Nick Ruane

Stanford and the 'Illusion of Choice' with Inclusive Education in our Country Inclusive Education

If society isn’t segregated, then why should schools be?

Just wanted to give a big shout out to @rnzrss.bsky.social sports news with Nathan Rarere for bringing non traditional sports and great stories to his coverage

Disabled children may be forced into homeschooling as specialist school rolls fill up An Auckland school has a waitlist of more than 100 disabled children.

I spoke about how funding for LSC was not getting to front line supports like teacher aides and RTLB’s

Pouring money into the Learning Support System won’t help when the system itself is broken,

I want to see an Inclusive Education System that meets every one’s needs, especially our children.

Food stamps will stop in America by the end of October! This means up to 42 million low income American households will not be able to pay for essential food and other basic needs, this is the reality of the Shutdown

@patbrittenden.bsky.social apparently Upston expects people’s health conditions or disabilities to get better within 12 months, tell that to a blind person!! Or someone with other complex lifelong disabilities!!
What do they say “… tell em’ he’s dreaming”
Totally out of touch

Live: PM says ‘it's not uncommon for politicians to be booed at events' Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was asked about being booed at the netball final on the weekend.

Luxon is looking shabby, fancy getting booed at the Netball, the Wahs, sure!
The government is off track and looking like they’re done

I watched this and can say I’m really impressed with the standard of investigation and journalism, important watching to be well informed as we vote in this local body election

Scene’s from Labour’s human rights meeting last night, thanks @philtwyford.bsky.social for hosting

I had the opportunity to speak with @clrenney.bsky.social this week to discuss the Budget from a Disability perspective
Thanks Craig

The chances of the big retailers actually being regulated are virtually nil, Willis has anti regulation staffers in her office so this one is dead in the water

Repeal and Replace, that’s funny, we need to Repeal and Replace #Luxon

Thanks @patbrittenden.bsky.social and @chewienz.bsky.social for the Christmas Merch have a great break and see you boys in the new year to keep up the fight ✊

Fancy showing up to a lawmaker and putting forth the argument that we have to operate illegally in order to make inordinately large profits, and being heard!!
Most would be thrown out of town for even making the argument

Thanks @clrenney.bsky.social I’m suitably informed and depressed all at the same moment,
Guess we can say goodbye to that 10y overdue CPI uplift to disability funding as the cupboard is well and truly bare

@patbrittenden.bsky.social seriously Luxo pitched himself at the CEO PM, if the voters are the shareholders who employ / hire the PM it’s time to have a PR and put him on a PIP for failing to meet his KPI’s and tell him he’s on notice to be replaced by a new administration in 18 months

For a govt that supposedly campaigned on localism what we saw today was mean spirited and churlish from the PM and Brown attacking Councils

Crowd shot

Protester sign “8.64% is not a mandate

Picture of Nick

Picture of te tiriti flags

Great to be at the Hikoi today to accompany it on the final stage to Paremata

Thanks @richardhulse.bsky.social great to be here