Disability Focused Website Links
General Disability Information
DIS Disability Information Service Inc
http://www.disabilityinfo.co.nz
CCS Library & Information Services
http://www.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/Support/LibraryampInformationServices/tabid/77/Default.aspx
Specific Disability Information
NZ Health and Disability Support Groups
http://www.everybody.co.nz/supportgroups.aspx
NZ Organisation for Rare Disorders
http://www.nzord.org.nz/
Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind
http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/
Deaf Association
http://www.deaf.co.nz
CCS Disability Action
http://www.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz
Burwood Academy of Independent Living
http://www.burwood.org.nz
Autism New Zealand
http://www.autismnz.org.nz/
Mental Health Foundation
http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz
Mental Health Commission
http://www.mhc.govt.nz
The Donald Beasley Institute
http://www.donaldbeasley.org.nz
For research and education on intellectual disability
Living with a Disability
OUR STORIES
http://www.ourstories.co.nz
Our stories is a place for people to learn more about life with disability.
Life is for living
http://www.odi.govt.nz/publications/life-is-for-living
Parenting With A Disability
Parents with Disabilities Online!
http://www.disabledparents.net/index.html
Through the Looking Glass Website!
http://www.lookingglass.org/
Equipment
Enable
http://www.enable.co.nz/
Funding
Enable
http://www.enable.co.nz/enablenz/website.nsf/wpg_Index/About-About+Enable+New+Zealand+Processing?OpenDocument
BreakOut
http://www.fis.org.nz/BreakOut3/
Vocational
Workbridge
http://www.workbridge.co.nz/
Mainstream Supported Employment Programme
http://www.msd.govt.nz/what-we-can-do/disability-services/mainstream/index.html
Choosing Your Path. Disclosure it's a Personal Decision
http://pubsites.uws.edu.au/rdlo/disclosure/
Legislation that "protects" the rights of the disabled in New Zealand
Human Rights Act 1993
http://www.hrc.co.nz/
Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
http://www.hdc.org.nz/
2001 New Zealand Disability Strategy: Making a World of Difference - Whakanui Oranga
http://www.odi.govt.nz/publications/nzds/index.html
Universal Design
The Barrier Free New Zealand Trust
http://www.barrierfreenz.org.nz/
The good, the bad and the ugly - design and construction for access
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/disability_rights/buildings/good.htm
Universal Design Education Online
http://www.udeducation.org
This site supports educators and students in their teaching and study of universal design. Universal design is an approach to the design of all products and environments to be as usable as possible by as many people as possible regardless of age, ability, or situation.
