Strong Voices

Elaine Brown was missing in action for months from the IHC Op Shop in Pukekohe.

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For 30 years Stuart Jenkins has spoken up for disabled people, not just from his home base in Northland but throughout the country.

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IHC Self-Advocacy Advisor David Corner has been awarded life membership of disabled people’s organisation People First – Ngā Tāngata Tuatahi.

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Cooking classes running at Comcol North Canterbury deliver a lot more than food prep.

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Matthew Caldwell has been having his best time at work lately.

On 27 October, the day of the IHC Annual General Meeting, Whaikaha released the findings of its review of complaints policies at IDEA Services.

Psychologist Dr Olive Webb has spent 50 years so far working with people with intellectual disabilities and says it’s time to ditch the ‘them and us’ way of thinking.

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Gyro Plastics’ Feilding factory does some pretty serious plastics manufacturing for New Zealand’s power and electric vehicle industries.

It was late on a Sunday night when the email arrived warning Hugh that he had a problem. He was too tired to notice all the obvious signs that a scammer had him in their sights.

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Kim Fuller, Clinical Nurse Consultant with the IDEA Services National Clinical Team, has joined a group working to improve palliative care in New Zealand.

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