DPA's engages with New Zealand's disability community. We want to turn our rights into reality so we can live in a country where every person is able to live and work, and simply be who they are.
The recent announcement by government that there is to be a Ministry for Disabled People set up over the next year makes the importance of the Disability Survey asking the right questions and getting the relevant data more critical than ever.
There are a number of events at this year's Verb Festival and Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts that feature disabled writers and story tellers.
Yesterday the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s released their first report: 'Access and Choice Programme: Report on the first two years - Te Hōtaka mō Ngā Whai Wāhitanga me Ngā Kōwhiringa: He purongo mo ngā rua tau tuatahi'.