No Exceptions
Context
The Hillary Commission developed the No Exceptions Strategy for
disabled people in 1998, for the period 1998-2001. The scope of the
Strategy was limited to people with intellectual, physical or sensory
impairments.
Since that time, there has been a review of the
government's recreation and sport structures and the establishment of
SPARC (Sport & Recreation New Zealand) in 2001. This new
organisation is the result of the Sport and Recreation Act 2002 that
requires SPARC to encourage participation by disabled people as a
target group and to recognise the rehabilitative nature of physical
recreation and sport.
New Zealand Disability Strategy
Another significant change on the landscape was the launching of the New Zealand Disability Strategy (NZDS) in 2001 by the Office for Disability Issues.
This seminal document provides a platform for the government's work with disabled people and has been used extensively in this review.
The New Zealand Disability Strategy requires government departments to produce an implementation plan showing what they are doing towards putting the Strategy into practice.
The New Zealand Disability Strategy makes specific references to recreation and sport in several places, and therefore directly impacts on the work of SPARC as the government's recreation and sport agency. The NZDS also includes mental illness as a disability.
Developing the new No Exceptions Strategy and Implementation Plan is the first step towards implementing the New Zealand Disability Strategy in the recreation and sport sector.
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Updated | 10 Mar 2009.
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