Disability
Brain sensing tech for people with disabilities
For the thousands of New Zealanders with severe physical disabilities and are unable to communicate, one high-tech start up is hoping to make the world more accessible. Thought-Wired is the brain… Audio
Are disability organisations overlooking their own?
Does the disability sector in New Zealand do enough to employ people with disabilities into senior roles within its own organisations? Kathryn speaks to Pam MacNeill, who is blind and says progress… Audio
Insight: A Safety Net with Holes - Scout's story
Work and Income is there to provide help to New Zealanders to get back on their feet but there are clients who tell Insight it's let them down. Video
Disabled man's benefit cut by Work and Income
A severely intellectually disabled man's benefit has been cancelled because Work and Income says it didn't receive his yearly update form. His father is hoping for changes to the ministry he says has… Audio
Spectrum Playgroup: a special place for kids with autism
After an autism diagnosis, every parent asks 'What next?' and most often the answer is 'Waiting list', says Cat Noakes-Duncan. So she set up a playgroup with a difference. Audio
David's battle: 'Who is supposed to take care of him?'
An Auckland mother fears her four-year-old son will be held back by what she says is a lack of teacher aides for children with disabilities. Audio
Mother fears for disabled son without a teacher aide
An Auckland mother fears her four-year-old son will be confined to the corner at his creche, unable to learn because of what she says is a lack of teacher aides available for disabled students. Lucy… Audio
A musical path without sight
Georgia Steel is a high-flying young violist and conductor who is legally blind. Audio
Grandchildren facing loss of state home given reprieve
The family, including two who are blind, had been told to leave their Mangere state house after their grandmother died.
Insight: NZ's Mental Health at Breaking Point?
NZ's mental health system is groaning under the weight of growing demand. Catherine Hutton asks how well the service is coping and what needs to change. Video, Audio
'You have to choose between food and going to the doctor'
Disabled New Zealanders who have felt ignored this election campaign grilled politicians yesterday about their policies for disabled people.
Disabled ignored by politicians in campaign - IHC
Politicians in Wellington have been asked some tough questions about disability issues and support benefits, during a debate in the capital. Despite making up a sizeable chunk of the voting public… Audio
Public support high for accessibility standards - why no Act ?
New Zealanders with a range of disabilities are scaling up their efforts to introduce much needed accessibility legislation that would set out a minimum access standard for workplaces, public… Video, Audio
The theme park that's open to everyone
Since it opened in 2010, 1 million people have flocked to Morgan's Wonderland, a $70 million ultra-accessible theme park in Texas targeted at people with disabilities. Audio, Gallery
Making music accessible
Everyone should be able to access live music. That’s the ethos behind a series of concerts by Chamber Music New Zealand and the IHC Foundation that encourages inclusion and participation for diverse… Audio
Greens pledge free public transport for under-19s
The Green Party would make it free for everyone under the age of 19 to travel on buses, trains and commuter ferries.
Petition urges government to act over hearing implant backlog
A woman who has been waiting for more than two years for a hearing implant is calling for more government funding to help people like her.
NZ has done 'horrific job' protecting intellectually disabled people in state care - commissioner
Abuse of intellectually disabled people in state care over five decades, brought to light in a new report, is utterly sickening, the Disability Rights Commissioner says. Audio
'It sets you up to make you feel inadequate'
It’s ‘criminal’ how difficult the welfare system is to navigate, even for people who can advocate for themselves, an Auckland actor says. Audio
Everybody's included at the Court Theatre
Christchurch's Court Theatre's been acknowledged for making its productions accessible to as many people as possible. 2017 Arts Access Creative New Zealand "Arts For All" Award. It just won the… Audio
