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Illegally Blind - accessible theatre in action

"Susan is a perfectly normal queer, fat, functionally blind, Autistic, chronically and mentally ill, nonbinary person, who just happens to be collecting diagnoses faster than they collect eel facts." We spoke to Susan about their show opening at Bats Theatre

Celebrate International Day of Disabled People with I.Lead

I-Lead will be hosting a Zoom to launch their new programme "Dream big, achieve more"

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Giving effect to the New Zealand Sign Language Act

This is a practical guide for departments on how to give effect to the principles through their policies and practices in order to promote access to government information and services for the Deaf community.

Advice to disabled people and their families/whānau if support services are disrupted

There may be some disruptions to support worker services as adjustments are made to ensure all support workers are vaccinated.

Capital & Coast District Health Board meetings about COVID-19

Join a Zoom consultation with CCDHB to make sure disabled people are included in the conversation about what happens if there is a local outbreak of COVID-19.

Get involved in transforming mental health legislation

Consultation on repealing and replacing the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act has opened. This is part of the Disability Action Plan.

What Makes a Good Life for Disabled Children and Young People?

A new report has been released by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner

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Government announces transformative changes for disabled people

Hon Carmel Sepuloni,Minister for Disability Issues and Hon Andrew Little, Minister of Health, announced the establishment of a Ministry for Disabled People to lead ongoing transformation of the broader disability system across government.

Significant changes coming to the disability system

The Minister for Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni and the Minister of Health, Andrew Little are announcing significant changes to the disability system at 2pm on Friday 29 October.

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New vaccination requirements for more health and disability workers

The Ministry of Health has announced the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 will be updated to require a new set of workers in the health and disability sector to be fully vaccinated by 1 December 2021.