Children and youth who experience disability should enjoy full and active lives, in conditions which ensure their dignity, promote self-reliance, and facilitate their active participation in the community.

Key steps:

• Ensure that government agencies, disability sector agencies, organisations of children, youth and families, and carers work in a collaborative and empowering way to support children and youth who experience disability and their families.
• Ensure that children, youth and their families are able to access effective child or youth and family-focused support, education, health care services, rehabilitation services, recreation opportunities and training to help children and youth to achieve the greatest possible self-reliance and lead full and active lives in society.
• Introduce ways of involving children and youth in decision-making and giving them greater control over their lives.

Question

 25. How can the Government enable children and youth who experience disability to lead full and active lives?