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Full Participation & Practical Accessibility Tools to be inclusive Ezekiel Robson, Vicki Terrell, Kaituitui, DPA Mireille Vreeburg, Auckland Facilitator, NZDSN

People with disabilities • Those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments • Interaction with attitudes and other barriers that hinder full and effective participation in society

We are all people • Discrimination is any distinction, exclusion or restriction based on disability which has the effect of impairing or nullifying human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with others

Nothing Without Us! • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Human rights approach, social model of disability, emphasis on inclusion, participation, co-design with individual disabled people. • Disabled Persons Organisations – DPA, Blind Citizens NZ, People First, Balance NZ, Deaf Aotearoa • Parent & Carer Groups – Carers NZ, Parent2Parent, Parent & Family Resource Centre • Government Ministries and Public Agencies – Office for Disability Issues – NZ Disability Strategy, Action Plan – MOH, ACC, MoE, MSD, NZTA, Local Councils, DHBs, HRC, HDC • Consumer Advocacy, Support Providers – NZDSN, NFDIC, Platform, IEAG, Auckland Disability Law, CCS Disability Action, IHC / Idea Services, Blind Foundation, Autism NZ, Stroke Foundation, Arthritis NZ, MS Society, TalkLink, Vaka Tautua, Te Roopu Waiora, Te Pou o Te Whakaaro Nui, Le Va

• Purpose – To promote and protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities • 50 articles covering all aspects of life from communication to international co-operation

UNCRPD General Principles Respect, autonomy, Equality of opportunity choice, independence Non-discrimination Accessibility Full and effective Equality between men participation and and women inclusion in society Respect for difference Children with disabilities and acceptance of learn and grow human diversity alongside their peers

UNCRPD Articles (connecting with Hui E) Disabled people need… to effectively participate in… Article 29 Article 9 Political and Accessibility public life Article 21 Article 30 Freedom of Expression Cultural life, recreation, & Access to information leisure and sport

Reasonable Accommodation • The UNCRPD highlights the idea of reasonable accommodation, to adapt and modify the aspects of current society where disabled people encounter unreasonable barriers to full and effective participation. – necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed, to ensure that persons with disabilities can enjoy or exercise human rights on an equal basis with others • The more ideal situation is at the beginning to use universal design thinking for products, environments. programmes and services so they are usable by all people, without the need for adaptation or specialised design

Universal Design

Inclusive Faith & Spirituality • Model guidelines for all organisations – Respectful attitudes – Accessible information – Built environment • Hard copy book $15 – info@dsfnetwork.org • $10 TODAY only!

Domestic Violence & Disability • Auckland DVD Group aims to raise awareness, share knowledge between sectors, develop training, create resources – Free ‘It’s Not OK’ campaign booklet, also in large print, NZSL, easy read accessible formats – Safeguarding vulnerable adults (Crimes Act) – Auckland Council Family Violence Action Plan – White Ribbon

Information & Communication • NZ Sign Language Interpretation – I-Sign interpreters www.isign.co.nz – Video Remote Interpreters www.vri.govt.nz – Seeflow translation between written English and NZSL www.seeflow.co.nz – Guide to working with NZSL interpreters www.odi.govt.nz/resources/guides-and- toolkits/working-with-nzsl-interpreters • Plain language documents – People First easy read translation service www.peoplefirst.org.nz/who-what-where/what-is-people- first/easy-read-translation-service – Guide to creating easy read information www.odi.govt.nz/resources/guides-and-toolkits/disability- perspective/resources/plain-language.html

Information & Communication • Braille, large print, digital and audio formats for blind/low vision needs – Blind Foundation www.blindfoundation.org.nz/about/business- services/accessible-format-production • NZ Government Web Standards (Accessibility & Usability) – www.webtoolkit.govt.nz/standards • Guide on writing and producing media content – www.beaccessible.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/12169/Be.- the-Voice-3.pdf • Guide on holding accessible meetings – www.odi.govt.nz/resources/guides-and-toolkits/disability- perspective/resources/running-accessible-meeting.html • Accessible events checklist – www.ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Culture-Community/Events- Festivals/AccessibleEventsChecklist2015.pdf

Built Environment • The International Symbol of Access must be used to indicate accessible routes – Accessible car parking spaces, entrance ways, reception and service counters, bathrooms • Barrier Free NZ Trust – www.barrierfreenz.org.nz • Be Accessible organisational access ratings/advice – www.beaccessible.org.nz/be-welcome • Marae Accessibility Toolkit – www.tepiringa.co.nz/marae-accessibility-toolkit • Building Act, Building Code, Standards: – NZ 4121 (Design for access and mobility: buildings and associated facilities), 1428 (tactile ground surface indicators), 7176 (wheelchairs), 5446 (fire alarms for Deaf)

Employment • Over 500,000 NZers could be part of the workforce if obstacles to their employment were removed. – Most have little or no barrier to working in some kind of paid employment given the right support. • Most employers thought that lower productivity, higher absentee rates and additional costs, were barriers to employment in their own workplaces. – These attitudes do not appear to be mediated by experience. There were no differences between those who had employed disabled people and those who had not. – Most would be less likely to employ people if they had schizophrenia, were intellectually disabled, or had a speech impairment.

Employment • Information and Guides – WorkAble www.employment.govt.nz/er/workable – NZ Disability Survey 2013 report on disabled people & the labour force www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/health/disabilities.aspx – Think Differently research on employer attitudes towards disabled people www.thinkdifferently.org.nz/employer%20research • Specialist employment services – Workbridge www.workbridge.co.nz – Be Employed Internship Programme www.beaccessible.org.nz/be- employed/be.-employed-internship-programme – Supported Employment Agencies www.asenz.org.nz/supported- employment-providers

Children – poverty and outcomes • A much higher risk of poverty – 1.5 times more likely than non-disabled children, to live in households that earn under $30,000 p.a. – 14,000 disabled children (18% of all disabled children) – Caregivers often cannot work because of extra care requirements and inadequate support. This leaves households reliant on welfare – 48% of Child Disability Allowances granted in 2012 were to carers on a benefit or pension. • The disadvantage can last a lifetime – We don’t get the same opportunities to learn and gain qualifications; 24% of 15 - 44 year olds have no qualification, compared to 12% of non-disabled people. – This leads to lower incomes and more chance of unemployment. Disabled 15 - 44 years olds have an unemployment rate twice that of non-disabled people.

Children – poverty and outcomes • Risk of violence, abuse across the life- span – Disabled children are 3.8 times more likely to be neglected, 3.8 times more likely to be physically abused, and 3.1 times more likely to be sexually abused. – Disabled adults are 4.2 times more likely to have been a victim of violent crime in the last 12 months, and 1.5 times more likely to have been a victim of crime in the last year.

Children – poverty and outcomes • CCS Disability Action fact sheets – Children, poverty www.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/images/Childrenfirst2. pdf – Inequalities for disabled adults www.ccsdisabilityaction.org.nz/images/Unequaloppo rtunities.pdf • Child Poverty Action Group report – March 2015 – “It shouldn’t be this hard: children, poverty, and disability” www.cpag.org.nz/assets/150317ChildDisability.pdf • Statistics NZ 2013 Disability Survey Data – www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/health/disabilitie s.aspx

Housing – barriers and enablers www.makinghomeshappen.co.nz