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Full Participation &Practical Accessibility
Tools to be inclusive
Ezekiel Robson, Vicki Terrell, Kaituitui, DPAMireille Vreeburg, Auckland Facilitator, NZDSN
People with disabilities• Those who have long-term
physical, mental,intellectual or sensoryimpairments
• Interaction with attitudesand other barriers thathinder full and effectiveparticipation in society
We are all people• Discrimination is any
distinction, exclusionor restriction based ondisability which hasthe effect of impairingor nullifying humanrights andfundamental freedomson an equal basis withothers
Nothing Without Us!• UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
– Human rights approach, social model of disability, emphasis oninclusion, participation, co-design with individual disabled people.
• Disabled Persons Organisations– DPA, Blind Citizens NZ, People First, Balance NZ, Deaf Aotearoa
• Parent & Carer Groups– Carers NZ, Parent2Parent, Parent & Family Resource Centre
• Government Ministries and Public Agencies– Office for Disability Issues – NZ Disability Strategy, Action Plan– MOH, ACC, MoE, MSD, NZTA, Local Councils, DHBs, HRC, HDC
• Consumer Advocacy, Support Providers– NZDSN, NFDIC, Platform, IEAG, Auckland Disability Law, CCS
Disability Action, IHC / Idea Services, Blind Foundation, AutismNZ, Stroke Foundation, Arthritis NZ, MS Society, TalkLink, VakaTautua, Te Roopu Waiora, Te Pou o Te Whakaaro Nui, Le Va
• Purpose– To promote and protect and ensure the full and equal
enjoyment of all human rights and fundamentalfreedoms by all persons with disabilities
• 50 articles covering all aspects of life fromcommunication to international co-operation
UNCRPD General Principles
Children with disabilitieslearn and grow
alongside their peers
Respect for differenceand acceptance of
human diversity
Equality between menand women
Full and effectiveparticipation and
inclusion in society
AccessibilityNon-discrimination
Equality of opportunityRespect, autonomy,choice, independence
UNCRPD Articles(connecting with Hui E)
Disabled people need… to effectively participatein…
Article 21Freedom of Expression& Access to information
Article 9Accessibility
Article 30Cultural life, recreation,
leisure and sport
Article 29Political and
public life
Reasonable Accommodation• The UNCRPD highlights the idea of reasonable
accommodation, to adapt and modify the aspects ofcurrent society where disabled people encounterunreasonable barriers to full and effective participation.– necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not
imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed, toensure that persons with disabilities can enjoy or exercisehuman rights on an equal basis with others
• The more ideal situation is atthe beginning to use universaldesign thinking for products,environments. programmes andservices so they are usable by allpeople, without the need foradaptation or specialised design
Universal Design
Inclusive Faith & Spirituality• Model guidelines for all organisations
– Respectful attitudes– Accessible information– Built environment
• Hard copy book $15– [email protected]
• $10 TODAY only!
Domestic Violence & Disability• Auckland DVD Group aims to raise
awareness, share knowledge betweensectors, develop training, create resources– Free ‘It’s Not OK’ campaign booklet, also in
large print, NZSL, easy read accessible formats– Safeguarding vulnerable
adults (Crimes Act)– Auckland Council Family
Violence Action Plan– White Ribbon
Information & Communication• NZ Sign Language Interpretation
– I-Sign interpreters www.isign.co.nz– Video Remote Interpreters www.vri.govt.nz– Seeflow translation between written
English and NZSL www.seeflow.co.nz– Guide to working with NZSL interpreters
www.odi.govt.nz/resources/guides-and-toolkits/working-with-nzsl-interpreters
• Plain language documents– People First easy read translation service
www.peoplefirst.org.nz/who-what-where/what-is-people-first/easy-read-translation-service
– Guide to creating easy read informationwww.odi.govt.nz/resources/guides-and-toolkits/disability-perspective/resources/plain-language.html
Information & Communication• Braille, large print, digital and audio formats for blind/low
vision needs– Blind Foundation www.blindfoundation.org.nz/about/business-
services/accessible-format-production• NZ Government Web Standards (Accessibility & Usability)
– www.webtoolkit.govt.nz/standards• Guide on writing and producing media content
– www.beaccessible.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/12169/Be.-the-Voice-3.pdf
• Guide on holding accessible meetings– www.odi.govt.nz/resources/guides-and-toolkits/disability-
perspective/resources/running-accessible-meeting.html• Accessible events checklist
– www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Events-Festivals/AccessibleEventsChecklist2015.pdf
Built Environment• The International Symbol of Access must be
used to indicate accessible routes– Accessible car parking spaces, entrance ways,
reception and service counters, bathrooms• Barrier Free NZ Trust
– www.barrierfreenz.org.nz• Be Accessible organisational access ratings/advice
– www.beaccessible.org.nz/be-welcome• Marae Accessibility Toolkit
– www.tepiringa.co.nz/marae-accessibility-toolkit• Building Act, Building Code, Standards:
– NZ 4121 (Design for access and mobility: buildings andassociated facilities), 1428 (tactile ground surfaceindicators), 7176 (wheelchairs), 5446 (fire alarms for Deaf)
Employment• Over 500,000 NZers could be part of the workforce if
obstacles to their employment were removed.– Most have little or no barrier to working in some kind of
paid employment given the right support.• Most employers thought that lower productivity, higher
absentee rates and additional costs, were barriers toemployment in their own workplaces.– These attitudes do not appear to be mediated by
experience. There were no differences between thosewho had employed disabled people and those whohad not.
– Most would be less likely to employ people if they hadschizophrenia, were intellectually disabled, or had aspeech impairment.
Employment• Information and Guides
– WorkAble www.employment.govt.nz/er/workable– NZ Disability Survey 2013 report on disabled people & the labour
force www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/health/disabilities.aspx– Think Differently research on employer attitudes towards disabled
people www.thinkdifferently.org.nz/employer%20research• Specialist employment services
– Workbridge www.workbridge.co.nz– Be Employed Internship Programme www.beaccessible.org.nz/be-
employed/be.-employed-internship-programme– Supported Employment Agencies www.asenz.org.nz/supported-
employment-providers
Children – poverty and outcomes• A much higher risk of poverty
– 1.5 times more likely than non-disabled children, to livein households that earn under $30,000 p.a. – 14,000disabled children (18% of all disabled children)
– Caregivers often cannot work because of extra carerequirements and inadequate support. This leaveshouseholds reliant on welfare – 48% of Child DisabilityAllowances granted in 2012 were to carers on a benefitor pension.
• The disadvantage can last a lifetime– We don’t get the same opportunities to learn and gain
qualifications; 24% of 15 - 44 year olds have noqualification, compared to 12% of non-disabled people.
– This leads to lower incomes and more chance ofunemployment. Disabled 15 - 44 years olds have anunemployment rate twice that of non-disabled people.
Children – poverty and outcomes• Risk of violence, abuse across the life-
span– Disabled children are 3.8 times more likely
to be neglected, 3.8 times more likely to bephysically abused, and 3.1 times more likelyto be sexually abused.
– Disabled adults are 4.2 times more likely tohave been a victim of violent crime in thelast 12 months, and 1.5 times more likely tohave been a victim of crime in the last year.
Children – poverty and outcomes• CCS Disability Action fact sheets
– Children, povertywww.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/images/Childrenfirst2.pdf
– Inequalities for disabled adultswww.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/images/Unequalopportunities.pdf
• Child Poverty Action Group report – March2015– “It shouldn’t be this hard: children, poverty, and
disability”www.cpag.org.nz/assets/150317ChildDisability.pdf
• Statistics NZ 2013 Disability Survey Data– www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/health/disabilitie
s.aspx
Housing – barriers and enablers
www.makinghomeshappen.co.nz
•Financial support from family•Sharing•Shared equity•Trust ownership•Home modifications
•Affordability•Difficulty accessing finance•Shortfall in accessible oradaptable private housing stock
Home ownership
•Established relationships with landlords•Understanding landlords•Low-value housing markets•Sharing to reduce costs ofhousing
•Affordability•Discrimination•Lack of rental history andreferences•Shortfall in culturally appropriatehousing for Indigenous people withdisability•Shortfall in accessible oradaptable private rental stock
Private rental
•Nomination by support agencies•Special programs (accessoutside general waitlist)•Priority housing for those at riskof homelessness•Transitional housing•Purpose-built housing•Home modifications
•People living with their parents orin group-homes low priority in housing allocations•Shortfall in accessible oradaptable social housing stock
Social housing
EnablersBarriersTenure
Housing – barriers and enablers• Whangarei Accessible Housing Trust
– www.whangareiaccessiblehousingtrust.org.nz• Lifemark design standards for housing
– www.lifemark.co.nz• BRANZ toolkit on universal design
– www.branz.co.nz/cms_display.php?sn=215&st=1• Vivian Naylor, Barrier Free Advisor, CCS
Disability Action– Also a member of Auckland Council’s Urban Design
Panel– Phone (09) 625 3305 / 027 4747 190– Email [email protected]
Be connected...• New Zealand Disability Support Network
www.nzdsn.org.nzMireille Vreeburg 021 0259 [email protected]
• Disability Spirituality and Faith Networkwww.dsfnetwork.orgRev. Vicki Terrell 027 304 [email protected]
• Disabled Persons Assembly NZwww.dpa.org.nzEzekiel Robson 021 897 [email protected]