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#FlyingWhileDisabled New Design May Let Passengers Fly in Their Wheelchairs | by Seth McBride newmobility.com/new-design-may…

New in #Area: 'Everyday activisms: Parental places and emotions of disability activism in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand' by Carey-Ann Morrison et al. (@_ImagineBetter, @DPA_NZ, @waikato) doi.org/10.1111/area.1…

Imagine Better and Disability Responsiveness New Zealand are working with the 3 District Health Boards of Wellington, Wairarapa and Hutt Valley (3DHB) to do a project on disabled people’s experiences of accessing local healthcare services. imaginebetter.co.nz/3dhb_call_for_…

Don’t blame disabled people. Blame barriers. Blame ableism. Stop victimizing and villainizing disabled people.

Disabled people are not “lucky” to have access and accommodation. Barriers are torn down by the zealous advocacy of disabled people not “luck.”

Inaccessibility is the horror that keeps on going. Disabled people are excluded and excluded and excluded and most people don’t give a damn.

"It makes me angry to hear people are stealing mobility permits and selling them online. I've had a mobility permit stolen once and it was such a pain not parking in the mobility parks." stuff.co.nz/national/healt…

And she's just constantly sitting there going, ‘it's going to be a lot of money and you just need to try to be rational’,” Green MP Golriz Ghahraman told Stuff’s disability podcast What’s Wrong With You? stuff.co.nz/national/healt…

"I think there is a lack of understanding of how mobility devices serve as an extension of our bodies. A broken mobility device is not an inconvenience, it is a major life-altering event that disrupts people’s lives." stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-…

"I’ve come a long way since that first day of school, but I hope other kids with disabilities and their families don’t have to experience that same first day my family did." stuff.co.nz/national/educa…

Stay safe! facebook.com/UniteAgainstCO…

"Better inclusion, participation and wellbeing of disabled people must be a priority for action." imaginebetter.co.nz/submission_on_…

"Differently abled?! Did my ears deceive me? From Kathryn Ryan previewing @ninetonoon? For heaven's sake! #euphemism #Saytheword #disability

For disabled people, a broken elevator is not an inconvenience. It is an emergency.

Disingenuous of the PM to say group 3 had plenty of time being prioritised for vaccine appointments. We had no follow up to the 1st text & proactively made an appointment asp. Only in the last days has there been any effort in Welly Not so easy for some. Lots of queue jumpers tho

I don’t want to hear anymore about access costs for disabled people being a burden. Inaccessibility is a burden. Isolation is a a burden. Segregation is a burden. Exclusion is a burden. Ableism is a burden.

Medical staff to me a wheelchair user:”We are ready for you. I spent yesterday teaching the staff how to operate the Hoyer lift to get you on the table.” Me:”I don’t need the lift. I need an accessible table.” The cardinal rule of access is: Ask the disabled person first.

Blind Citizens NZ has won the American Council of the Blind’s “Audio Description Project's Audio Description Achievement Award in the International category.” Congratulations to all involved, a big team of many contributors. #a11y #artsaccess #media #audiodescription

The contortions that nondisabled people go through to avoid saying “disabled” person and replacing it with “handicapable” and “differently abled” are an exercise in paternalism, devaluation and dehumanization.

Dear @ninetonoon. Disability is not the barrier. The barrier is poverty, lack of support etc The big barrier is #a11y for many. Access to the right #tech too. No matter how confident or skilled you are etc if you can't use it you're had it! Don't blame the user. Good on the CAB.