Posts by Sacha
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if you missed it, Jenny Shipley talks with RNZ's Wallace Chapman (ex-disability-beneficiary), including about changing the basis of welfare from entitlement to need: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/201782633/dame-jenny-shipley
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Hard News: Footpaths, not manifest destiny, in reply to Steve Todd,
the Auckland DHB takes in the North Shore and Henderson
that's the Waitemata DHB.
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Hard News: Bowie, in reply to Russell Brown,
But instead we get these two guys playing novelty records and laughing at their own jokes. It's such a waste of those hours.
Welli, the worst of. #shame
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Sacha,
Councils still routinely plan, built and grant consents for inaccessible buildings and public spaces.
Changes may be made to Christchurch's new multi-million dollar playground after concerns about a lack of disability-friendly facilities.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Angela Hart,
Ratepayers have stacks of money.
Raised spots and loudspeakers for the blind go in very quicklyA testament to their superior lobbying power, helped by things like a longer history of working together as a community, having their own governing legislation for decades, and being able to keep welfare benefits while employed. For one in nine of all disabled people, they do get a lot of support.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Angela Hart,
it should have been done automatically, as part of the design.
And that was what I and others were working for many years to get done, with only minor success. Councils still routinely plan, built and grant consents for inaccessible buildings and public spaces. Governments let them. Because we're worth it.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Angela Hart,
That would be westie champ Sharon Davies.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Joe Wylie,
a woman who, starting in the early 70s, had taken on the then powers-that-be over wheelchair access in central Chch.
Was it the Mayor's wife at the time, Alexia Pickering? Made a big difference.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Central govt even funded some well-meaning Chch disability advocates in the aftermath of eqnz. Sadly (as usual) they lacked the strategic nous and coordinated backing to overcome bureaucratic intertia and prioritising of many other interests overseen by that bumbling dinosaur Brownlee. I'm sure there were some uplifting tea and scone gatherings though.
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Access: Disability as a wicked policy problem, in reply to Hilary Stace,
wouldn't it be wonderful if the interview panels could include some of those on the front line desperately needing services?
That's what a genuine commitment to fundamental change would look like, yes.
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