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 Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) has released its latest Youth Plan, which aims to ensure youth voices and leadership play an important role in decision-making and action.
ACC have reached out to us and asked us to share this request for research participants with the disabled community. They are particularly interested in hearing from disabled people, tāngata whakaha Māori, and whānau.
The widening of the employment gap for disabled people is hugely concerning and shows an urgent need to address the barriers to employment for disabled people, the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) NZ says.
We made a submission to Waka Kotahi in response to their consultation about whether to renew the declaration that exempts e-scooters from being motor vehicles. This exemption means that, currently, e-scooters are allowed to be ridden on footpaths because they are not considered a motor vehicle.