From patient to citizen. A national action plan for disability policy is the most important policy document in Swedish disability policy. This action plan covers all sectors of society and shows disability policy to be of an inter-sectoral nature.
The national objectives of disability policy are:
· a social community based on diversity;
· a society designed to allow people with disabilities of all ages full participation in the life of the community;
· equal opportunities in life for girls and boys, women and men with disabilities.
Work on disability policy must focus on the following tasks in particular:
· identifying and removing obstacles to full participation in society for people with disabilities;
· preventing and fighting discrimination against people with disabilities;
· making it possible for children, young people and adults with disabilities to lead independent lives and to make their own decisions in life.