Strong Voices

IHC has big plans for its Stand Tall money game app this year, and many more students and teachers will have a chance to play the game.

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Jo Ellis put her life on hold 17 years ago to care for her disabled son Harvey. She wants to tell the new Government what that meant for her – how she sacrificed her career and lived an isolated life, struggling to find the support she was entitled to but didn’t know about.

The latest from IHC Media is a free learning package offered in partnership with Te Kura, the former Correspondence School.

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Elaine Brown was missing in action for months from the IHC Op Shop in Pukekohe.

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For 30 years Stuart Jenkins has spoken up for disabled people, not just from his home base in Northland but throughout the country.

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IHC Self-Advocacy Advisor David Corner has been awarded life membership of disabled people’s organisation People First – Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi.

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Cooking classes running at Comcol North Canterbury deliver a lot more than food prep.

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Matthew Caldwell has been having his best time at work lately.

On 27 October, the day of the IHC Annual General Meeting, Whaikaha released the findings of its review of complaints policies at IDEA Services.

Psychologist Dr Olive Webb has spent 50 years so far working with people with intellectual disabilities and says it’s time to ditch the ‘them and us’ way of thinking.

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