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IHC is encouraged by the government’s announcement today that it will develop a new funding and support system for disabled learners.

ERO report confirms the problems identified in IHC’s legal action against the Crown about the disadvantage and discrimination experienced by disabled students.

Finalists from new "Capture the Moment" photography competition for people with an intellectual disability on display in Hastings exhibition.

IHC is urging the government to mandate the end of physical restraint in schools.

IHC looks to the Ministry of Education to step up for disabled students at tomorrow’s Royal Commission of Enquiry to abuse in State Care.

IHC’s 2022 Inclusive Education Survey paints an incredibly grim picture for disabled students in Aotearoa New Zealand today.

IHC says a report out today showing a quarter of all preschool children have developmental difficulties shows the broken education system must be fixed today.

IHC New Zealand is once again calling on the Government to overhaul an outdated system that determines what community programmes disabled adults have access to based on flawed assessments they were given as children.

IHC says the Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill undermines the protection of children, particularly intellectually disabled and Māori children.

Ninety-nine percent of educational professionals are calling for a complete overhaul of the Ongoing Resourcing Scheme (ORS) which provides support for high needs students who require specialist support in the classroom.