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Disabled Person-Led Monitoring of the UNCRPD: Health and Wellbeing (2022)

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Health and Wellbeing

Project Details

About this Project

The Donald Beasley Institute conducts disabled person-led monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on behalf of the New Zealand Disabled People's Organisations Coalition (DPO Coalition). 

The UNCRPD is an international agreement that sets out what the New Zealand Government must do to make sure disabled people have the same human rights as everybody else. It is important to understand if, and how well, this is happening.

Since 2018, we have undertaken four monitoring cycles on disabled people's access to: housing, housing from the perspectives of family and whānau of disabled people, health and wellbeing, and disability supports and services.

In this monitoring cycle, we talked to disabled people and their families, whānau, aiga, and close supporters about their experiences of health and wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand. We wanted to know what disabled people thought about health and wellbeing and their experiences of their rights under the UNCRPD.

This research documented disabled people’s experiences of health and wellbeing and identified areas where improvements are needed.

This research gave valuable insights into disabled people’s experiences of health and wellbeing, which were used to report to the United Nations. The findings will also be critical to future policy and planning for health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The DBI's monitoring research is led entirely by disabled people. From the project lead and monitors, to transcribers and participants, this project embodies the disability rights slogan 'nothing about us, without us' at every stage of the research process.

Project Outputs

Full Report

To read this report select one of the following formats:

Full Report My Experiences My Rights A Monitoring Report on Disabled People s Experience of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand Long Report Full Report My Experiences My Rights A Monitoring Report on Disabled People s Experience of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand Long Report Plain Text Full Report My Experiences My Rights A Monitoring Report on Disabled People s Experiences of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand Long Report Large Print Full Report Oku Wheako Oku Motika He Puroko Aroturuki ki te Wheako Hauora ki te Wheako Oraka o te Huka Haua ki Aotearoa Puroko Aroturuki Whakarapopoto
Summary

To read this report select one of the following formats:

Summary My Experiences My Rights A Monitoring Report on Disabled People s Experience of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand Short Report Summary My Experiences My Rights A Monitoring Report on Disabled People s Experiences of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand Short Report Plain Text Summary My Experiences My RightsA Monitoring Report on Disabled People s Experiences of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand Short Report Large Print Summary My Experiences My Rights A report about Health and Wellbeing for disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand Short Report Easy Read Summary Summary Health and Wellbeing Audio Executive Summary Summary Health & Wellbeing Summary Titles

Funders

This research was funded by the Disabled Persons Organisation Coalition (DPO Coalition) and the New Zealand Government.