As Canada enacted the Accessible Canada Act in 2019, the New Zealand campaign expanded beyond vision impairment to address mobility, hearing, learning, digital access, and ageing, supported by commissioned economic research from the Blind Foundation (now Blind Low Vision NZ) through NZIER on the value of access to work and the gaps in disability employment, alongside legal research establishing the case for a comprehensive accessibility law framework. Despite a 2020 Government commitment to build the case for legislation, Cabinet resistance stalled progress.