Spectrum Foundation is delighted to confirm the distribution of over $200,000 of funding to seven community organisations, supporting disabled people and their whānau from across Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s the first time the Spectrum Foundation has .
What makes this moment different from the others is the dangerous rhetoric that elevates the banal and commonplace fat-shaming that fat people must endure.
Seven years after Tim Rose was denied access to an Air Canada flight because of the size of his power wheelchair, the Canadian Transportation Agency ruled the country's largest airline needs to do more to accommodate passengers with mobility devices.