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A Different Light – 29 Feb 2020 – Ruakaka Surf Day for Disabled brings out the smiles
A Different Light – Ruakaka Surf Day for disabled brings out the smiles I wasn’t going to write about it -but the day was so upbeat- I couldn’t help myself.…
by JonnyMar 10 No comments -
A Different Light – 15th February 2020 – Access Issues in Waitangi Improving
A Different Light – 15 Feb 2020 February has been hot and busy. No doubt it will get hotter and busier with the weekends having the most activity. While February…
by JonnyFeb 17 No comments -
A Different Light – 18th January 2020 – “Disabled people often disadvantaged during a disaster”
A Different Light 18 January 2020 The afternoon of Sunday, the fifth of January, had a particularly gloomy feel about it. It wasn’t just because I was going back to…
by JonnyJan 21 No comments -
A Different Light – 14 December 2019 – “As we enter the 20s, relish and remember the good times”
A Different Light – 14 December 2019 It’s not only the end of a year- it’s the of a decade. The acceleration of change has been bowel shattering in some…
by JonnyDec 16 No comments -
A Different Light – 30th November 2019 – “Disabled People and Getting Work, never ending issue”
A Different Light – 30th November 2019 – Disabled People and Getting Work never ending issue Remember the movie “Groundhog Day” featuring the hapless Bill Murray, who was caught in…
by JonnyDec 11 No comments -
A Different Light – 16 November 2019 – “When You’re Disabled and Put Yourself Out There
A Different Light – 16 November 2019 – When You’re Disabled and Put Yourself Out There A couple of weeks ago, the Opposition party circulated a discussion document on Social…
by JonnyDec 11 No comments -
A Different Light – 2 November 2019 – Movie time reflections on the Joker
A Different Light – 2 November 2019 – Movie time relection of the Joker I used to resist going to the movies. It was the conformity that put me off…
by JonnyDec 11 No comments -
A Different Light – 19 October 2019- Diversity Rulz OK!
Link to PDF A Different Light – 19 October 2019- Diversity Rulz OK! When I was asked to be a speaker at a conference months ago, I was blasé in my…
by JonnyOct 24 No comments -
A Different Light – 5 October 2019 – Ableism??
PDF version: A Different Light – 5 October 2019-Ableism Ableism is a waiter asking your colleague if you have finished your meal in a restaurant. Ableism is being pushed in a…
by JonnyOct 9 No comments -
A Different Light – State your piece – Inquiry into abuse in care
A Different Light – 22 September Our very own Cameron Leslie was deservedly front and centre in the Northern Advocate again this week. Front page! The article was about him…
by JonnySep 27 No comments -
A Different Light – 7 September 2019 – Different to my Dad
http://tiaho.vpx.energiseweb.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/A-Different-Light-7-September-2019-Different-to-my-Dad.pdf My parents never believed in Fathers’ or Mothers’ Day. They both dismissed the practice of sons and daughters paying homage to their parents on a prescribed day of the…
by JonnySep 10 No comments -
A Different Light – 10 August 2019 – Grey Matter
A Different Light – 10 August – Grey Matter Don’t you hate when things won’t work for no apparent reason or when a straight forward plan fails miserably? Like a…
by JonnyAug 12 No comments
