Public Address | Cafe | Access: When can we talk about the money?

Rosemary McDonald

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 13:12:36 +1300

Well done all involved in this action...about time!

We should talk about the money...

What struck me as ironic was that Rachel Noble was at the forefront of this action.

“And what is historic about the Rally is that it is the education sector and the disability community coming together…

Hilary Stace

Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:12:00 +1200

Great protest yesterday, although wind was a bit chilly. That was my community. Giovanni Tiso was one who gave a passionate speech and later the Berhampore School kapa haka group, of which his daughter is a member, provided an illustration of inclusion and diversity.

Gary Elshaw

Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:07:48 +1200

Thank you for all of your support Russell. The petition going to Minister Parata is now available on the Change.org website.

Hilary Stace

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:52:11 +1200

To thread link – all the current Paralympians seem to be products of mainstream school and are generally high achievers. Which is a change from a generation ago when many would have been sent to residential special schools.

So could it be that mainstreaming is working better for those with…

Russell Brown

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:17:58 +1200

Because at the moment in our free education system we’ve got a situation where schools are having to fundraise in order to top up the special education funding they get from the Ministry of Education.

Or, as they do at the school where my friend teaches, have to explain to…

Public Address

Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:17:58 +1200

Discussion from blog post.