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Entries from July 2008

Review: YHA, Wellington City

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

We all know that good budget accommodation is hard to find. And I’m sure many of you know that finding good accessible budget accommodation is even harder. So it’s with great pleasure that I present my overdue review of Wellington’s YHA.
Location: Located directly opposite a local supermarket, it is incredibly central, situated just a few […]

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Tags: Accommodation · All Reviews · Positive Reviews

LTNZ’s “Side Airbags” ad - misleading or great acting?

July 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’m sure many of you have seen the latest ad from Land Transport New Zealand, promoting cars with side airbags as helping to prevent brain injury during a crash. What you might not have realised, however, is that the woman in the advertisement is actually an Australian actress. Admittedly, she is very convincing, but is […]

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Tags: Transport

The first motorbike designed specifically for wheelchair users!

July 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Well mark this down in the ‘never-thought-it’d-happen’ file, but a bloke over in the UK has built the world’s first motorbike designed specifically for wheelchair users, and boy is it impressive. The bike is actually being shipped over here and donated to the CatWalk Trust, to be auctioned off to raise funds for spinal cord […]

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Tags: Exciting times · Transport · World

How’s this for a wheelchair ramp?!

July 8th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Hahaha… Steep much? And just in case you weren’t sure what/who it was intended for, they’ve made it unmistakably clear

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Tags: Blogs · Ramblings · Transport · World

Florida kindergarten votes autistic kid out of their class

July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I shake my head in bewilderment…
Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son’s kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class.
After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn’t like about Barton’s 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher said they were going to take a vote, Barton […]

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Tags: Disability Rights · Education · News

Evil Kineevil eat yer heart out. I ‘walked’ round the SkyTower!

July 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Let’s face it. There isn’t much on offer in NZ for disabled thrill-seekers. More often than not we’re lumped in the ‘too hard’ basket and left on the sideline as a spectator by many tourism operators. So imagine my excitement when I got a call from the folks over at Auckland’s brand new SkyWalk, asking […]

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Tags: All Reviews · Positive Reviews · Public Facilities

Accessible guide to Sydney now online!

July 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Not that I like to admit it, but the Aussies have well and truly one-upped us on this one!
Tourism NSW have set up sydneyforall.com, a site quite similar to this one really, featuring ‘accessible reviews’ on some of Sydney’s biggest tourist attractions. The site acts as an access portal, and contains information on the […]

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Tags: Public Facilities · Site News · Travel · World

NZ public opinion on mobility parking misuse

July 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments

So I’m sure you’ve all heard of how PM Helen Clark’s security entourage blocked all the mobility parking spaces outside Christchurch’s Town Hall last week.
What that did, interestingly, is bring this debate over the misuse of mobility parking spots into the mainstream, and the NZ Herald has a really fascinating debate going on over […]

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Tags: Disability Awareness · News · Transport