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Samuel Willcox from Auckland has won the annual IHC Art Awards and a $5000 prize for his work Hero in Blue.

IHC is calling for the proposed Accessibility Standards Bill to explicitly include people with intellectual disability after identifying a significant gap in its definition of disability.

The IHC Library has announced the winners of its very first bookmark competition held over the Easter school holidays.

IHC welcomes the Government’s move to clarify the role of Disability Support Services (DSS), which will provide certainty for families and disabled people. However, any reform must also recognise the enormous financial and emotional burden carried by families supporting intellectually disabled family members.

Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People’s newly released analysis highlights the systemic financial hardship many disabled people face and reinforces what has been known for years: poverty among disabled people in Aotearoa New Zealand is persistent, predictable, and preventable.

New research delivers a stark reality check on the health and wellbeing of New Zealanders with intellectual disability.

David Corner has dedicated his life’s work to advocating for the rights and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities and he has now been honoured with a New Zealand Officer of Merit Award.

The path towards equity in education for disabled students in Aotearoa New Zealand was started at an event at Parliament House on Thursday 11 December.

I learnt this week about Fletcher, 10 years old, born with Down syndrome and neuro-disabilities, living in the country with his family and going to the local school. “Going”, I say but actually the thing is, that he has only attended school for half of the school year

IHC and the Ministry of Education have settled a landmark litigation case to enable the New Zealand education system to work better for disabled students.