Strong Voices

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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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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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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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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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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Christchurch woman Linda Hider turned 70 in June, and she hopes to live for much longer. Linda is raising two of her grandchildren – her son’s 12-year-old boy and 11-year-old daughter – and wants to be there for as long as they need her.

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