National Arts and Disability Strategy

The Meeting of Cultural Ministers (MCM) has agreed to renew the National Arts and Disability Strategy in consultation with stakeholders. MCM is made up of the Australian Government and state and territory government cultural ministers.

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Why we want your input

The goal of the National Arts and Disability Strategy is to maximise the opportunities for people with disability to experience full inclusion in cultural life. It aims to improve access to and participation in the arts by people with disability. Given the changes in both the arts and disability sector in the last 10 years, it is now timely to renew the original National Arts and Disability Strategy.

How can you tell your story

The consultation period has ended. You can get in touch with us at arts.disability@arts.gov.au.

What will be the outcome of this consultation?

Your views will help us collect ideas on what enables people to engage with the arts, what are the barriers to arts engagement, what are some examples of best practice and what needs to happen in the future.

Consultation Information

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The Issue

It's important to hear the views of as many people as possible, including people with disability, arts and disability organisations, carers, families, and anyone with ideas on how to improve access to and participation in creative and cultural activities by people with disability.

The consultation period was from 24 September 2018 to 3 December 2018, International Day of Persons with Disabilities. There was an online survey, a submissions portal, and meetings in every state and territory.

This Auslan video gives you some information about the consultation.

There is a transcript of this Auslan video below.

Information on submissions

A list of written, video and phone submissions will be made available online in February 2019. If you have agreed to have your submission published, it will be available on the website. If you chose to be anonymous, we won't publish any of your personal details.

Information on face-to-face consultations

We visited locations in every state and territory for face to face meetings. The list of locations and times is in our Calendar of Events.

Relevant documentation

National Arts and Disability Strategy Discussion Paper

The Discussion Paper asks questions about how people with disability practise as professional artists, express themselves through creative participation, and connect with the arts as audience members. It can help give you some ideas about what to tell us.

Research Overview of Arts and Disability in Australia

The Research Overview brings together data, research and case studies to build a national picture about arts and disability in Australia. It provides context for the consultation and identifies gaps in knowledge about arts and disability. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this document may include names and photographs of people who have died.

Transcript of Auslan video

This document is a transcript of the subtitles that appear in the video above.

Full list of questions from survey

This document provides a full list of the all the questions we asked across the three surveys.

Outcomes

On this page you can read the key results of the consultation that outlines some of the experiences, stories and ideas people shared with us. You can also read the public submissions that individuals and organisations made to the consultation.

Who participated in the consultation?

At the end of the 10 week consultation period:

180 people with disability, 75 carers and 77 organisations had answered an online survey
19 individuals with and without disability and 24 organisations told their story by writing or calling on the phone
301 people came to a face-to-face meeting

Key results of the national consultation 2018

Key results—(PDF 1.5 MB)
Key results—(DOC 695 KB)
Key results of the national consultation 2018 LARGE PRINT doc (679.7 KB)
Key results of the national consultation 2018 Easy English pdf (966.3 KB)
Key results of the national consultation 2018 Easy English doc (27.4 KB)

What happens next?

During the consultation, you told us that the consultation period was too short and that you would like an opportunity to comment on a draft of the renewed Strategy.

You also told us that you wanted the National Arts and Disability Strategy and the National Disability Strategy to be more closely aligned. This would be especially helpful for those people and organisations engaging with both the arts and social services portfolios.

The Meeting of Cultural Ministers (MCM) had originally committed to considering a renewed Strategy in 2019. Following your feedback, we will now include a second round of consultation. The new timeline is:

MCM will consider a draft at their meeting in the second half of 2019.
Following MCM's consideration, we will release the draft Strategy for public consultation. The consultation period will run for at least 15 weeks.
The final renewed National Arts and Disability Strategy will be considered by Ministers in 2020 and then publicly released.

Please visit the National Arts and Disability Strategy page for more information on the work undertaken to date.

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Started September 24, 2018 09:00 AEST

Ended December 03, 2018 17:00 AEDT

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Submissions now public

Formal Submission

The submission period for this consultation is now closed. Everyone who made a submission could choose if the submission would be published on the website. Below you can read the submissions that have been made public.

You will find the original version of each submission, and where possible we have created a Word version for each submission. We have made every effort to make the Word version accessible. If you have any problems downloading or reading a submission, please contact the organisation who made the submission or email us at arts.disability [at] arts.gov.au

To see video content, please click ‘View more’. You can also download a transcript for Auslan videos in Word format.
Some submissions have been redacted to protect anonymity, or personal or sensitive information.

The following formal submissions have been made public.

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How it works

Consultation Information

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Information on submissions

Information on face-to-face consultations

Relevant documentation

National Arts and Disability Strategy Discussion Paper

Research Overview of Arts and Disability in Australia

Transcript of Auslan video

Full list of questions from survey

Who participated in the consultation?

Key results of the national consultation 2018

What happens next?

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Formal Submission

The following formal submissions have been made public.

A Corral-Kelly

A Wakem

Accessible Arts

ANONYMOUS 1

ANONYMOUS 2

ANONYMOUS 3

ANONYMOUS 4

Arts Access Australia

Asphyxia

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