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Petition launched for mandatory sound emitters on electric cars
Being clipped by an EV was the final straw for Josaiah Fue to take action and make roads safer for the blind and low-vision community.
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7 months ago
Predicting the 2025 theme for International Day of Persons with Disabilities
We follow the UN's word-salad theme-writing conventions to predict the 2025 IDPD theme.
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7 months ago
Why disabled people should do more ‘unsuitable’ things
Taking risks is accepted as a part of life, except when it comes to disabled people.
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7 months ago
The real cost of being the token disabled person
As disabled people, our stories and guidance should be treated as taonga, not a freebie tick-box exercise.
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7 months, 1 week ago
Rolling on to Thailand
The NZ Roller Blacks team are heading to Bangkok for an international tournament of the “ruthless sport”.
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7 months, 1 week ago
Five fictional villains you didn’t consider to be disabled
Disability continues to code evil into fictional characters. The disabilities are just becoming less visible.
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7 months, 1 week ago
I have ADHD. Am I disabled?
For ADHD Awareness Month, Soph Jackson asks: who is ‘allowed’ to call themselves disabled?’
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7 months, 2 weeks ago
A long road to freedom for disabled people in Palestine
As we tentatively celebrate a ceasefire, disabled people in Gaza are still enduring impossible conditions.
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7 months, 3 weeks ago
'Going through the back door': Cecelia O'Dell reflects on disability rights in Aotearoa
After working at the Human Rights Commission for 34 years, Cecelia O'Dell reflects on where Aotearoa is now compared to when she began there - and th…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
‘Is this a special facility?’: From rest homes to real homes for all disabled people
Living with other disabled people should be a choice not a last resort, says Henrietta Bollinger.
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8 months ago