Understanding why and where disabled people feel they belong and don’t belong is the focus of a joint Spaces of Belonging research report launched tonight by the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA), Imagine Better, and the University of Waikato.
Previous research on disabled people’s…
President’s and Kaituitui’s Report
Kia ora DPA Dunedin members and supporters,
Paula and I are writing a joint column this month to mark the terrible terrorist attacks against the two mosques in Christchurch.
Firstly, we wish on behalf of DPA Dunedin to extend to the local,…
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DPA Christchurch currently have two positions available: …
An Auckland group are looking to develop an app that helps wheelchair users to get around the city easily.
They are looking for feedback from wheelchair users on the difficulties they face and other difficulties that might not be obvious to those who don't use wheelchairs.
They have asked us…
KI TE IWI HAUA O AOTEAROA
NOTICE OF MEETING FOR DPA ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO BE HELD AT
Wellington Central Library
Mezzanine Floor
65 Victoria Street
Wellington
11.00am to 4.00pm
Saturday 24 November 2018
ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA
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Plastic straw ban a kick in the teeth for disabled people
The announcement of a plastic straw ban in an inner-city Auckland area is a kick in the teeth for disabled people, the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) says.
The plastic straw debate and the effect of banning straws on disabled people…
A decade after New Zealand told the world it would guarantee people with disabilities equal political rights, the Election Access Fund Bill a concrete step towards making those rights a reality, the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) says.
In 2008, New Zealand ratified the UN Convention on the Rights…
The Plan to Fix Rentals launched by Renters United today is a common sense response to the current broken rental market; its implementation would improve the lives of thousands of New Zealanders, not least those in the disability community, the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA) says.
The rental market…
Spaces of Belonging research
Where do you feel like you
belong? Where do you feel like you don’t belong? What is it about these
places that makes you feel that way?
DPA is working with
ImagineBetter and the University of Waikato on a small Wellington-based
research project to understand…