Strong Voices

Veronica Kennedy lit up every room she was in. She loved to party, sing and dance even though she was dealing with a range of serious health conditions.

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Renee Marriott, a 42-year-old woman often isolated from the community because of her disability, reduced her mother to tears when she took to the stage in Ngā Tāngata Manawa o te Tai-tonga Kapa Haka Festival in Christchurch.

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Air New Zealand has offered a new café space at its Auckland head office to the operators of Flourish, a training café for people with intellectual disabilities.

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Every mother with a pre-teen or teenager needs a break. And it’s just as true for the kid, especially when mum is also their carer.

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The health of people with intellectual disabilities is being neglected by health authorities.

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Former IHC Chair Neil Taylor died on 29 August ending his long commitment to this organisation and to the South Taranaki community he loved.

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Tupperware parties have disappeared from the scene in New Zealand, but a newcomer has arrived to be the next cool thing.

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IHC is looking at the future role of its members as we adapt to changes in society and the different pressures on families.

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ANZ is making its banking services accessible to more customers by creating easy-to-read documents. Earlier this year the bank sent a team to an IHC Easy Read training session run in Wellington by the Council for Intellectual Disability in New South Wales.

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Singers, dancers and musicians from IDEA Services recently put a newly upgraded community theatre in Wellington through its paces.

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