Kōrero: Disability and disability organisations

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

• A brief history of disability in Aotearoa

  Written by Martin Sullivan and Hilary Stace, this resource on the Office for Disability Issues website, takes a brief look at the history of disability in Aotearoa, since the advent of European settlement.

   

• CCS Disability Action

  An organisation that provides information, advocacy and support for disabled people and their families.

• Deaf Sports

  The national organisation for sports for deaf people. It runs the New Zealand Deaf Games.

• Disabled Persons Assembly NZ

  An umbrella organisation which represents people with disability and their families, disability advocacy organisations and disability service providers.

• IHC

  IHC New Zealand advocates for the rights of people with intellectual disability, and provides housing and work services.

• Kāpo Māori Aotearoa New Zealand Inc.

  The website of an indigenous national consumer-driven organisation that offers specialist Māori cultural support initiatives, solutions and advice.

• Support Groups

  This page on the Health Navigator NZ website lists the details of over 100 organisations offering health and disability support in New Zealand.

• Whāia Te Ao Mārama: The Māori Disability Action Plan

  A plan to enable Māori with disabilities to achieve their aspirations, and to reduce barriers that may impede Māori disabled and their whānau from gaining better outcomes.

• Faiva Ora 2014–2016: National Pasifika Disability Plan

  This plan encourages support services, government agencies and Pasifika communities to enable Pasifika disabled people and their families to live in their homes and participate in their community.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• Beatson, Peter. The disability revolution in New Zealand: a social model. 3rd ed. Palmerston North: School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, Massey University, 2004.

• McKee, Rachel Locker. People of the eye: stories from the deaf world. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2001.

• The New Zealand disability strategy: making a world of difference. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2001.

• Newbold, Greg. Quest for equity: a history of blind advocacy in New Zealand. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press, 1995.

• Tennant, Margaret. ‘Disability in New Zealand: an historical survey.’ New Zealand Journal of Disability Studies 2 (1996): 3–25.