Disabled Person-Led Monitoring of the UNCRPD: Disability Supports and Services
Project Details
- completed
- 2022 - 2025
- To learn more about this study, please contact:
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Dr Robbie Francis Watene
Kairakahau Matua Whaikaha
Disabled Research Lead
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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 our most recent monitoring cycle, we talked to disabled people and their families, whānau, aiga, and close supporters about disability supports and services. We wanted to know what disabled people thought about existing disability supports and services (DSS), changes to the disability support system, Whaikaha Ministry of Disabled People, and how these changes impacted disabled people’s human rights under the UNCRPD.
In Aotearoa New Zealand, disabled people and the disability sector have been experiencing big changes. It was important to capture disabled people’s voices during these transitions and transformations. This research was designed to document disabled people’s experiences of the disability supports and services they have received or needed, and to identify areas for improvement.
The findings of this research can help the New Zealand Government to understand how well supports and services are working for disabled people and their close supporters, and what improvements are needed. This research provides valuable insights into disabled people’s access to disability supports and services, which can be used to inform future planning, policy and practice. Findings will also be used to report to the United Nations.
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
Preamble Report
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Summary
Preamble Report
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Full Report
Report 1 - Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People
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Report 1 - Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People
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Report 2 - Consultation and Engagement
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Report 2 - Consultation and Engagement
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Full Report
Report 3 - Disability Support Services (DSS)
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Report 3 - Disability Support Services (DSS)
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Full Report
Report 4 - Enabling Good Lives (EGL)
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Report 4 - Enabling Good Lives (EGL)
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Report 5 - Summary of Recommendations
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Report 5 - Summary of Recommendations
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Funders
This research was funded by Whaikaha Ministry of Disabled People through the Disabled People's Organisations Coalition (DPO Coalition).