At the start of the new Act, we’ll explain our:

• aims – what we want the new Act to do

• principles – important ideas we should always think about.

In the new Act, our aims are called ‘objects’.

One of our principles is that all people with disability have the same rights as everyone else.

Rights are rules about how people must treat you:

• fairly
• equally.

One of our aims is to make sure we follow our international agreements.

This includes the UN Convention.

We want people with lived experience of disability to help create new services.

If you have lived experience of disability, you:

• have a disability
• know what life can be like for people with disability
• can tell your story to help others.

The aims and principles show providers:

• why we are giving them funding
• what we think is important.

We also want providers to understand people’s rights.

This will help them support people the way they need.