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A Different Light – Election chance for Northland’s Disabled to be heard
A Different Light – 15 August 2020 – Election chance for Northland’s Disabled to be Heard You’ve no doubt noticed the scarily vivid posters around town. Pitting the pitbull Collins…
by JonnyAug 17 No comments -
A Different Light – 1 August 2020 – “Falling over a common experience for disabled people”
A Different Light – 1 August 2020 My friend Robbie cracked his rib last weekend. He came off his e-bike whilst enthusiastically riding down a grass track from Beach Rd…
by JonnyAug 3 No comments -
A Different Light – 18 July 2020 – “A brilliant time in Roto-Vagas”
Link for print version: A Different Light – 18 July 2020 – “A brilliant time in Roto-Vagas” It was colder than I remembered and the smell was more pungent. Mind you…
by JonnyJul 20 No comments -
A Different Light – 4 July 2020 – “Health & Disability Review – if it ain’t broke…”
A Different Light – 4 July “I’m not sick!” Apart from the usual aches and pains and snuffles and sneezes I am not by virtue of my disability-‘sick’ and I…
by JonnyJul 6 No comments -
A Different Light – 22 June 2020- ” Accessible Tourism a no-brainer”
A Different Light – 20 June 2020- Accessible Tourism a no-brainer “Don’t leave home ‘till you have seen the country”. Do you remember that catchphrase from the 80’s campaign to…
by JonnyJun 22 No comments -
A Different Light – 6 June 2020 – “Things are the same but different”
A Different Light – 6 June – Things are the same but different The term the ‘New Normal’ is almost getting old. It’s used to describe how things are now…
by JonnyJun 8 No comments -
A Different Light – 23 May 2020 – Reject conspiracy theories, Unite to defeat Covid 19
A Different Light – 23 May 2020 – Reject conspiracy theories, Unite to defeat Covid 19 The origin of the word “Conspiracy” is con – meaning together and spire –…
by JonnyMay 25 No comments -
A Different Light – 11th May 2020 – “Adjusting to the new normal after Level 3”
A Different Light – 11th May 2020 It’s official. I am disheveled. When I look in the mirror, it’s not ideal! It’s my hair mainly. It’s growing fast and in…
by ArleneMay 11 No comments -
A Different Light – 25th April 2020 – “Glad NZ looks after vulnerable disabled in crisis”
A Differnt Light – 25 April – Glad NZ looks after vulnerable disabled in crisis It’s week four of lockdown. The days are running into each other with a theme…
by ArleneMay 5 No comments -
A Different Light – Tough time for many disabled folk in lockdown – 11 April 2020
A Different Light – 11 April 2020 – Tough time for many disabled folk in lockdown We’re halfway there. At least I hope we have done enough so that four…
by ArleneApr 14 No comments -
A Different Light – 28th March 2020 – “Time to take a break and look out for others”
A Different Light – 28 March – Time to take a break and look out for others I knew things were fluid and fast moving. But I like many others…
by ArleneMar 30 No comments -
A Different Light – The chicken is out to get me
The Chicken is Out to Get Me! A Different Light – 14 March 2020- The Chicken is out to get me I can’t stand touching raw chicken. I avoid doing…
by JonnyMar 16 No comments
