Welcome to the Disability Agenda, the end result of the Disability Debate.
In June 2005 the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) launched the Disability Debate, a major national debate on the future of disabled people's equality in Britain. Over 18 months this developed to become the Disability Agenda, through actively involving a wide variety of individuals and organisations.The Agenda sets out what the DRC believed were the chief public policy challenges for the coming decade and the action required to meet them.
Read the Disability Agenda's ten recommendations or an overview.
Read the discussion papers produced as part of the Debate to seek people's views and additional papers published after the launch of the Agenda to encourage the implementation of its recommendations.
In this section you can read articles by leading experts and opinion formers.
Read the transcripts of live discussions with politicians and other public figures.
Read speeches given during the Disability Debate and at the launch of the Disability Agenda.
Watch the cinema ads created as part of the DRC’s ‘Are we taking the dis?’ campaign.
Watch film of the event, including keynote speeches and the question and answer session from the panel.