Our Aims
Our Aims form the cornerstone for all of our work. They were developed through a series of consultations with our members across Wales. The aims are:
- To promote the understanding, adoption and implementation of the Social Model of Disability throughout Wales
- To remove all disabling barriers in society
- To recognise and address the nature of multiple discrimination against disabled people
including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, belief and language - To develop strong and effective organisations led by disabled people across Wales
- To represent the views, priorities and interests of Disability Wales members
How we deliver our aims
Support for members
We support our member groups via regional disability and access group network development, which provide opportunities for information sharing, training and support. We provide a Members Information Service which includes a wide selection of publications (available on-line and by post), DW News, (our bi-monthly magazine), and a telephone information service.
Priorities
We have prioritised our involvement in areas where we have particular knowledge and experience. These include:
- Access
- Enterprise
- Equality and Human Rights
- Disability income and poverty
- Independent Living
- Multiple Discrimination and Identity
- Participation and consultation
Consultation
We develop policy in consultation with our members on a range of disability-related subjects including:
- access to transport, housing and the built environment
- independent living
- poverty and disability income
- enterprise
- equality and human rights