Strong Voices

KiwiSaver rules now guarantee that people with four life-shortening congenital conditions can withdraw their savings early.

IHC members can now renew their memberships for a one- or three-year term.

As New Zealand’s major banks phase out the use of cheques, IHC and other disability service providers are asking banks how they will maintain access to banking services by disabled people.

Wellington IT student Evie Randall went public about her struggle to find work. It worked. She had so many replies she had to call her job coach.

A Victoria University of Wellington researcher used a team of observers to evaluate the impact of music therapy on children with autism in her latest research project.

Colin Bailey was in the first New Zealand team to compete in the Special Olympics. He won bronze in the freestyle event at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1983.

Northland families with disabled children are withdrawing from contact with other people because of the sheer stress of trying to manage the children with little support.

Most IDEA Services frontline support workers have now received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination.

The small Rangitīkei town of Hunterville doesn’t have a lot on offer for a young man at weekends. So it’s understandable if Jeremy Hill-Hayer decides to stay on in Palmerston North to go to a disco rather than travel home to see his parents.

Michael Holdsworth was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, making him the first person with Down syndrome to receive this honour.