Toolkit - Resources

Toolkit documents

• Disability Perspective Toolkit - web version | Word - 648Kb
• Framework for policy development - web version | Word - 151Kb
• Checklist for Cabinet papers - web version | Word - 148Kb

About disability

• Brief facts about disabled people - web version | Word - 91Kb
• Information about disabled people - web version | Word - 97Kb
• Key concepts - web version | Word - 202Kb
• About the New Zealand Disability Strategy
• New Zealand Disability Strategy - Objectives - Word - 372Kb
• Shifts in thinking about disability - Word - 84Kb
• Participation in All Areas of Life - ‘Ordinary Life’ model - Word - 167Kb

Government sector

• Journeys Towards Equality: Taking Stock of New Zealand's Efforts to Reduce Discrimination Against People with Experience of Mental Illness. Mental Health Commission. 2004.
• Discriminating Times? A re-survey of New Zealand print media reporting on mental health. Mental Health Commission. June 2005.
• Our Lives in 2014: A recovery vision from people with experience of mental illness. Mental Health Commission. 2004.
• To Have an Ordinary Life: Community membership for adults with an intellectual disability. National Health Committee, September 2003.
• Human Rights in New Zealand Today. Human Rights Commission. August 2004.
• New Zealand Action Plan for Human Rights: Priorities for Action 2005-2010. Human Rights Commission.
• Housing Choices for Disabled New Zealanders. Centre for Housing Research New Zealand, March 2005.
• Disability and work participation in New Zealand: Outcomes relating to paid employment and benefit receipt. Ministry of Social Development, June 2005.
• Reducing discrimination against people with mental illness: Multi-agency plan 2005-2007. Mental Health Commission. November 2005.

Disability sector

• Twelve point action plan to improve services and facilities for people with hearing impairments. Hearing Association, March 2003.
• As We See It - Accessing New Zealand Via Non-Visual Means. Association of Blind Citizens New Zealand, July 2003.
• Community Participation: People with disabilities finding their place. Report on the CCS Analysis Project. NZCCS, October 2004.

Statistics on disabled people

Census 2001

• Living with a Disability in New Zealand: A descriptive analysis of results from the 2001 Household Disability Survey and the 2001 Disability Survey of Residential Facilities – 2004, Ministry of Health
• Census 2001 summary snapshot on disabled people – Statistics New Zealand

The Social Report

• Information on the social health and wellbeing of New Zealand society. Indicators are used to measure levels of wellbeing, to monitor trends over time and to make comparisons with other countries – Ministry of Social Development
  Read the Social Report

Population and sustainable development

• a single point of access to a comprehensive collection of New Zealand population statistics provided by a wide range of government departments and agencies.
  Read about Population and Sustainable Development

Consultation and communication with the disability sector

Planning consultation

• Running an Accessible Meeting - web version | Word - 153Kb
• Working with New Zealand Sign Language Interpreters - web version | Word - 160Kb
• Key contacts for consultation with the disability sector - Word - 512Kb
• Inclusive Communities: Guidelines about Disability for Councils and District Health Boards from DPA and NZCCS, 2004

Communication formats

• Tips on Using Subtitles - web version | Word - 231Kb
• Guidelines for Plain Language Information. IHC Advocacy Service, 2005. - web version | Word - 106Kb

Government responsiveness

• Guidelines for Gender Analysis (Ministry of Women’s Affairs)
• Ethnic Perspectives in Policy (Office of Ethnic Affairs)
• Pacific Analysis Framework (Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs)

Experiences of disability – case studies

• Case studies of disabled people experiences - web version | Word - 88Kb

• Life is for Living – 25 New Zealanders living with disability tell their stories 2005

References from the toolkit

1: Understanding the context of disability

• Cabinet Office – Step by Step Guide to Cabinet and Cabinet Committees, chapter 3: Policy Development Process Required by Cabinet
• Ministry of Justice – The Non-Discrimination Standards for Government and the Public Sector: Guidelines on how to apply the standards and who is covered
• Bill of Rights Act 1990
• Human Rights Act 1993
• Appendix 4: An historical overview of disability services and policies in New Zealand in Briefing to the Incoming Minister for Disability Issues 2002
• Part one - Historical overview in Who is Responsible for the Provision of Support Services for People with Disabilities?, National Health Committee, 1997

2: Maximise opportunities for disabled people

• To Have an Ordinary Life - Community membership for adults with an intellectual disability. National Health Committee, September 2003.

3: Remove barriers to participation and independence

• Human Rights Commission: Exemptions under the Human Rights Act
• Ministry of Justice: The Non-discrimination Standards for Government and the Public Sector

4: Involving the disability community and wider disability sector in your work

• Statement of Government Intentions for an Improved Community–Government Relationship
• Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector – works alongside departments that are developing policy that impacts on the community and voluntary sector.
• Good Practice Participate – provides advice to departments on engaging successfully with community, voluntary, iwi and Māori organisations when decisions are being made or input being sought.
• Good Practice Funding – provides advice for improving government agency funding practice, with a focus on government funding of non government organisations.
• The Treasury Guidelines for Contracting with Non government Organisations for Service Sought by the Crown is a useful resource that signals the government’s expectations of government agencies and their relationships with non-government organisations. These guidelines were updated in December 2003.