The art of tinkering
Tinkering with ideas for new products and services can be a great way to explore whether self-employment is a viable option....
Employment
Disability support New Zealand: What do the changes mean?
Disability support in New Zealand is changing. From October 1st 2018, a prototype for a system known as Mana Whaikaha has been in...
Welfare Reform; Real change or tilting at windmills?
We have been a little quiet on welfare reform recently, apart from a release on Allowances last week. This is because...
Accessible and affordable housing
Policy and Information leader, Jonathan Tautari returns to talk about the importance of accessible and affordable housing and the cost of exclusion....
Getting a Foot on the Employment Ladder
We thought, we would share a good blog from our sister blog site: Inclusive Action: Everyday Lives. In the blog, Brendan Murphy...
Not willing or discrimination, disability and unemployment
We have already talked about welfare reform here and in the United Kingdom and heard people’s first hand experience of finding...
Why a disabled staff group matters to us
The CCS Disability Action National Disabled Staff Leadership Team talks about the importance of disabled staff leadership to the organisation. Within...
New creative ways need to be found to support people to work
LAC Chair, Allyson Hamblett, makes a welcome return to talk about creating new ways of supporting people to work. LACs are...
Born that way
No before you ask, this post is not about Lady Gaga. You are not getting me to reveal any secret soft spot...
The invisible child
Children with disabilities often face the toughest barriers in society. Yet they are sometimes invisible when it comes to government policy...