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Warwick Smith/Stuff Boon was diagnosed with Friedreich's Ataxia when he was 17. As the disease progressed it made walking and talking increasingly harder, and also affected his hearing. That’s where my people were: the creatives and the outspoken. But it was the welfare system, in part, that eventually forced me to leave. I worked for as long as I could as an administrator at the Ministry of Health, between 2015 and 2017, before my mental health became too bad to continue. At the time my degenerative neurological condition was progressing. A trusted friend in the disability community vi...

New Zealand has blocked a teenage girl with Down syndrome from residency because the country believes she will be a burden on the healthcare system. The 17-year-old Indian citizen, referred to as JB, arrived in New Zealand on a visitor visa with her parents and younger sister in 2016. The girl's parents and sister were granted residency in 2017 and then permanent residency in 2019.  But JB's application was rejected by Immigration New Zealand because it was deemed she is 'not of an acceptable standard of health'. Her appeal to the New Zealand Immigration and Protection Tribunal was also un...

The nine tax benefits and social welfare schemes you could be claiming if classed as a 'low earner' There are a number of options available The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice This week saw the Department ...

There's even a dedicated kids' section on Kanopy. Kanopy is a streaming service, available at many public and university libraries throughout New Zealand, that allows the free streaming of six titles monthly for those who possess a library card. After scanning through the thousands of critically-acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, educational videos and award-winning classic and foreign films available on demand, Stuff has come up with this list of six titles we believe are well worth checking out – many of them unavailable to watch elsewhere. Supplied Blue is the Warmest Colour, ...

Minister Humphreys announces changes to the Disability Allowance means test for PhD students Image: Minister Humphreys announces changes to the Disability Allowance means test for PhD students The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has today formally signed regulations that will remove barriers facing PhD students with disabilities. The regulations will ensure that scholarship awards for PhD students are excluded from the means test for Disability Allowance (DA). Minister Humphreys made the decision following direct engagement with DCU PhD student Catherine Gallagher. ...