Electronic copies of the strategy document are available on a separate accessible web site. Copies of the schedule of consultation meetings, the submission document, newsletters, media releases, and an information pack for running discussion groups are also available. The strategy identifies other barriers relating to attitudes, education, employment, access to services and socio-economic status which affect the goals and aspirations of people with disability. The aim of the strategy is to remove these and other barriers to full participation and the realisation of the potential of people with disability. A consultation programme will take place over the next two months.
Some workshops are for people with disability only, to ensure they have a strong voice.
Submissions close on November 1, and the final strategy will go to Government by Christmas. The issue of access to information and communications technologies is a hot topic around the world. E government is not just about access to the Internet. While he does not comment on the difficulties this might raise for people with disability, he does say that E-government is about improving citizens' experience of government and ensuring that they are all able to effectively participate in the economy and society of the 21st century. The challenge of full participation in E-government is yet to be fully explored.