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	<title>IHC New Zealand &#124; Understanding Intellectual disability &#124; In your community</title>
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		<title>IHC Volunteering: Hanna and Janelle</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Hanna and Janelle, IHC&#8217;s volunteer programme couldn&#8217;t have found them a better match. Whether it&#8217;s walking Janelle&#8217;s dog or getting Hanna&#8217;s advice on clothes, these two just love hanging out as often as they can.]]></description>
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		<title>IHC Hot Issues &#8211; May 2013</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot Issues is an electronic newsletter which is produced monthly by the IHC advocacy team. The newsletter covers education, current political developments, submissions, family concerns, disability topics and events. Subscribe here to receive our monthly IHC Hot Issues newsletter via email. Abuse uncovered in more residential homes: new review panel Payment for family carers comes with nasty<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/ihc-hot-issues-may-2013/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Library: Self employment for people with learning disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Some people with learning disabilities choose to work for themselves. In this DVD, we get to know six people with a range of disabilities and who have very different micro-businesses. These include selling quality products like fine art greetings cards and prints, pet food and bedding, pies, quiches and ice cream. We also meet a<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/self-employment-for-people-with-learning-disabilities/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Top trio to judge IHC Art Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A talented trio from the worlds of fashion, music and art will choose the winners in this year’s IHC Art Awards – a showcase for the talents of artists with intellectual disabilities. Denise L’Estrange-Corbet, from WORLD fashion, joins celebrated musician and jewellery artist Boh Runga and New Zealand’s inaugural Young Cartoonist Award winner Cory Mathis<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/top-trio-to-judge-ihc-art-awards/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IHC Advocacy to the Heartland forum &#8211; Wellington &#8211; Masterton &#8211; Paraparaumu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 02:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The IHC Advocacy to the Heartland forum is for families and providers of services for people with intellectual disabilities, who want more information about the legal processes that relate to people with intellectual disabilities. IHC Advocates will provide information about supporting people with intellectual disabilities to: Make decisions Transition to adulthood Manage money, Inland Revenue, banks<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/ihc-advocacy-to-the-heartland-forum-wellington-masterton-paraparaumu/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Library: You and your child &#8211; making sense of learning disabilities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 04:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sheila Hollins and Martin Hollins &#8220;A look at the physical, mental and emotional development of children with varying degrees of learning disabilities that takes into consideration the emotional as well as the practical, consequences of having a child with a learning disability. It will be of great help to parents, as well as people<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/you-and-your-child-making-sense-of-learning-disabilities/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>IHC welcomes UNICEF’s first State of the World’s Children Report on Disability</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 03:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IHC welcomes UNICEF’s annual international State of the World’s Children report, 2013, which calls for a better life for children with disabilities. “We are pleased to see that this year’s report, for the first time, focuses solely on children with disabilities,” says IHC Director of Advocacy Trish Grant. “UNICEF sums up the reality for many<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/ihc-welcomes-unicefs-first-state-of-the-worlds-children-report-on-disability/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Event: Professor Susan Gabel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 21:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are invited to a meeting with Professor Susan Gabel who is a visiting Fulbright Specialist Scholar from the College of Educational Studies, Chapman University, California. She is in New Zealand to speak at the Disability Studies in Education (DSE) 13th Annual Conference at the University of Canterbury, 7th to 9th June 2013. Susan will<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/professor-susan-gabel/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Library: Talkabout for children &#8211; developing friendship skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 02:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alex Kelly This is the third in the “Talkabout for Children” series and deals with developing friendship skills. Aimed at primary school children (aged 4 to 11) or children with special needs (aged 5-16). However, a lot of activities can be used with adults with intellectual disability. This is a standalone resource with approximately<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/library-talkabout-for-children-developing-friendship-skills/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Accessible Properties snaps up majority of Government’s social housing grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 21:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accessible Properties has received $9.1 million of $16.4 million in new government grants to build social housing. Accessible Properties is the most successful of the six community housing providers to receive grants announced by the Minister of Housing Nick Smith on Wednesday (22 May). “The great news is that Accessible Properties has been successful with<a class="moretag" href="http://www.ihc.org.nz/items/accessible-properties-snaps-up-majority-of-governments-social-housing-grants/"> Read more...</a>]]></description>
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