National Arts and Disability Strategy

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.

• Discussion Paper—(PDF 916KB)
• Discussion Paper—(DOC 2,323KB)
• Large Print—(DOC 2,323KB)
• Easy English version—(PDF 1,367KB)
• Easy English version—large print—(DOC 82KB)

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.

• Research Overview of arts and disability in Australia
• Large print—(DOC 77KB)
• Executive Summary—(PDF 916KB)
• Executive Summary—(DOC 1,096KB)
• Executive Summary—Large print—(DOC 1,097KB)
• Executive Summary—Easy English—(PDF 764KB)
• Executive Summary—Easy English large print—(DOC 77KB)

Transcript of Auslan video

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

• Transcript—(PDF 268KB)
• Transcript—(DOC 20KB)

Full list of questions from survey

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

• Questions from survey—(PDF  672KB)
• Questions from survey—(DOC 59KB)