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July 2008
We want to hear from you
Published July 02nd 2008, Posted in NorthlandHave you received bad customer service because of your disability?
If the answer is ‘yes’, Tiaho Trust would like to hear from you.
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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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Arthritis medication funding woes
Published June 26th 2008, Posted in National / 1 Comment
Media release from Arthritis New Zealand
Poor quality of life for those denied access to medicines
For more than half a million people in New Zealand arthritis is a way of life; it is the single biggest cause of disability in this country. Yet the medicines that could help reduce the burden of this disease are just not being made available.
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Fines go up today
Published June 25th 2008, Posted in National / 1 Comment
New legislation comes into force today that will make people think twice about parking illegally in on-street mobility parking spaces.
The fine is increasing to $150 up from just $40.
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