Submissions

IHC believes that the Bill when enacted has the potential to reduce many of the barriers currently experienced by disabled students.

IHC and IDEA Services say New Zealand must hasten its path to embedding effective and appropriate supported decision-making and ending historic substitute decision-making frameworks.

IHC provides a number of recommendations to strengthen the current Accessibility Bill.

IHC says disabled students’ families, and the professionals who support them, are increasingly concerned about a lack of adequate support for disabled students to be at school, and for schools to do their best by them.

IHC says this Bill does not improve the lives of children and young people, and says it should instead focus on human rights based approach to protecting and caring for our most vulnerable citizens.

IHC provides a number of recommendations to ensure the survey is robust and includes all people with an intellectual disability.

IHC says disabled students should not be disadvantaged and treated less favourably than their non-disabled peers in respect of their right to attend school.

IHC says intellectually disabled people first and foremost need to be able to choose where and with whom they live.

IHC is critical of the use of the Washington Group Short Set (WGSS) questions as they are far less likely to accurately identify people with intellectual disability, learning disability or neuro-diversity.

IHC unreservedly supports the Bill’s intent to ensure that family members who are currently excluded from being paid as care workers are eligible for payment.