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IHC Recognises Strength Of Survivors Following Report Release
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 1:20 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC's Board Chair Tony Shaw says the courage and strength of the individuals who shared their stories are also acknowledged. More >>
IHC Slams Winston Peters' Use Of Retard As An Insult In Parliament
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 5:09 pm | IHC New Zealand
We must have a more thoughtful, inclusive, and empathetic approach to language. More >>
New Report Highlights Challenges And Opportunities In Residential Disability Services
Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 5:05 pm | IHC New Zealand
The HDC report underscores the urgent need for these changes, highlighting the gaps and challenges that can no longer be ignored. More >>
2024 IHC Art Awards Winners Announced
Friday, 12 July 2024, 5:09 pm | IHC New Zealand
All competition entries are on display at Webb's, 23 Marion St, Wellington until August 8. More >>
New Zealand’s Intellectual Disability Crisis: Urgent Health Policy Reforms Needed
Monday, 8 July 2024, 1:58 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand says specific, targeted health policies are necessary to bridge the life expectancy gap between people with intellectual disability and the rest of New Zealand. More >>
$90 Million Investment For Specialist Schools Only Supports 0.6 Percent Disabled Learners
Friday, 14 June 2024, 2:51 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand says today’s announcement to invest $90 million into specialist schools is a win for them and the students they serve, however it’s funding that could be utilised to fix a broken system for the 99.4 percent of disabled students ... More >>
Budget Funding An Opportunity To Change The Lives Of Intellectually Disabled New Zealanders
Friday, 31 May 2024, 1:45 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC says the extra $1.1 billion over five years that the government has allocated to Whaikaha in the Budget must be used to make a real difference to the lives of intellectually disabled people. More >>
Charter School Funding Boost Is The Wrong Step
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 6:08 pm | IHC New Zealand
The coalition government’s move to boost funding for charter schools is counterintuitive, says IHC New Zealand. More >>
People With Intellectual Disabilities Shut Out Of Tech Advancements
Monday, 6 May 2024, 5:06 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC says technological advancements can make a huge difference to the lives of people with intellectual disabilities – but only if they have access to the internet. Technology can help improve independence, it can aid problem-solving skills, as well ... More >>
Disabled People Falling Victim To The Work-readiness Trap
Friday, 19 April 2024, 3:46 pm | IHC New Zealand
Research has shown that intellectually disabled people are great employees, and hiring them can result in improvements in profitability, greater cost-effectiveness, lower employee turnover, high rates of employee retention, reliability, punctuality, loyalty ... More >>
IHC Says No To Boot Camps
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 4:11 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand says the Government’s introduction of juvenile boot camps for youth offenders will unfairly target young people with intellectual disability. In an announcement today, the Minister for Children Karen Chhour said a “military-style ... More >>
Anguish About The Outdated, Non-responsive And Inadequate Ministry Funding For Disabled Students To Succeed Is Palpable
Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 10:23 am | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand says families of students with intellectual disability are at breaking point as more and more principals are being hamstrung by limited funding. “I am working with families and schools most days, and the frustration and anguish about ... More >>
Proposed Benefit Changes Will Batter New Zealand Families Living With Intellectual Disability
Monday, 19 February 2024, 6:38 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC Director of Advocacy, Tania Thomas, says the Government is making decisions about benefits on the fly and not on evidence, which is putting intellectually disabled New Zealanders at serious risk. “Indexing benefit increases to inflation and not ... More >>
IHC Urges Budget Decision To Protect The Most Vulnerable
Monday, 5 February 2024, 7:49 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC is urging the Ministry of Education to think hard and act fairly when it comes to finding ways to meet the Government’s savings target by ensuring there is funding to address inequities. IHC’s From Data to Dignity Report on the health and wellbeing ... More >>
Opportunity For New Government To Lift Achievement Rates For Intellectually Disabled Students
Wednesday, 24 January 2024, 4:03 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand says although NCEA achievement rates for students with intellectual disability are rising, overwhelmingly there is a massive struggle for these students to access quality education at their local school. Today, 24 January, marks International ... More >>
Get On With It And Make Education Fair For ALL
Tuesday, 19 September 2023, 6:22 am | IHC New Zealand
IHC New Zealand, along with 65 education and disability sector organisations, are calling on New Zealand’s politicians to get on with it and build a public education system that works for disabled and neurodiverse learners. IHC Inclusive Education ... More >>
Teacher Investment Is A Start, What Next?
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 6:35 pm | IHC New Zealand
IHC says more action is needed to adequately resource schools despite welcoming the Government’s announcement to reduce class sizes. IHC Inclusive Education Lead Trish Grant says the investment to recruit 320 more teachers is just one step on ... More >>
IHC Looks To Ministry Of Education To Step Up For Disabled Students At Royal Commission
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 6:41 pm | IHC New Zealand
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. The Ministry of Education will be appearing at the Commission tomorrow (18 August) and is expected to face questions ... More >>
Exhibition Sheds Light On Lives Of People With Disabilities
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 11:40 am | IHC New Zealand
A multimedia exhibition showcasing the dreams, the talents and often the loneliness of people with intellectual disabilities opens on Saturday 13 August at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato in Hamilton. Developed and toured by IHC New Zealand, Take ... More >>
Make It Fair Or Meet Us In Court
Friday, 15 July 2022, 5:28 am | IHC New Zealand
Ninety-nine percent of education professionals say funding for disabled students does not deliver what they need to even participate in mainstream education. IHC’s 2022 Inclusive Education Survey paints an incredibly grim picture for disabled students ... More >>
