Posts by Hilary Stace
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Hard News: Crowded houses, in reply to izogi,
There was a good article a couple of days ago from a journalist about accessing Work and Income. Photo ID was required to get in the door and her press pass was not good enough. So if you don't have photo ID from a passport (very expensive), 18+ card (which requires photo ID to get) or a drivers' licence (unlikely for many disabled or young people) you literarily can't get in the door of Work and Income
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Hard News: Crowded houses, in reply to Emma Hart,
My daughter spent the morning helping a young man get some photo ID. You can't seem to get photo ID without photo ID to prove it is you. It is extraordinarily difficult for people without a passport, drivers' licence or other identifying certification. And the next step is to produce an official letter with your name and address printed on it.
I do wish those people who have never been to Work and Income would go with some young, disabled or homeless person to see how hard it can all be. Starting with getting an appointment.
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Instead of going to private landlords the $1.2 billion could instead be the start of a Universal Basic Income
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From the latest MindsforMinds newsletter is some of the first detailed NZ specific autism data. People can also sign up to be part of their research
http://www.mindsforminds.org.nz/We observe the well-reported male to female gender bias (4:1)
• The population distribution reflects New Zealand’s latest census
• Anxiety disorders, depression and epilepsy were highly prevalent amongst individuals with ASD
and their families
• 48.5% reported at least one other co-occurring condition
o The most common co-occurring condition in those under 7 is ADHD, then in decreasing
frequency dyspraxia, followed by depression and anxiety
o The most common condition in those aged 8 to 17 was depression and anxiety, then in
decreasing frequency ADHD, followed by dyspraxia
o The most common condition in those over the age of 18 was depression and anxiety,
then in decreasing frequency gastrointestinal symptoms, followed by ADHD
• The number of co-occurring conditions increased with age
• 91.2% of individuals reported one or more condition among first-degree relatives
• The most common conditions occurring in relatives were ADHD, depression and anxiety, ASD/
Asperger syndrome, dyspraxia, and obsessive compulsive disorder -
Hard News: Forgetting what we didn't know, in reply to Marc C,
Sorry, I see you already suggested this. FOMO of the cool journalist crowd.
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Others have suggested that Duncan Garner, Gower and others are just sulking because they weren't part of this innovative media collaboration
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/panama-papers/303461/how-rnz,-tvnz,-hager-joined-forces
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Access: The Meltdown, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
I know at least a couple of women counsellors (one is my daughter) who work with children and adults on the spectrum (not gender specific). Person-centred, person- specific, with a bit of understanding of autism, seems to be important.
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Speaker: Talking past each other:…, in reply to Bart Janssen,
Many people on the spectrum have quite limited diets. But that could be because of some natural distrust of certain foods and their effects.
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There seem to be gut-related issues with autism and it is rare to find a person on the spectrum, and even close family members, who do not have some long-standing digestive issues. The MindsforMinds group at Auckland University has been doing some work on this.
I also heard recently, from some authoritative scientific person, that there is also a relationship between lack of breastfeeding and the development of ADHD. I don't want to get into the breastfeeding and guilt thing, but that could indicate another gut microbiome thing going on.
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Here is a link to the lecture at Victoria University last week "Is there an appetite for a sugar tax in NZ?"