Submissions

Response to the Review of Special Education 2010 (DOC - 163 kB)
16 March 2010
Our recommendations are based on four principles:
1. Inclusive education works
2. Making sure that the allocation of funding is individualised and targeted towards personalised outcomes
3. Think about what is possible in inclusive education, rather than being limited to current solutions and services
4. ‘Choice’ is considered in the context of all educational decisions that parents make, rather merely between mainstream vs special education environments

Whanau Ora (DOC 133 kB)
November 2009
CCS Disability Action encourages disabled people and families - both Maori and non-Maori - that we support to have options and real choices, based on a range of inclusive services available. CCS Disability Action tautoko the principles of Whanau Ora documented in the Whanau Ora discussion paper, September 2009, and welcome these principles being relevant and real for whanau haua also.

Draft Tertiary Education Strategy (DOC 333 kB)
November 2009
We support an inclusive tertiary education system where disabled young people and adults move into tertiary education equipped with relevant skills. We believe the TES is key to achieving this outcome.

Office of the Community and Voluntary sector - “It’s More Than Talk” Submission (DOC 92 kB)
March 2009
A discussion paper about options for building knowledge, skills and values about effective community engagement within the public service.

Submission to the Health and Disability Commissioner on the HDC Consultation Document: Review of the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994 and the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (DOC 153 kB)
February 2009
The majority of this submission focuses on CCS Disability Action's recommendation that a specific Disability Commissioner’s role is established within the existing frameworks of the Human Rights Commission.