Posts by Hilary Stace
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Matthew Hooton,
I would like to see Trevor as speaker though. Would be the most effective and ferocious one ever.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Thank you Rosemary. I was thrown by the Dr bit (which I only use on funding applications) and that he wanted to talk about autism. But hopefully got a little bit of disability stuff in. Have great admiration for people who talk easily on the radio.
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Now that Andrew Little is Labour Party leader I would like to see him progress something he flagged a couple of years ago when he was ACC Spokesperson. He noted the inequitable disability funding between ACC and MoH and asked why and what could be done about that? But he then changed portfolio areas.
There is an opportunity with the lowering of the ACC levies to keep those levies and properly resource full disability support for all those who need it. This won’t happen of course but we need those discussions about equity to start again.
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Hard News: News from home ..., in reply to Matthew Hooton,
That is a little ageist. Most of those 4 MPs you mention will still be under 65 in 2017. This is a growing NZ demographic which already feels overlooked in many areas. What about age and wisdom? The role of the mentor?
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There is a big youth/activist base that has built up around Grant and Jacinda. Not necessarily party members.That energy is how you win elections. Hopefully Andrew Little can somehow tap into that. I reckon he should give G and J some sort of party promotional role as well as senior positions.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Sacha,
I think there is some variety around the country. For example, Capital Coast, Hutt and Wairarapa now share one committee. I would be interested to hear whether any of the DSACs around the country have any influence on practice.
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There seems to be a bit of unease about the way the affiliates voted and the affect of that on such a close vote. Apparently only the Service and Food Workers union allowed their members to vote. The EPMU and some of the others block voted. Doesn't seem the most democratic way to me. There is a word for it going around Facebook - 'brocialism'.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand’s…, in reply to Angela Hart,
At the moment some disabled people who have a caregiver cannot use that caregiver's paid services while in hospital. That means there is often no one in the hospital setting who knows the person's needs. Some deaths have occured in recent years through such things as feeding issues. In busy hospital wards there is not usually the staff time to provde the extra attention. Some DHBs still have disability committees and some have a bit of staff specialism but that does not mean crucial support in the ward situation.
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Here is link to Robert's interview with Kathryn Ryan http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/20157519/new-zealand's-candidate-for-the-united-nations-committee-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-for-the-2016-election-robert-martin
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Interview with Robert Martin on Radio NZ this morning (after 10) talking about his biography Becoming a Person which includes his story of institutionalisation.