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A Different Light – 23rd November 2024 – “ Disabled abuse survivors still face inadequate care”
A Different Light – 23rd November 2024 – Disabled abuse survivors still face inadequate care Last week survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care received a formal apology from…
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A Different Light – 9th November 2024 – “ Disabled People must be at the heart of the decision-making”
A Different Light – 9th November 2024 – Disabled People must be at the heart of the decision-making When December looms people start thinking about Christmas. Who’s going to misbehave…
by JonnyNov 13 No comments -
A Different Light – 26th October 2024 – “Halloween horror: The Monster Mash that is our current Government and other stories”
A Different Light – 26th October 2024 – Halloween horror- The Monster Mash that is our current Government and other stories BOO!! It’s Halloween time already. Last year I wrote…
by JonnyNov 13 No comments -
A Different Light – 12th October 2024 – “ Dogs make our lives a little cuter, a touch crazier and a lot happier”
A Different Light – 12th October 2024 – dogs make our lives a little cuter, a touch crazier and a lot happier Neurotic, traumatised, nimble with a touch of forgetfulness-…
by JonnyNov 13 No comments -
A Different Light – 28th September 2024 – “ Funding freeze a recipe for our most vulnerable to be decimated”
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] A Different Light – 28th September 2024 – Funding freeze a recipe for our most vulnerable to be decimated It was hard before, but now it looks out…
by JonnyOct 4 No comments -
A Different Light – 14 September 2024 – “ Accessible Kaipara District? Yeah, nah!”
A Different Light – 14 September 2024 – Accessible Kaipara District- Yeah- nah In Tai Tokerau we love the good old catch-all retort- ‘yeah nah! On the face of it,…
by JonnyOct 4 No comments -
A Different Light – 30th August 2024 – “ The Government are basically saying Disabled People are not up for the job?”
Downloadable: A Different Light – 31 Aug 2024 – The Government are basically saying Disabled People are not up for the job The 80’s gave me a taste for what…
by JonnySep 2 No comments -
A Different Light – 3 August 2024 – “ We all have a part to play in not reinforcing negative perceptions”
A Different Light – 3 August 2024 – We all have a part to play in not reinforcing negative perceptions It was only the other week I wrote about potty…
by JonnyAug 14 No comments -
A Different Light – 20th July 2024 – “ Spotlight on Troy Robertson”
A Different Light – 20th July 2024 – Spotlight on Troy Robertson I had some trepidation about selecting someone for a ‘Spotlight Interview’ for the Tiaho Trust’s ‘Getting Out There’…
by JonnyAug 14 No comments -
A Different Light – 6th July 2024 – “ Nobody uses the ‘n word’ anymore”
A Different Light – 6th July 2024 – Nobody uses the ‘n word’ anymore Nobody uses the ‘n word’ anymore. People long ago stopped using the word ‘gay’ in a…
by JonnyAug 14 No comments -
A Different Light – 8th June 2024 – “ The Budget could have been much worse ”
A Different Light – 8th June 2024 – The Budget could have been much worse This weekend is the anniversary of my mother’s death. She died on Queens birthday. It’s…
by JonnyJul 2 No comments -
A Different Light – 22nd June 2024 – “ Tiaho Trust offering social change and Leadership workshops to potential Disabled Leaders”
A Different Light – 22nd June 2024 – Tiaho Trust offering social change and Leadership workshops to potential Disabled Leaders Despite the announcement from the Government in March about restrictions…
by JonnyJul 2 No comments
