Over 2000 people viewed the exhibition in Whangarei, which explored the oft-unexplored connection between disability and sexuality. The Tiaho Trust received overwhelming positive feedback from the public with comments such as:
“One of the best and most thought provoking exhibitions I have ever seen, Touching, moving and inspiring”
“Well done for leading out on such a beautiful […]
Tags: Arts · Blogs · Disability Awareness · Events
A really good read, this is. While Philip was over in the UK, he took time out of his busy schedule to chat to the BBC’s disability-focused website, Ouch! Here’s a selection of what he had to say, or click here for all 13 probing questions!
My favourite food is …
Baked beans on toast. I love […]
The internationally acclaimed art exhibition, “Intimate Encounters: Disability and Sexuality”, is coming to New Zealand! The exhibition, two years in the making, is a collection of works by photographer Belinda Mason-Lovering, who travelled across Australia, turning ordinary disabled people’s lives, dreams and desires into these wonderful images. Described as “An exhibition that will challenge archaic […]
Wishful thinking, or a David vs Goliath story in the making? Any way you look at it, I’d be eternally grateful if you clicked on the image to the left and voted for walkingisoverrated.com in the blog category of this year’s Netguide Web Awards! I know this isn’t as long-established or mainstream as other blogs […]
Our good friends over at the Tiaho Trust have begun advertising for an ICT Support Person on their website. The role will be based in Northland, offer a competitive renumeration package, and you’ll get to work with an awesome organisation like the Tiaho Trust! They say:
Tiaho Trust is seeking a vibrant person to participate in […]
The Cerebral Palsy Society currently have a great story up on their site written by one of their members, Lynn Slade, on her experience of a P&O cruise from a wheelchair user’s perspective. I didn’t even know you could take wheelchairs on cruises, much less bulky power ones, but from what Lynn is reporting it […]
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Whenever I check my site stats, nearly half of the searches which led to my site have some sort of pornography aspect to them, (for example: “disabled sex”, “amputee porn”, “naked disabled woman”) and I’m beginning to wonder what the deal is with all these people coming to this site looking for disability-related smut?! Is […]
Really interesting post over at the Capabilities Blog, where the spotlight is on the recently-completed Riverton viewing platform, which has in fact just been awarded “Highly Commended” at the Carter Holt Harvey Timber Design Awards 2007. The catch is, it doesn’t comply with the access provisions of the building code, and in fact the wheelchair […]
Tags: Blogs · Disability Rights · Public Facilities
Yet another ‘ooh this is interesting…’ moment today! This blog post I stumbled upon is really targeted at owners (and potential owners) of hotels, motels, and other places of accommodation, and is a comprehensive guide to catering for disabled people, especially those with less obvious impairments.
It talks about things like:
Speech impairment
Guests with a speech impairment […]
Tags: Accommodation · Blogs
I stumbled across quite a funny blog post today, moaning about the inaccessibility of rain! But the ironic thing is, I happen to agree! You’d think rain would wise up and realise that it’s the 21st century, and concessions should be made. Things like a deliberate pathway, perhaps, designated a ‘rain-free zone’ would make my […]
I really want to go into acting even though im 16! so...