Access by Various artists

I thought this little summary might be useful for someone. I've written about some of it before but here is my overview in one place.

But disability was unwelcome and immigration acts banned ‘cripples, idiots, lunatics, infirm, blind, deaf and dumb’.

Anyone like to bet on when Aotearoa will welcome those perceived as less than perfect?

Thank you Hilary, again.

(You are writing a book, no?)

This is excellent Hilary, thank you.
the language shift is both horrific and fascinating,
each quote, it seems, a harrowing story in itself.

Thanks for that clarification Hilary. I was sure I'd seen your writing on this before. Was it here or elsewhere for those who might wish to explore further?

I wrote a longer version about three years ago in 4 parts. This is a condensed update. Happy to have corrections or additions from readers.

And yes, Hilary’s history ran here in Access.
Links to those posts:
part 1; part 2; part 3; and part 4.

I guess anyone who is interested has already perused the latest system transformation plan....

Started with the 13 members of the co-design group. From what I can tell it looks like the perspectives include roughly:
1 Maori, 1 Asian, 1 Pasifika and 10 Pakeha;
1 person with impaired intellect, 3 with impaired mobility and 8 either not impaired or type not mentioned;
5 disabled people, 2 parents, 4 disabled persons organisations (DPOs), 5 service providers and 3 govt (some overlaps so doesn't total 13).