NDA Submission on the successor to the ‘Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025’

People with disabilities are a group who are more likely to experience poverty and social exclusion, be at risk of discrimination and have lower levels of employment compared to their peers.

The NDA attended an in person consultation on a successor to the 2020-2025 Roadmap to Social Inclusion and that was followed up by this written submission. The NDA emphasised that addressing social inclusion requires a whole of government approach. We advised on actions that would be required for more social inclusion of disabled people based on our recent consultations and strategy analysis. These included a targeted cost of disability measure, a programme of supported employment and addressing employment disincentives. We advised that the focus should be intersectional and whole of government and include people experiencing multiple disadvantage such as disabled Travellers.