Robyn Hunt

Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme becomes permanent When piloted, initiative that provided €325 a week to eligible artists recouped more than its net cost, study shows

This is such an innovative #arts initiative. It will be interesting to see the evaluation. Wonder f any #disabled artists will be included. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... #disability #disabilityarts

The Power of Giving Your Disabled Characters a Happily-Ever-After The day I limped into a seven-month chronic pain rehab program, the first thing they told me was: we don’t talk about pain here. We were not allowed to exhibit “pain behaviors” either, which were p…

The power of the happy ending versus the tyranny of the abled gaze in #publishing. lithub.com/the-power-of... #writing #books #disability #Chronicpain

Sorry, yes, impairment simulation exercise, wheelchair using politicians, and glasses simulating various vision impairments, supposed to create understanding of vision impairments for fully sighted people. In my experience they just scare the pants off them!

Funnily enough I have recently sowed the seeds of doubt about such exercises with my ophthalmologist, following various vision-related organisations touting the value of simulation specs. Same arguments.

Ugh! Performative game playing. How about he tried really listening to those who live the life.

Teenage Dick Self Tape Auditions

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

Proposed closure of Westbridge Residential School following safety, performance concerns A consultation paper said there were "significant concerns" regarding the ongoing health and safety of students and the quality of education provided.

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

Why some authors have missed out on critical payments New Zealand authors have missed out on an annual payment that some describe as a key part of their income. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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

The next revolution in design: Emotional accessibility Why the future of accessible design depends on how products make us feel

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.

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#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.

China to ban hidden car door handles made popular by Tesla over safety concerns Hidden door handles are a signature feature of Tesla vehicles but other electric vehicle makers have adopted similar designs.

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...

Disabled people there are pretty angry.

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!

Interesting. He has NZ citizenship.

‘Specialist schools’? More segregation is not the solution for disabled learners Disabled people have a right to be fully included in every part of society, especially during our formative years at school.

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

Please read this
It's so very true as we think we are prepared, but we are not.
Thank you Verity for being honest.
#nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

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

Landmark settlement for disabled children promises education reform Landmark settlement for disabled children promises education reform

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 · Eric Eggert A notion that I always hear and have heard for a long time is that meeting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) feels like not …

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.

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#DigitalAccessibility #WCAG #InclusiveDesign #A11y

Worst seats in the house at Christchurch’s Court Theatre? Apparently, there’s a lot of them Audience members as well as people working on shows say in some seats you can’t see parts of the stage, while in others you can peer behind the scenes. And then there’s the sore backs, necks and knees...

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

That's really ageist. negative and divisive. Its not helpful to set one generation against another. Many "boomers" were the activists who started the green environmental movement.

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

Yuk!

US story obviously, but the QALY has international application.
#disability #healthcare

Congress should ban metric that devalues people with disabilities Former lawmakers argue against the use of a so-called quality-of-life measure when it comes to determining coverage of treatment.

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