Take Action Blog
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Guest blog by Julie Woods
Posted by Suzie Linton · September 08, 2021 5:04 PM · 1 reaction
Blind activist Julie Woods tells us about 'The Accessibility Game', how it works and why it matters.
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Underwhelming Election Options
Posted by Suzie Linton · October 06, 2020 11:47 AM · 1 reaction
With the election just around the corner, we are facing the perennial challenges of ensuring that disability rights and justice are being addressed by all political parties.
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Book review - Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities
Posted by Suzie Linton · September 14, 2020 10:00 AM
In this blog post Dr Carey-Ann Morrison, Senior Researcher at Imagine Better, reviews the book Allies and Obstacles: Disability Activism and Parents of Children with Disabilities.
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Guest Blog - Gordon Jackman on why we need a disability ministry
Posted by Suzie Linton · July 07, 2020 12:00 PM
Gordon Jackman talks about how disabled people's human rights are not recognised in the existing system and calls on anyone who wants to work together to campaign for a disability ministry to get in touch!
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A message from our CEO, Tony Paine
Posted by Noel Yeldos · March 19, 2020 3:19 PM
Disabled people, their families and whānau, and their allies are fighting for justice and human rights.
We’ve achieved a lot and we’ve got lots more to do!
We are still discovering what it’s going to take to build a world free from ableism, a world where disabled lives matter, a world where the exclusion, violence, poverty and discrimination routinely inflicted on disabled people are no longer such dominant forces.
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Covid-19 and Ableism
Posted by Noel Yeldos · March 19, 2020 3:17 PM
Ableism and the ways disabled people are ignored and marginalised has been one of the hallmarks of our collective response to COVID-19.