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…
DPA is going to respond to a Ministry of Health discussion document on the proposed Action Plan for managing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder( FASD).
We would like your feedback on the proposed key principals and outcomes outlined below.
Key principles
Focus on empowering families/whanau…
DPA is going to make a
submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) about
the Marrakesh Treaty - an agreement that will help remove barriers for those
who, because of their disability, find accessing printed material difficult.
If you are in this position please
read…
In a moving ceremony, former Chief Executive of DPA Gary Williams (Ngati Porou) was inducted into the Attitude Awards Hall of Fame for his life-long service on behalf of disabled people, on 3 December 2015.
Gary was part of the committee who developed the United Nations Convention for the Rights…