The Best Education For People With Disabilities

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

The vision of policies on disability in New Zealand is that along with other New Zealanders, disabled people aspire to a good life. According to the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000, the government recognises that a fully inclusive society scheme which required to remove the barriers to participation faced by disabled people. There are 15 objectives have been developed.

1: A non-disabling society encourages and education

People with disabilities have the right to live in this society, therefore, non-disabling social respect and attaches great importance to the lives of persons with disabilities are encouraged to support inclusive community.

2: Make sure that the rights of persons with disabilities

Maintenance and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities, such as the right to information, who are able to become self-advocates to provide education for people with disabilities.

3: To provide the best education for people with disabilities

Improve the education of children, youth and adults has an equal opportunity to learn.

4: For persons with disabilities to employment and economic development opportunities

• planning and training to enter the job

• employment and economic development, which means to develop a range of employment options, and to ensure that persons with disabilities have equal employment rights, employment conditions and treatment, including wages

5: Disabled Foster leadership

Encourage their participation in decision-making, and the establishment of a register of government-appointed persons with disabilities in government departments and leading role as service users.

6: Culture-aware and responsive public service

Ensure that all agencies of government towards persons with disabilities with dignity and respect.

7: The establishment of long-term support system for individual-centered

Establish a quality assessment and service delivery systems have similar needs, regardless of their impairment.

8: To support the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the community

Support and enhance the opportunity to have their own house and living in the community for people with disabilities.

9: Support lifestyle choices, recreation and culture for disabled

Provide opportunities and support for people with disabilities to perform and create your own art and reproductive potential.

10: People with disabilities and disability-related information collection and use

Disability research projects to take the moral standards and procedures, through various surveys and collect useful information to inform research programs.

11: To promote the participation of disabled Maori

Disabled Maori Maori Development within the framework of equitable distribution of resources, capacity-building.

12: To promote the participation of disabled Pacific people

The Pacific the local community disability information and services to support staff development and training of people with disabilities Pacific

13: Children and young people with disabilities lead full and active life

Make sure that the youth development strategy for the needs of persons with disabilities.

14: To promote the participation of women with disabilities to improve their quality of life

Rights and opportunities for women with disabilities to achieve economic health and education level with men the same level.

15: The family, family groups and peoples to provide ongoing support

Providing education and information needs assessment process to ensure that family members of persons with disabilities.

Australia

The National Disability Strategy set out a ten year national approach to improving the lives of people with disability and providing leadership for a community wide shift in attitudes. The vision is for an inclusive Australian society that enables people with disability to fulfil their potential as equal citizens. The Strategy covers six policy areas:

Inclusive and accessible communities

Improved accessibility of the built and natural environment through planning and regulatory systems, maximising the participation and inclusion of every member of the community

Improved provision of accessible and well-designed housing with choice for people with disability about where they live.

A public, private and community transport system that is accessible for the whole community

Rights protection, justice and legislation

Remove societal barriers preventing people with disability from participating as equal citizens

People with disability have access to justice

People with disability to be safe from violence, exploitation and neglect.

Economic security

Income support and tax systems to provide an adequate standard of living for people with disability, their families and carers; while fostering personal financial independence and employment

Increase access to employment opportunities as a key to improving economic security and personal wellbeing for people with disability.

Personal and community support

Universal personal and community support services are available to meet the needs of people with disability.

A sustainable disability support system which is person-centred and self-directed, maximising opportunities for independence and participation in the economic, social and cultural life of the community.

Learning and skills

Ensure that government reforms and initiatives for early childhood, education, training and skill development are responsive to the needs of people with disability.

Health and wellbeing

All health service providers, who are hospitals, specialist services, general practices, mental health, population health programs and ambulance service, have the capabilities to meet the needs of people with disability.

United Kingdom

The Government published ‘Fulfilling Potential: Building a deeper understanding of disability in the UK today’, which aims are:

The development of actions, outcomes and indicators of current evidence on disability in the UK

To inform public understanding about disability and the issues faced by disabled people

To raise awareness, drive a change in attitudes and support an increase in commitment to improving the lives of disabled people in the UK.

The structuration in two parts:

Provides analysis of the number of disabled people in the UK as well as looking at the way disability develops over the life course and at the fluctuating nature of disability.

Focuses on the lives of disabled people by looking at trends in outcomes and barriers to taking part in different areas of life.

Comparing

Queries and policies of the three countries concerned about the economic, employment, barriers of attitude, and education. However, the different between these three countries such as Australia has a long-term plan involves all aspects of life and pay more attention to the education of disability. UK concern about the general quality of life of disability people, remover the barrier of attitude away, develop support and improve life of disabled people in UK. However, the most important point is improving the quality of life for disabled Maori and Pacific people.

INTERNATIONAL POLICIES ON AGING

New Zealand

Positive Ageing Strategy develops a strategic framework for government policies and services through a positive ageing principle. The principles state that:

Empowerment of older persons make a choice, to enable them to lead satisfying lives, to lead a healthy lifestyle;

Provide an opportunity to participate in and contribute to the families and communities for the elderly;

The elderly reflects a positive attitude

Understanding of the elderly and the aging of diversity as a normal life cycle;

Sure values ​​and strengthen the ability of older Maori and their family groups

Recognise the diversity and the ability to strengthen the Pacific

Appreciate the diversity of older people living in New Zealand's cultural identity;

Recognition of the different issues faced by men and women;

Ensure that older people in rural and urban areas, live in the confidence of a secure environment, and access to the services they need, to do so;

Enable older people to take responsibility for their personal growth and development through changing circumstances.

The goals are:

Income - the elderly safe and adequate income

Health - fair, timely access to health services for the elderly

House - the burden of the elderly affordable and appropriate housing options

Transport - the elderly affordable and convenient transport options

Aging place - to ensure that the elderly feel safe and secure place.

Cultural diversity for the elderly - can choose different cultural services.

Rural areas - to improve service delivery to rural areas, to ensure equity of access to health

Services provided for people in rural areas.

Attitude - a positive attitude towards aging

Employment - elimination of age discrimination, and to promote flexible working

Opportunity - opportunity to increase personal growth and community involvement.