Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Kevin Allan today released a report finding a district health board (DHB) in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in the care of a man admitted to hospital .
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Beach trips are a traditional part of our summers, but for some Kiwis and their family members living with a disability it can be a limiting experience.
Around 1 in 4 New Zealanders have a disability. Their disability arises not from their impairments but from having to live in world designed by people who think everyone is the same.
It is society, not the individual’s impairment, that is disabling. Thus, it is society that should be enabling.
Examples of enabling measures are seen in efforts to provide beach access for those with disabilities with the installation of beach mats for wheelchairs, or the provision of beach wheelchairs.