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Great welcome back to school
Published October 14th 2008, Posted in National
Not many 15-year-olds would say they enjoyed their first day back at school, but for Paralympic champion and world record-holder Sophie Pascoe, yesterday was one school day she will never forget.
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School funding crisis
Published October 08th 2008, Posted in NationalAdvocacy groups, parents, teachers and principals are concerned that children with disabilities are not being adequately supported to attend and participate fully in their local state school with some children being sent home due to a lack of teacher aid resources.
This situation is distressing for parents who want their children to attend a mainstream school and for the children who are missing out on activities that their ‘able bodied’ peers participate in.
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Heavy Load rock!
Published October 08th 2008, Posted in National
Heavy Load, the UK’s only disabled punk band, are the subject of a rockumentary released this week.
A charismatic lead singer, a drummer who dreams of solo success, two guitarists and a bass player - Heavy Load are a band just like any other.
Except that they’re not. The disabled group are billed as Lewes’s answer to The Ramones.
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Who to vote for?
Published October 07th 2008, Posted in National
Well it is only 31 days to go before we vote in our next general election.
It is important that you take part in these elections to have your say about who makes the decisions that ultimately effect you, your family and your community.
To help you find out how much knowledge the parties and candidates have about disability and disability issues, Tiaho has posted some links to websites that have interviews with candidates discussing topics such as individualised Funding, Advocacy and carers issues.
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‘tips for autism’
Published October 02nd 2008, Posted in National
‘tips for autism’ will again be available throughout New Zealand in 2009.
‘tips’ is a course where up to six teams of people supporting a child with autism spend four days developing interventions and plans to support their particular child. This year (2008) there have been 13 courses to the teams around 80 children with ASD (about 500 people).
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Impact of Physical Impairment Project
Published September 25th 2008, Posted in National
What stops you from living a normal life? Attitudes, poorly designed environments, lack of information or not enough support?
How do you stop these barriers from stopping you? What equipment and support do you use, what works the best, what do you still need?
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Arthritis NZ Appeal Week Events
Published September 25th 2008, Posted in National
This years Arthritis New Zealand National Appeal Day is on Friday 26 September 2008 and the Appeal Week runs until Friday 3 October 2008.
Join the team in Whangarei and support Arthritis New Zealand by taking part in this years Annual Orange Appeal. We will be marking the occasion with a National Street appeal where the funds raised will go towards providing services to people affected by Arthritis in Northland. If you are in a position to help with the street appeal we would love to hear from you.
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Our champions are coming home!
Published September 18th 2008, Posted in National
The New Zealand Paralympic Team will shortly be returning to our shores after many fantastic performances at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
I’m sure you will agree with me that our athletes have really done us proud and they deserve a great welcome home!
Please download the supporting document below detailing when our Paralympians fly into New Zealand.
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Paralympics - Review of the past few days
Published September 16th 2008, Posted in National
Dave Stewart, Project Manager Paralympics New Zealand has been passing on detailed updates for these games, thanks Dave.
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Disappointing Paralympics coverage
Published September 16th 2008, Posted in NationalTiaho Trust has had a number of people raise the issue that the Paralympic Games are not recieving the coverage they deserve.
It is such a shame when our athletes are performing so well that we only get to hear and see them when they win medals or something extraordinary happens.
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Thanks Gail and Tiaho Trust for posting this information. I do hope people from the Northland can attend. Let me know if you require transport and I’ll see what I can do. Keep smiling, Mark