Strong Voices

Project SEARCH in Canterbury is finding great jobs for disabled school leavers. The challenge now is to share that success with many more young people.

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Young Porirua people charged with offences no longer have to stand in the dock while lawyers and judges use language they can’t understand and make rules they are unable to follow.

New rules about using physical restraint at school are a huge step in the right direction.

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People with intellectual disabilities make up a small percentage of people in New Zealand with disabilities. How small? No one really knows because no one is counting them properly.

Autism New Zealand has launched an online tool that supports autistic people looking to get COVID-19 vaccinations.

TVNZ’s new dating show Down for Love is set to screen soon on TV2.

The next time you are sitting behind a big rig on the highway, take a look at the tarpaulin covering its load. It might be a Kiwi Tarp, held together thanks to the hard work of Brittany and Anthony.

Patrick Williams had always slept well, until that night in May last year when he couldn’t sleep at all. His parents Julie-Ann and Raymond didn’t know what the problem was.

The Ministry of Health has announced changes to disability-funded carer support. Carer support claims are going online in early 2022.

A trial Companion Card programme is enabling people with disabilities to take part more easily in activities in Palmerston North.