Disability awareness
Guide
PWDA language guide: a guide to language about disability
This guide has been written by people with disability to assist the general public and media outlets in talking about and reporting on disability. The guide covers topics such as social model of disability, human rights model of disability, identity-first vs person-first language, ableism and the impact of ableist language, and reporting on disability.
Strategy
Employ my ability: disability employment strategy
This strategy provides a guiding framework for governments, employers and the broader community and aims to increase employment outcomes for people with disability.
Report
Road to employment: interim report
Road to employment is a 3-year Department of Social Services (DSS) funded project run by JFA Purple Orange to address barriers to employment. This interim report is about the project implementation, up until September 2021.
Report
Making New Zealand accessible: a design for effective accessibility legislation
This report proposes a legal framework to make New Zealand accessible for and remove barriers that create disabling experiences. A quarter of New Zealanders experience disability and everyone will have an impairment at some point.
Report
Understanding economic and financial abuse and disability in the context of domestic and family violence
This paper examines the existing research on disability, economic and financial abuse. The paper focuses specifically on abuse occurring in the context of domestic and family violence, and notes the need for further research focused on the experiences of people with disability in this context.