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<p>The Government’s vision for disabled children and young people is the same as for
everyone else – to enable them to fulfil their potential, achieve well in education,
and to live happy and fulfilled lives. To support this aim, the Disability and Society
Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) was set up last year to drive forward action across
Government to tackle the barriers disabled people face to realising their full participation
in society. Whilst disability policy is the responsibility of all Departments, by
working together we can improve disabled people’s participation, for which we are
jointly responsible.</p><p>We are also committed to working with a wide and diverse
range of people and organisations to shape and improve government's approach. We announced
our new Regional Stakeholder Network in December 2018, which will bring the views
of disabled people, local disability organisations, disabled people led organisations,
and organisations that represent disabled people closer to government.</p><p>The UK
Government has some of the strongest equalities legislation in the world and we will
continue to ensure that these rights are protected, just as we will continue to develop
policies to tackle the barriers faced by disabled people.</p>
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