THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF MICHAEL PULMAN
A growing sense of déjà vu and justified frustration can be felt as funding shortages for disability support services show no signs of slowing down – and one of the Ministers involved doesn’t seem to care. Disability support providers have […]
Euthanasia and the End of Life Choice Bill is a hot topic in New Zealand, but some of the concerns raised by both sides of the argument miss the bigger issues underlying the various factors behind decisions to end one’s […]
There is no excusing some of the practices by Oranga Tamariki, but the issues impacting children in New Zealand state care are going hand in hand with rising poverty affecting more families. The ‘chickens are coming home to roost’ for […]
The musings of a 27-year old battling his mental health demons in therapy every other week. When I look back at my journey with depression and anxiety, I see it as one of consistently broken promises. I broke promises to […]
Disabled people and others in marginalized communities have long been exploited for cheap, even free labour. It’s time the discussion of fair pay was had, as is the case elsewhere. According to an NZ Herald report yesterday, a woman with […]
The disability sector now has a choice to make, either throw out the entire script and start again or consider the true lack of options it has in a support system where costs will continue to rise and packages won’t […]
How a person with a disability chooses to talk about disability or identify with it is an important conversation, but it may not be one that will impact much change in the hearts and minds of the so-called ‘ignorant’ non-disabled. […]
The wider disability community has every right to question the effectiveness of its leaders and the advice they give to officials as a $100m and counting overspend on Disability Support Services continues. Don’t just blame the government or say that […]
Wrestling’s biggest annual event didn’t fail to disappoint, for the most part, as new champions were crowned in a tradition-breaking night at MetLife Stadium. In front of over 83,000 people, women’s wrestling went on last in the ‘main event’ of […]
A strong level of disability activism and the willingness to exert it should be a big responsibility for all interested in making real change Activism (by way of a Google search) is officially defined as “the policy or action of […]