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April 2008
IHC Breach of Human Rights Claim
Published April 10th 2008, Posted in National
If you have experiences circumstances such as a request to keep a child home from school when a teacher aid is not present, inadequate teacher aide or other support, exclusion of a child from school activities such as trips or other examples of different in inadequate treatment of a child in comparison to other peers, please contact IHC to help them with this claim.
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Activist looses equal rights fight
Published April 10th 2008, Posted in National
Some of you may have been following the court case challenging the different treatment of people disabled by accident to those disabled by birth/genetics. The High Court have just ruled that this is legal. This is extremely disappointing.
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NZ Relay presentation
Published April 08th 2008, Posted in Northland
Tired of being hung up on the phone or people assuming your drunk? Like to use the telephone more efficiently?
NZ Relay has a solution for you !
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Exciting New Internet Project
Published April 03rd 2008, Posted in Northland / 3 CommentsTiaho Trust has launched the ‘Empowerment Online” project aimed at assisting disabled people to connect to Information, Communication, Technology.
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Northland MS awards
Published April 02nd 2008, Posted in Northland
The Northland Multiple Sclerosis Society held a luncheon prior to Christmas at the Cobb & Co in Whangarei to present the Annual Awards for the Northland MS Person of the Year 2007 and Northland MS Carer of the Year 2007 to two extraordinary ladies.
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Being positive didn’t work
Published April 01st 2008, Posted in Northland / 3 Comments
The rego plate might have read ‘BPOSTV” however the owner of the car who recently illegally parked in the new mobility parking space in Hunt Street found herself not so positive that she would get away with it.
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IEP workshop in Whangarei
Published April 01st 2008, Posted in Northland
Parent to Parent New Zealand Inc. in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, Special Education Services are holding a free IEP (Individual Education Plan) Seminar in Whangarei on Tuesday 15th April at CCS Disability Action offices, 291 Kamo Road Kensington. This seminar is free with the only requirement being that you are a parent with a child/ren who are involved or likely to be involved in the IEP process.
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Van back in Whangarei
Published April 01st 2008, Posted in Northland / 2 Comments
We now have a new accessible van available to organisations in Whangarei wishing to support disabled people to participate in activities within their communities.
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