Office for
Disability Issues

About us

We support the development of policies to remove inequality between disabled and non-disabled people.

The people and organisations we work with include:

• disabled people and their organisations
• other government departments

Responsibilities

We are responsible for:

• supporting the cross-government role of the Minister of State for Disabled People
• developing and monitoring Fulfilling Potential, the cross-government disability strategy
• coordinating the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities across government
• supporting the Disability Action Alliance
• strengthening disabled people’s user-led organisations
• Paralympic legacy
• overseeing the Community Support Fund
• encouraging the use of the social model of disability which says that disability is created by barriers in society

Priorities

Our priorities are:

• working with other government departments to remove barriers so that all disabled people are able to fulfil their potential and participate fully in society
• helping local organisations build inclusive and accessible communities
• further developing partnership working with disabled people and their organisations