Progress Report - 2006/2007 Objective 8: Support quality living
in the community for disabled people. A key issue for disabled
people is being able to move around in their communities. Having
access to the transport system, public and private, and the
interconnecting environment is important for disabled people’s
participation in society as they need to be able to get to work,
school, or sports, and go shopping or visit people, just like
non-disabled others. The 2001 Disability Survey reported that 3%
of disabled adults and 2% of disabled children had not made any
short trips in the previous 12 months. In the 2006 Disability
Survey this had improved and 2% of adults and 1% of children had
not made any short trips. Agencies continue to work to improve
access to transport for disabled people, with many local
councils now employing disability advisors and consulting
disability advisory groups at the outset of planning for
changes. When disability issues are considered from the
beginning, it increases the likelih