Dylan Lloyd: Polytech & Parasport
Posted 5:20pm Saturday 28th September 2024 by Adam Stitely
There are not many who live, breathe, and work sports to the same extent as twenty-year-old Otago Polytechnic student Dylan Lloyd. Ever since Dylan got into his first Wheelchair Rugby chair at a Halberg Games event in 2019, he instantly knew that it was for him. He’s devoted his life to Read more...
‘Let’s Get Accessible’ Reports Tertiary Ableism
Posted 3:01pm Sunday 19th May 2024 by Hugh Askerud
The ‘Let’s Get Accessible’ project mapping disabled students’ experiences has found that a whopping 60% had experienced exclusion or discrimination in the tertiary environment. The project was released in February before being updated this month to include new data from a Read more...
Disabled Community Protests Against ‘Minister’s Biases’
Posted 9:27pm Friday 26th April 2024 by Hugh Askerud
Dunedin’s disabled community hosted a 100-strong protest on Friday, March 19, against the government’s changes to the structure of Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People, announcing new limits on support services and what disabled individuals can purchase with Read more...
Easing Covid Restrictions: What Does it Mean for Disabled Students?
Posted 1:31am Saturday 9th April 2022 by Zak Rudin
For many, the Government lifting most Covid restrictions has been a welcome relief. But for those who are disabled and immunocompromised, it represents a scary step into a world now fraught with risk. Sean Prenter, co-president of the Otago University Disabled Students Association (OUDSA), Read more...
Hidden Barriers: Accessibility at Uni and across North Dunedin
Posted 1:38pm Saturday 9th April 2022 by Elliot Weir
Guy Fieri once said, "we're riding the bus to Flavortown". Except in this case, Flavortown is North Dunedin, and the bus we're meant to be riding didn’t even show up. For many, barriers to accessibility make getting around Flav-, sorry, North Dunedin, more difficult Read more...
Used Sharps Bins not Spotted on Campus
Posted 1:24pm Sunday 20th March 2022 by Zak Rudin
Students For Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) have raised the question: where are all the sharps bins at? People who rely on insulin injections have allegedly been forced to carry “dirty sharps home after use” or “dispose of them in an inadequate fashion in bathroom/campus Read more...
Parliament Hears Mojo Mathers
Posted 4:27pm Sunday 18th March 2012 by Callum Fredric
The yelling match is over. Green Party MP Mojo Mathers, who is profoundly deaf, will receive Parliamentary funding for a note-taking assistant and any extra support that she needs in order to carry out her duties as an MP. Speaker of the House Lockwood Smith issued a direction to Read more...
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