The Disability Policy Lens was developed to assist scholars, policy-makers & advocates to analyze policy affecting people with disabilities in Canada. The 7 questions take readers through a process of considering the implications for people with disabilities of specific policies. The Lens is unique in that it is brief, and non-prescriptive. There are no correct or incorrect answers to these questions, but each has important implications that should be carefully considered when creating or amending policy.
In October, 2018, CDPA was invited to act as a witness before the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (commonly known as HUMA), in its deliberations toward 3rd reading of Bill C-81: An act to ensure a barrier-free Canada. The CDPA’s own Disability Policy Lens was presented as a means of ensuring that the implications for people with disabilities are taken into account in every policy in Canada. As a bonus of presenting the Lens to a federal government committee, it was translated into French, and we are now proud to be able to offer the CDPA Disability Policy Lens in French.