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The link between poverty and disability is clear – but it’s far from inevitable, and we don’t have to accept it as so, write Access Matters Aotearoa Trust co-chairs Amy Hogan and Rebekah Graham.

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-05-2023/why-people-with-disability-get-caught-in-a-poverty-trap

Access Matters Aotearoa has made a submission to the Petitions Committee regarding the 'Help strengthen the Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill' petition, as follows.

Read/download the AMA Submission in Word format

Read/download the AMA Submission in PDF format

This month, Kāpō Māori Aotearoa (KMA) was awarded with a National Hauora Māori Partners Innovation and Sustainability Fund grant (2022/2023). Te Aka Whai Ora are proud to be able to mihi the important mahi KMA do to support tāngata whaikaha Māori and whānau in the health and disability service provision. 

Time To Transform Care And Support For Disabled People

Press Release: Green Party

Urgent reform is essential to ensure disabled people have equal access to the care and support they need, the Green Party says in response to a new report that challenges politicians to fix the current system.

A disability advocate is frustrated there is no commitment from Government to create enforceable legislation that would improve the lives of those living with a disability.

Article by Olivia Shivas, published in Stuff 7 July 2022 at www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/129186800/government-wont-enforce-accessibility-despite-promising-legislation-to-make-nz-more-accessible

Disability advocate and Access Matters campaigner Juliana Carvalho said unless accessibility legislation was enforceable, people who require access will continue to live in substandard conditions. [Access Matters] is a group of disability organisations who proposed Accessibility Act in Aotearoa.

Do you have a connection to, experience of, or an interest in chronic illness?

Amy Hogan and Prof Virginia Braun are seeking people to read and respond to questions about a series of vignettes. The vignettes explore the current context of information, treatment options, and life choices for people with chronic conditions.

Listen to RNZ's Jessie Mulligan speak with wheelchair-user Brooke Haverkort and buddy/carer Odette Jennings who conducted an informal survey of wheelchair accessibility in South Auckland.