This looks like an interesting #disabilityarts opportunity for aspiring #disabled actors in Christchurch. Check out the Court #theatre auditions courttheatre.org.nz/teenage-dick...

Ohh a shake! #eqnz

One of the last "warehouses" for #disabled people may close, "due to fears for their safety and education." www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #disability #education #schools #disability #HumanRights

The Public Lending Right (PLR) system needs an overhaul, to ensure #authors are paid, and to expand payments to digital copies in #libraries, and to make payments beyond public libraries to specialist libraries. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro... #writers #writing #publishing

Design that works isn’t enough. Emotional accessibility ensures products make people feel proud, seen, and included. Learn how empathy can transform usability into belonging. buff.ly/cF78pFe #EmotionalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #UX #UXDesignThinking #DigitalAccessibility #A11y

Me Before You was on TV this evening. Couldn't bear to watch it as I had the strong desire to give a hard slap to practically the whole cast, but especially the quad bloke who really needed to get over himself but wouldn't. We were right to demonstrate at cinemas. It is crap, so is the book.

Not only are they a safety risk but they are also an #accessibility barrier. Tesla would you believe. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

This Welly summer has been crap. Not a lot of sun, & right now it is blowing a strong wintry southerly, raining cats and dogs, after raining from the north and closing the airport with fog. I have still got the winter quilt on the bed, and currently wearing layers of woollies. Summer please!

Right on the button from the DList. "Young disabled people shouldn’t wait until adulthood to be included in mainstream society." Young #disabled people shouldn’t wait until adulthood to be included in mainstream society. thedlist.co.nz/newsfeed/spe... #disability #youth #education

Check out the WebAIM newsletter, full of #a11y goodness a usual. Read this newsletter online at webaim.org/newsletter/2... #accessibility

1989 equal right to #education. 2008 complaint. #Disability claims take years to get systemic change in #Humanrights. ORS #funding is deficit based. Opening more specialist schools counterproductive. Great analysis from advocates. Hope for real change. #discrimination www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Beautiful Welly day, for once. Out with 2 of the lovely lively Grandkids, playground, ice cream, museum. Feeding them stuff that isn't really good for them, but fun,

Time for a rewatch. The money is going to pour into ACT as fast as their misinformation, lies and divisiveness will pour out leading up to the ejection. They’ve got millions but we’ve got community, organising and facts. #NZpol #ACTout

Meeting WCAG is an achievement, not a baseline to scoff at. Eric Eggert explains why recognizing progress in accessibility matters and how it drives better outcomes. Worth reading and sharing. yatil.net/blog/meeting... #DigitalAccessibility #WCAG #InclusiveDesign #A11y

This is really disappointing. A new #theatre with real #accessibility problem. thespinoff.co.nz/society/27-0... #access #artsaccess

Helen Keller wasn’t a feel-good parable She was a socialist labor militant anti-war dissenter and disability theorist who said capitalism manufactures misery and disability When she became politically dangerous, her ideas were erased and she was repackaged Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/17QU...

Been there, done that. Starting out, u don't have a clear idea about requirements & how they might #work with impairments, or workarounds. U try 2 b positive, but this is destructive. No change over time. Hope he has support. #disability #employment #discrimination www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

So many indecipherable pictures on here without explanation, context or alt text. Very perplexing. #a11yfail

From @apulrang.bsky.social QALY practices threaten #disabled ppl. Usually bad when our #healthcare is curtailed because of our disabilities. Ppl in general r notoriously bad @ evaluating "quality" of disabled peoples' everyday lives. These metrics only appear to be objective. #disability

Totally inappropriate in the current climate, both political, and in light of #climate change - as we see the effects of the latter today, and the former is totally wild. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The Spinoff was right about the election date, Nov 7.

Just dreadful to read. Have providers learned nothing from the Inquiry into #abuse in state and faith based care? Shame on that service provider. Also shame on the lack of funding to support and value placed on people like this young man. #disability #HumanRights www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

So annoying. When I search for #disabled led #music networks in NZ, excluding therapy, I still get therapy! #Ableism infests everything! And I get #inspieporn for good measure! Sigh. Think I need a cup of tea. #disability #Amwriting about #disabilityarts #writing

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Why I am I not surprised. This is shameful and very sad. People deserve justice.

Feeling aggrieved. Midsummer and the wind is perishing. People, including me are all rugged up in woollies & puffer jackets in Welly.

A conversation about #disability and #music. Not cringeworthy at all! www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

This finding by international experts in suicide prevention further supports the points I raised in my Policy Options piece about the need for, among other things, the media to follow proper protocols consistent with covering suicide when covering MAiD. policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/04/maid...

The International Association for Suicide Prevention, which is the only suicide prevention organization in official relations with the World Health Organization, has issued a statement about MAiD / euthanasia. www.iasp.info/wp-content/u...

This is heartbreaking, and not new for #disabled people or those with facial difference. I can personally relate to this, remembering my youth. Finding my #disability community and the irreverent and subversive humour we share can be liberating. thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-0...

This is very hard to read, but sadly not surprising. nonprofitquarterly.org/the-danger-i... #disability #HumanRights

There are way more important things in NZ and the world than the All Blacks. I’m over it.

2887 words, third draft of a difficult piece. I'm finally getting into the nonfiction personal #essay collection again. Phew. This one is complicated. Last year was so hard I achieved very little. #writing #smwriting

Some pretty wild alt text on here! It should be accurate & equivalent in showing content & function, succinct, not repeat info in text, not include phrases like "image of ..." or "graphic of ...", etc. Its info, not reflection, saga, or epic. #access #accessibility #a11y webaim.org/techniques/a...

Problem is, if I can't see the destination or number I can miss the bus, so yes they should have to stop, especially where many different routes use the same stop, as on Lambton Quay. #accessibility #transport www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

A daily dose of the arts. Just what we all need in these parlous times. Not only is it good for us, but it can make a difference in the world. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It was never a "nice to have," but I've been seeing articles like this since I began working in #a11y. It is essential for all web sites.

A failure of standards in the Manage My Health debacle. www.openaccess.nz/blog/managem...

I love this. The hidden river that shapes central Wellington www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Still on #a11yfail, worst NZ govt web sites, of 462, automatic testing only. some r #education & #justice related. Supergold 17thh worst! Followed quite closely by End of life services, & stats. Illuminating to see which public orgs ignore #accessibility. 83% fail. www.openaccess.nz/blog/cwac/#nav

Deeply disappointed in NZ Festival of the #Arts. No mention of #access on home page or in top level of the menu. First up a horrible flicking and flashing image gave me a headache. Shame as it includes #disabilityarts Probably won't promote to us tho. #a11yfail #artsaccess

Way too early for hot cross buns! I have rules. No mince pies til Dec 1. No hot cross buns til Easter week. Crass commercialism destroys seasonal magic.

None of the academics will acknowledge or challenge the deep #ableism threaded through the design of most cities, public spaces & systems that exclude a large proportion of the population. #Disability data is too problematic, contested & manipulated. newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/f...

More #Braille: More Empowerment. int'l campaign promotes right to Braille #literacy World Braille Day, 4 Jan, Louis Braille birthday. Literacy, in #education, #employment, & independence for #blind people, unlimited by geography, income, & lack of trained teachers & materials. #HumanRights

#Accessibility is a huge faced by #disabled people limiting #arts choices. We shouldn’t have to be grateful for meagre scraps of access to live performances—we should be free to enjoy the culture we want. www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/arts...

Happy New Year everyone! 2025 wasn't great for me, and a lot of other people so here's hoping for a better year, starting with the weather. Not great so far. My NY resolution is to stand my ground on the footpath, not having to get out of the way of others all the time as an "invisible" older woman!

To those retailers who should have had the decency to wait until after Christmas Day before whining about not making enough money out of an appallingly commercialised cultural and religious festival, happy Christmas to you too. Christmas is about peace. love and caring for each other, not greed.

Happy Christmas to those who celebrate it, and a peaceful, happy, restful and safe holiday to everyone.

Advertisements, or anything online that flashes and flickers are an abomination, and ignore all civilised accessibility standards, so I will pass every time. I'm not just being picky, I simply cannot watch them.