Preliminary DPA AGM 2018 notice
This is to give you advance notice that the Disabled Persons Assembly Annual General Meeting 2018 will be held on:
Date: Saturday November 24
Place: Wellington (venue to be confirmed)
Venue, agenda and board election details will be sent out…
We welcome proposed law changes around the use of medicinal cannabis and are heartened that this is being approached as a health issue. However, DPA is disappointed that the proposed amendment does not apply to disabled people who experience chronic pain, muscle spasms, medication-induced nausea,…
We submitted our response to the Child Poverty Reduction Bill on April 4.
DPA support the intent behind the introduction of the Child Poverty Reduction Bill as we see child poverty as a major issue for New Zealand and one that requires urgent and considerable attention.
However, our concern…
The new "Employment Support Practice Guidelines: How to support disabled people to get the job they want" were launched at Parliament on Wednesday March 21.
The guidelines are an essential "how to" guide for supporting disabled people into work. They are based on evidence that has accumulated over…
We submitted our response to the End of Life Choice Bill to the Justice Committee of Parliament on March 6.
DPA does not hold a position on euthanasia, therefor our submission did not address the wider issue of euthanasia. Instead we responded to the Bill from a disability rights…
This is the third of a series of blogs from the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA). We have used DPA’s strategic areas of focus, as identified by our members, as a guide to examine key areas of each party’s policies. We have then asked questions that we would like answered from political parties.…
This is the second of a series of blogs from the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA). We have used DPA’s strategic areas of focus, as identified by our members, as a guide to examine key areas of each party’s policies. We have then asked questions that we would like answered from political parties.…
This is the second of a series of blogs from the Disabled Persons Assembly (DPA). We have used DPA’s strategic areas of focus, as identified by our members, as a guide to examine key areas of each party’s policies. We have then asked questions that we would like answered from political parties.…
Disabled people are more than a quarter of the voting age population. Our families and allies make an even bigger block. At least 30% of us are open to changing our vote, so that’s at least 13 seats of disabled “floater voters” who can turn the political tide. We will determine the…