Actor, dancer, drummer, disability rights activist.
Wellington
Joined January 2011
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Auckland weather warning: Live updates - heavy rain, flood warnings for Auckland, Coromandel, Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne - NZ Heralds nzherald.co.nz/nz/cyclone-ga…
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Planning a spring break? Why not come to the Bay of Island and check out this cute little arts festival. Bookings open Monday 15 August. upsurgefestival.co.nz/progra…
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Yup. Major letdown and breach of trust with disability community. Piece by disabled writer and advocate Chris Ford rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside…
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A disability advocate is frustrated there is no commitment from Government to create accessibility legislation that will improve lives. dlvr.it/STSy31
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In 2022, apparently it’s still okay to create welfare programmes for disabled people without consulting disabled people i.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/1289…
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On this new website you will find ‘ Promoting equity in education’, a set of research-based professional development materials that I designed. They include video presentations and written think-pieces that summarise relevant research. futureschooling.co.uk/inclus… @AntonFlorek
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Watch /ritaha/ now! Two versions - one audio described, one captioned - are available online for free until 11:59pm on Sunday 6 March!
Don't delay! It's sooo good!
bit.ly/watchritaha
#disabilityarts @CreativeNZ
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The new Ministry for Disabled People, when established next year, must be led by a disabled person. This is non-negotiable and I (and I know many others) am insistent the Ministry’s success will depend on its commitment to this principle. Read more here:hrc.co.nz/index.php?cID=1663
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Massive step towards ending ableism in NZ's immigration requirements today. Select Committee have recommended taking a strengths-based approach to the health requirements. 🎉 Celebrating today. Next to keep up the pressure to ensure it happens. #nzpol parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ…
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'It’s impossible for any reasonable individual to trust a ‘commonwealth’ whose mouth-pieces continually affirm through rhetoric and action that your needs are less important than the needs of other people.'
@TheDescenters on disability and Covid.
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We agree with @DPA_NZ’s CE Prudence Walker who said “New Zealand's ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, but our immigration policy would appear to breach disabled people’s rights to freedom of movement.”
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The Inclusive Education Action Group (IEAG) is asking the Ministry of Education to take a stronger
role around disabled children’s rights and wellbeing in Residential Special Schools. ieag.org.nz/assets/Uploads/I…
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Good news update! 🎉
I’m so relieved for the whānau, but we need to keep fighting for against this horrible policy. It should not take advocacy by MPs and media interventions to stop the deportation of someone because they’ve been diagnosed with autism
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Oh look it's happening again.
Immigration New Zealand is a eugenicist organisation and if minister @KrisinMana doesn't put a stop to it, we have to assume that so is he.
Family 'in limbo' after 10yo autistic daughter denied visa to stay in New Zealand dlvr.it/S4lcRq
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Everybody should be able to access Wellington Station through the front door. It is totally wrong to limit access for some people by delaying a ramp on the basis of heritage concerns. I hope public scrutiny will trigger swift action towards access for all.
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In the “days gone by” Heritage NZ want to preserve, many disabled people were hidden away in institutions and couldn’t use public transport. A ramp doesn’t need heritage approval - it needs approval from disabled people! stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/we…
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‘Why people with learning disabilities are at such greater risk is not fully understood but major factors appear to be poorer treatment and access to healthcare throughout their lives.’ theguardian.com/society/2021…
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I wrote this about the grim state of support for our kids with additional needs in the current ableist, racist, classist, totally inequitable education system. Please read and share if it resonates ❤️
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