People before systems

The Disability Strategy are informed by the results of the public will provide the vision to improve disability consultations held in the spring of 2014, but programs and services to meet Government’s also reflect research into best practices and goal of making Saskatchewan the best place disability strategies in other jurisdictions. [...] We launched our journey in October of People Before Systems articulates the vision 2013 when the CCT was appointed to ask and actions needed to move our disability the people of Saskatchewan how to create service system forward to better serve people inclusive communities. [...] Saskatchewan people experiencing In the Plan for Growth, the Government disability continue to have lower levels of of Saskatchewan made a commitment participation in education, training and to developing a Disability Strategy with employment. [...] People experience the impact of their condition differently because disability is the Embedding and extending person-centred result of the interaction of health conditions2 thinking right into the fabric of disability with other social, personal and environmental services will create a strong culture of person- factors. [...] For many in the disability community, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities continues to be an aspirational standard of equality and inclusion.4 Saskatchewan supported the Federal Government’s ratification of the Convention and is committed to its progressive realization.