - Maximise opportunities for disabled people	● Are disabled people affected by the policy problem? ● Does dealing with this problem provide opportunities to deal with other issues for disabled people?	● Have you stated or clarified desired outcomes for disabled people? ● Do the overarching goals in your policy area reflect the aspirations of the NZ Disability Strategy?	● Have you checked the NZ Disability Strategy objectives and actions? ● Do the options offer meaningful and effective opportunities for disabled people?	● Is it possible to progress the aspirations of the NZ Disability Strategy through this policy? ● Do the options promote inclusion, integration and empowerment of disabled people?	● How can you communicate the objectives of this policy in a way which will facilitate implementation of the NZ Disability Strategy?	● Are there measures in place which will collect utilisation and outcomes data for disabled people? ● Are there opportunities for change to ensure good outcomes for disabled people?
3 - Remove barriers to participation and independence	● Have you analysed barriers to participation for disabled people in your policy area? ● Is there enough information available to understand the problem in relation to disabled people?	● Do the objectives need to target disabled people to ensure barriers are removed?	● How can you eliminate barriers identified in the problem definition phase? ● Would options with explicit measures aimed at addressing barriers for disabled people contribute to achieving the objectives?	● Have you considered the peripheral impact of your options on disabled people?	● Are there a variety of approaches used to ensure disabled people are informed of the policy decisions and have access to policy initiatives and service developments?	● Are disabled people included in any evaluative or piloting samples?
4 - Involve disabled people and the wider disability sector	● Have you checked with the disability community and wider disability sector to see what information sources (including policy views) are available? ● Does your project plan and/or implementation plan explain how the disability community are/were/will be involved in the process? ● What consultation techniques will you use, or have you used, to check assumptions and decisions with the disability community at all stages of the policy process? ● Have you amended decisions and assumptions to reflect advice provided by the disability community and wider disability sector? ● Have you used accessible formats when providing information about your policy to the public?