A recent Devpolicy blog, ‘Beyond a seat at the table: towards disability equity in Asia-Pacific’, discussed the need to focus on the pre-conditions for disability inclusion and equity. As recognised by the Pacific region’s peak body on disability, the Pacific Disability Forum, access to AT is an important pre-condition to inclusion. Reflecting, learning and building on the strengths of current services and past initiatives can and should inform the scaling up of access to AT services in the Pacific. We very much welcome the current focus and discussion about the importance of DFAT supporting the pre-conditions to disability inclusion, and look forward with much anticipation as more people have access to AT. It is essential that it is included as a key focus of DFAT’s upcoming Disability Equity and Rights Strategy.