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.

Latest news

• Consultation on guidance about definition of disability
  ODI publishes consultation on guidance for definition of disability within Equality Act (9 August 2010)
• Network of Networks goes live
  ODI establishes channel to enable two way communication between disabled people and government (19 July 2010)
• UK candidate selected to run for election to the UN Expert Committee
  Diane Mulligan OBE has been selected as the UK candidate to run for election to the Expert Committee on the UN Convention (08 July 2010)
• Deliver inclusive policies and communications with ODI
  ODI publishes new booklets to support civil servants in producing inclusive materials (08 July 2010)
• Find out how to ensure your communications materials are accessible
  Make sure your films and documents are accessible with our new downloadable publications (01 July 2010)
• Disability Equality Indicators have a new home
  Find the latest detailed statistics in their new home in the Roadmap section of the site (01 July 2010)
  

How ODI can help you

Find out how ODI can support civil servants.

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