All policy is disability policy. Every policy and service decision should be considered an opportunity to create a place where disabled people have an equal opportunity to achieve their goals and aspirations.

This toolkit is designed to:

• help users consider the needs and aspirations of disabled people and their family/whānau
• show users how to explore the disability impacts of your policy as you move through the policy process.
• prompt your thinking with key questions, examples and links to useful information and data
• help you incorporate Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the New Zealand Disability Strategy, and New Zealand’s obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) into your work.