Disability

The pleasures and pitfalls of a low vision lifestyle: You'll seldom see a cane in Mike Steven's hand but he has just one eighth of the vision most people enjoy. Mike is one of almost 170 thousand New… Audio

Jim Morunga's been serving his community for 40 years. Last year he was named New Zealand's Local Hero of the year. Other regional winners were in the running, but Napier-based Jim took the top award… Audio

Children with Down syndrome can be princes and princesses too. Katy Gosset meets the woman behind a petition that calls for Disney to make an animated film with disabled characters. She also finds out… Audio

Advocates for accident claimants say the Accident Compensation Corporation must do more to restore public confidence in the organisation. Audio

Like being born again... that's the reaction from the paralysed man at the centre of ground breaking therapy which has resulted in him walking again. Audio

Listen to an extended interview with barrier free advisor Vivian Naylor. Audio

From his new vantage point as a wheelchair user, Mike Gourley revisits the issue of access to the built environment. Audio

It's a tough job market in many small New Zealand towns and, it can be particularly hard for people living with a disability to find the right work opportunity. Workbridge is a nationwide… Audio

A restaurant where you have to use your hands, because you have to order in sign language. Audio

Gig Buddies hooks socially isolated people with learning disabilities up with a buddy to go to gigs, clubs, sports events and even church. Audio

A network of families caring for children with foetal alcohol syndrome disorder, or FASD, want the condition to be recognised as a disability, and for the government to stop ignoring the issue and… Audio

For Sharyn Hildreth having MS has meant often needing to have a 'plan B'. Directing plays rather than acting in them has become her latest 'plan B'. Sharyn is one of 4000 New Zealanders who live with… Audio

Mention Tourettes Syndrome and most people think of adults who swear. But this complex neurological condition also affects children, causing a host of uncontrollable physical and verbal tics.

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Sophie Morgan is walking again after ten years in a wheelchair, with the help of a high-tech wearable robot, made by New Zealand company Rex Bionics. Sophie was 18 and celebrating excellent exam… Audio

It's estimated one in four people in New Zealand will experience anxiety in their lifetime. Of those many thousands of people, just 30 per cent of cases will be diagnosed and only five per cent will… Audio

New Zealand's attitudes towards people with disabilities and the work the Government's doing to uphold their rights is coming under the spotlight this week at the United Nations in Geneva. For the… Audio

The inaugural Invictus Games have begun in London. The event has been put together by a team led by Prince Harry, and celebrates what he calls the fighting spirit of the wounded, injured and sick… Audio

Wellington adventurer Neelu Memom, who was left with only 30% of her vision after contracting an a post-viral autoimmune reaction when she was 16, tells of the challenges of scaling Mt Kilimanjaro. Audio

An electronic device has been developed which uses echolocation to alert blind people to obstacles in the environment Audio