This report considers the role of lived experience evidence and co-production in disability policymaking in Wales in practice, and addresses the following questions:

• What role does evidence based on lived experience play in disability-related policymaking, as viewed by policymakers, knowledge-brokering organisations, and grassroots groups?
• In what manner is evidence from lived experiences conceptualised and utilised?
• How effectively are different types of evidence (research, professional, tacit, and lived experience) integrated in a collaborative and co-productive manner?

The findings are based on analysis of key documents and interviews with individuals representing disability grassroots organisations (GROs) who had contributed to Welsh disability policymaking, knowledge brokering organisations (KBOs) who had provided evidence to inform Welsh disability policymaking, and officials within Welsh Government involved in the Welsh disability policymaking process.

The report finds that people have different understandings of what lived experience and co-production mean in disability policymaking. For some, lived experience evidence can include the knowledge and experience of disabled people, as well as their parents or carers and professional organisations and service providers representing disabled people.

The report also finds barriers to inclusion of lived experience evidence in policymaking due to the mechanisms used to access evidence and experts, and a lack of trust in policymaking processes among disabled people.