Thanks to Honor for submitting this piece, have any of you had a similar experience? Let us know in the comments below! – Red I visited Hunter’s Plaza the other day with two friends who rely on wheelchairs to get around, and because I (to put it bluntly) don’t, they recommended I borrow one from the Mall, otherwise I would spend the entire visit unable to keep up with them – these are two very fast-moving ladies. Now, I have

This review was originally published in the Cerebral Palsy Society‘s Review publication, and Ross Flood (author) has kindly given me permission to post it up here. Cheers Floody! The Pumphouse Theatre, which is situated in Killarney Park, Takapuna, would definitely not win any wheelchair accessibility awards, but despite its obvious faults it does have a certain old fashion charm. Put it this way, if you are a wheelchair user and have an adventurous streak the Pumphouse theatre and its surrounds,

Screw it. I’m just gonna shut up and let you watch it. Take note those of you who commissioned those gut-wrenchingly insipid “You block my space, you block my day” ads – this is more like it!

Well I’m pleased to report that I’m going to have to a bit of word-eating right about now. Joe Rich has been in contact with me apologising for the delay in communication, and attached a copy of a memo currently being distributed to all NZ Starbucks stores, which really does reinforce the contents of our conversation. The memo reinforces the need for disabled customer’s drinks to be either delivered to their tables or brought round the front of the counter

Okay, so she might sing like a walrus, shave her head, and exit a limo sans underwear, but parking in a mobility parking space? Now that’s pushing it, Brit. Hah but seriously, I expect nothing less from someone as tragic as Ms Spears, but Julia Roberts? I’d expected better! And yet, as this cute little blog post alludes to, an Oscar is no substitute for a mobility parking permit! You can check out the original press release here

As you may or may not have read recently, National’s Associate Spokesperson for Education, Allan Peachey, has copped plenty of flak from all corners over his comments surrounding educational facilities for disabled people, or apparent lack thereof. Mr Peachey, pictured left, seems to want to fill our country with special schools for kids with special needs, going as far to say that Labour “is uncomfortable” about considering such a move; I would venture to say that they’re not uncomfortable, they’re

From The Aucklander, 21 November 2007 Getting from A to B would not be an issue for Grey Lynn’s Ronald Johns if people parking their vehicles didn’t flout the law. But Mr Johns, who has osteoarthritis, must run a gauntlet of parked cars and advertising boards every time he leaves the house. “The mind boggles, it really does,” he says. “The attitude of some is breathtaking, where they think they can park a car. How would they like it if

Finally, someone gets it right! It’s official: I’ve found the most accessible public toilets in central Auckland, possibly even the world. Hmmm perhaps not the world, apparently in parts of Asia they have these ones where water sprays your bum when you’re done, and I think that’d be just spiffy. However, in lieu of public arse-sprays, here’s the rundown of one of the many Westfield shopping centres scattered across NZ, this one located in the sunny suburb of St Lukes.

Walkingisoverrated.com forum user dieseldave has given me a headsup about a nice motel on the outskirts of Auckland called the

I for one certainly didn’t, and I was shocked/amazed/inspired (yes, all three at once) to discover that one of the world’s most prominent cities, and a previous host of the Olympics and Paralympics, has a man at the helm who is in fact disabled! His name is Sam Sullivan, and he was elected the Mayor of Vancouver in 2005, after serving 12 years as a City Councillor. He is a quadriplegic after breaking his neck when he was aged just