Accessibility legislation advocacy

In 2019, the EDLG began focusing its efforts on supporting the creation and implementation of accessibility legislation in Aotearoa. In partnership with Access Alliance, EDLG has been raising awareness of the need for legislation and supporting local people and organisations to back the issue and keep accessibility front-of-mind in Government.

Our advocacy work began with supporting the Access Law 2020 campaign, led by the Access Alliance. This campaign calls for the introduction of an Accessibility Act in 2020.

Government have committed to passing accessibility legislation into law. This means we need to continue advocating and sharing our stories to keep accessibility at the top of the list, and to obtain cross-party agreement on legislation.

The Earthquake Disability Leadership Group is supporting people and organisations to continue advocating for legislation. We are also providing support to people and groups who want to work on specific access issues in Canterbury.

Finally, we are embarking on a project to collate our learnings and stories from the rebuild and recovery of Christchurch. We aim to use this legacy document to inform future action on accessibility.