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Up Down Girl and accessibility in theatre

We spoke with co-director Nathan Mudge and star Lily Harper about the play, and the importance of accessibility in theatre.
Accessibility
Attitudes
Event
Leadership

Art with sensory actions – Yaniv Janson

Yaniv Janson is a painter working in Raglan living with autism. We thought World Autism Day was a great time for a catch up to find out what he’s been up to lately.

Results of NZSL Youth Project

This project provides a small insight into the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth community across New Zealand, with regards to their acquisition, use and access to New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL).
News & Events

Updated numbers on disability from Stats NZ

We’ve looked at three recent information releases from Stats NZ – the Household labour force survey, the Household labour force survey – Wellbeing supplement, and the Household Economic Survey, to provide a summary of the results as related to the disabled.

A look back at 2020

There’re plenty of things we’d like to celebrate or commemorate, so please join us as we look back at 2020.
ODI news
ODI projects

Sir Robert Martin on Breakfast TV

Watch as he tells Jenny-May Clarkson how the challenges he faced growing up made him want to keep advocating for people with a disability.

Attitudes
Education
Leadership
Rights protection & justice
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