QIDAN welcomes the review of the National Disability Advocacy Framework (NDAF) to ensure the Commonwealth, state and territory governments’ commitment to advocacy is contemporary and meets the ever-changing needs of the sector and people with disability.
However, QIDAN holds concerns about the level of consultation that has occurred with people living with disability given the limited notice about face-to-face and online consultations and the relatively short consultation period. QIDAN recommends for the next review, which is set to begin 12 months prior to the cessation of the 2022 – 2025 framework, that the government provides a longer consultation period and proactively works with people living with disability using a co-design model to implement the findings from the Disability Royal Commission.
Additionally, QIDAN recommends all levels of government to be proactive in implementing co-design principles more broadly. It is not only disability-specific policy that affects people with disability; all policies affect people with disability as members of society. With this in mind, all levels of government should be consulting with people with disability more broadly to create accessible and inclusive societies.
