Acknowledgements endorsements Background methodology executive Summary 11 Recommendations 22 Article — general obligations 38

RECOMMENDATION Article 8

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  That, as part of the National Disability Strategy 2010–2020, a national action plan is developed across all governments to address awareness raising of the rights of people with disability in all their diversity.
  

Article 9 — Accessibility

STATUS IN AUSTRALIA

140. 
     In implementing the obligation under Article 9 to take appropriate measures to ensure equality of access for people with disability, Australia has developed the National Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (NDS). Outcome 1, Inclusive and Accessible Communities addresses access to the physical environment, transport, digital information and communications technologies, housing and universal design (see discussion in Article 19), arts, recreation, sport and cultural life (see discussion in Article 30).
     
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     Current commitments under the NDS include the Disability Standards developed under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA). (See Article 5) These Standards were developed prior to the CRPD and in many respects do not address all barriers to access covered in the CRPD.