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Disability Information and Advisory Support Services
In Northland, there are a range of organisations providing a Disability Information Advisory Service about a specific disability, or disability in general.
Get more information about these individual organisations and how to contact them in Northland.
Our Services
Our services are designed to educate, inform and support your organisation or business to research, develop and provide services that are responsive to people with disabilities.
• Project Management
• Event Co-ordination
• Disability Responsiveness Training
We have strong linkages and relationships with individuals and organisations in the Northland Disability Sector.
Doves Tail
Dove’s Tail is the commercial division of Tiaho Trust. We are involved in providing travellers with specific needs with information about operators, providers, facilities and events that understand what it means to be accessible.
For more information please visit www.dovestail.co.nz
The getOutThere program
Published July 02nd 2008, Posted in Northland / 1 Comment
The getOutThere program has come to Whangarei.
This programme is targeted at getting people with cerebral palsy (who have a Total Mobility card and are a member of the Society) out into the community more.
It is a voucher system that helps fund that part of the taxi fare that is not covered by the Total Mobility Scheme in your area.
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Sex Selection discriminatory
Published July 02nd 2008, Posted in NationalA number or organisatons have lashed out at a Bioethics Council recommendation to government that parents undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) should be allowed to select the gender of their babies.
Mr Greally, Asperger’s Syndrome New Zealand Information Officer and Wendy Wicks, DPA policy researcher rejected the Bioethics Council’s claim that it had reflected the wishes of participants in their research.
The Catholic Bioethics Centre said that If introduced, the recommendations would make society less inclusive, marginalising society’s most vulnerable members—the unborn and disabled.
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Parkinson’s NZ education grant
Published July 02nd 2008, Posted in National
Parkinson’s New Zealand is offering an education grant of $6,000 for a Health Professional to attend the 6th International Congress on Mental Dysfunctions & other Non-Motor Features in Parkinson’s disease, Dresden, Germany, 16-19 October 2008.
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Disabled leader creates change
Published July 01st 2008, Posted in Northland
Vanassa McGoldrick is well known in the disability sector in Northland.
She has helped create a more accessible Whangarei by working with council on issues affecting the disability community including access issues at the Whangarei Aquatic Centre and establishing the ‘Disability Working Parking Permit’.
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The Man With No Arms
Published June 30th 2008, Posted in Northland
In this absorbing book Glenn Busch captures with compelling authenticity the intimate stories of nine people who live daily with the reality of a disability.
They speak candidly of growing up, the importance of work, family, relationships, parenthood, of wanting to be treated like everyone else in a world that still chooses to see them as different.
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Guest speakers needed
Published June 26th 2008, Posted in Northland
Invitation to be a guest at the “My name is ….” workshops
The “My name is…” exhibition which launches on Friday 01 August 2008 at Reyburn House Art Gallery, Whangarei explores the lives of people with disabilities. Sponsored by IHC and CCS Disability Action, it brings together the best of the photographic work of Hanne Johnsen.
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Who decides who gets born?
Published June 26th 2008, Posted in National
Media release from DPA (Disabled Persons Assembly)
Bioethics report recommendations have “lost the plot”
The just-released report from the Bioethics Council about pre-birth testing has delivered recommendations that fail to protect disabled people from a ‘designer baby’ future. Gary Williams, CEO of DPA says the recommendations will simply reinforce disabled people’s concerns that their lives have a lesser value, and are poorly protected.
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Minnie’s presentation on Be Accessibe was truly inspiring. disappointing to see those most in need of ‘enlightenment’ were absent….a great build up for the RWC and way beyond so up to those who did attend to be vocal! and spread the Be word!