Posts by Sacha
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Envirologue: Too Big to Fail – Why…, in reply to
It is now widely accepted
amongst denialist crackpots
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Envirologue: Too Big to Fail – Why…, in reply to
don’t assume the so-called consensus on CAGW is correct
Pffft. Run along, you fool.
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Access: It’s just a bout of Chronic Sorrow, in reply to
being the paid advocates of the disabled.
No. They simply are not. They are advocates of service providers. It does us no favours to be unclear about roles. That's why one of my first posts here was about the topic.
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Access: It’s just a bout of Chronic Sorrow, in reply to
it's as if they think Asperger's is a brand of beer.
focused flavours, crisp finish
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Access: It’s just a bout of Chronic Sorrow, in reply to
constant oversight and investment in the providers
I'd go with that in the recipients and strengthened advocates instead. Might actually cost less than the army of provider contract monitors currently employed.
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Access: It’s just a bout of Chronic Sorrow, in reply to
if Local Area Coordinators are going to do the Service Coordination part of the Needs Assessment and Service Coordination providers
Then I hope they do not just keep the same people and swap the job titles. A different focus/skillset needed.
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Access: It’s just a bout of Chronic Sorrow, in reply to
Na!
Salts of the earth.
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Access: It’s just a bout of Chronic Sorrow, in reply to
That conflation of roles is a problem. Neither of those people are "being paid to represent the interests of the disabled community".
NZDSN represents the interests of disability support service providers, full stop. Barry runs a service provider. However he also has a very long history of advocacy for disabled people, which he is also one of. Over the years he has seen cases where families have taken advantage of disabled members' service funding so I not surprised he is sceptical. It's an ongoing tension in any system.
Barry holds no mandated community representative role any more, so far as I know. But when the people and organisations (DPOs) who do hold such roles stay so meekly silent, it's no surprise that service providers (especially the largest, IHC and CCS) and other allies like family members feel compelled to fill the vacuum.
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Access: It’s just a bout of Chronic Sorrow, in reply to
Neolib crackpottery, yes. I'd never want us to try vouchers for education, etc, but the disability support system is so misaligned I can't dismiss the potential value.
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Oh, and thank you for the post, Hilary. There's a parallel process for disabled people of reconciling our lives against the stereotyped ones we all swim in. As I've said to some policy wonks, it's not like everyone grows up to be an astronaut or pop star, yet we don't put so much weight on that grief.
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