Health of Disabled People Strategy

We recommend the strategy be strengthened by:

• Be inclusive of all disabled people in definition and scope
• Clarify how the strategy will progress existing government commitments and action relating to people with psychosocial disabilities
• What pae ora (healthy futures) looks like to people with experience of mental illness/distress
• Prioritise the mental health of people with disabilities, particularly young people with disabilities
• Disabled people who experience mental health and addiction-related needs have been caught between disability and mental health sectors, often resulting in them unable to access the support they need.