The Office for Disability Issues

Leadership. The Office for Disability Issues leads the government's vision of achieving equality for disabled people.

Building skills. We guide government departments to find practical ways to involve and engage disabled people to meet departmental strategic objectives. We share our knowledge and experiences, and provide tailored advice.

Innovation. We test new policy ideas and new ways of delivering services. If you are a policymaker or communicator, we can support you to include and represent disabled people in your work.

• Help available for Fulfilling Potential discussion events
  Help, advice and funding are now available for disabled people’s organisations to run their own events to help shape the new Disability Strategy (4 January 2012)
• Contributions wanted to shape Disability Strategy
  ODI Director Jeremy Moore has called for contributions from deaf and disabled people from all walks of life to shape the new cross-Government Disability Strategy (13 December 2011)
• New Life Opportunities Survey results published
  The full results from wave one of the Life Opportunities Survey have been released(8 December 2011)
• Disabled people to directly inform new strategy
  Disabled people and their organisations throughout the UK are being asked to contribute directly to develop a new cross-government disability strategy (1 December 2011)
• Minister welcomes first UN Convention report
  Minister for Disabled People Maria Miller has welcomed the first United Kingdom Government report on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (24 November 2011)

How ODI can help

If you wish to contact the Minister for Disabled People, please follow the instructions on the Department for Work and Pensions website.