Imagine Better
@_ImagineBetter
Followers
228
Following
513
Media
36
Statuses
502
Providing resources for disabled people, their families and whānau, and their allies, to take action for a more accessible, fair, and inclusive world.
New Zealand
Joined July 2009
#FlyingWhileDisabled New Design May Let Passengers Fly in Their Wheelchairs | by Seth McBride
newmobility.com
An aviation design firm, PreistmanGoode, has unveiled a new aircraft seating system called Air 4 All that may allow passengers to stay in their wheelchairs
0
10
25
New in #Area: 'Everyday activisms: Parental places and emotions of disability activism in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand' by Carey-Ann Morrison et al. (@_ImagineBetter, @DPA_NZ, @waikato) https://t.co/IcrX7jFU6U
0
2
4
Imagine Better and Disability Responsiveness New Zealand are working with the 3 District Health Boards of Wellington, Wairarapa and Hutt Valley (3DHB) to do a project on disabled people’s experiences of accessing local healthcare services. https://t.co/UrTrdjZFmg
0
0
2
Don’t blame disabled people. Blame barriers. Blame ableism. Stop victimizing and villainizing disabled people.
0
51
182
Disabled people are not “lucky” to have access and accommodation. Barriers are torn down by the zealous advocacy of disabled people not “luck.”
2
171
528
Inaccessibility is the horror that keeps on going. Disabled people are excluded and excluded and excluded and most people don’t give a damn.
10
61
198
"It makes me angry to hear people are stealing mobility permits and selling them online. I've had a mobility permit stolen once and it was such a pain not parking in the mobility parks." https://t.co/40AE7h2voz
stuff.co.nz
OPINION: The five-minute convenience for you, popping into a disabled carpark, is a massive problem for a person with limited mobility, writes Olivia Shivas.
0
0
0
And she's just constantly sitting there going, ‘it's going to be a lot of money and you just need to try to be rational’,” Green MP Golriz Ghahraman told Stuff’s disability podcast What’s Wrong With You? https://t.co/WYHcSe2qPb
stuff.co.nz
Three years after her MS diagnosis, the Green MP says there are many unknowns and “definitely fear” about her future.
0
0
0
"I think there is a lack of understanding of how mobility devices serve as an extension of our bodies. A broken mobility device is not an inconvenience, it is a major life-altering event that disrupts people’s lives." https://t.co/I0pBuBaxxi
stuff.co.nz
"A broken mobility device is not an inconvenience, it's a major life-altering event that disrupts people’s lives," says a US woman whose wheelchair was damaged during a flight.
0
1
1
"I’ve come a long way since that first day of school, but I hope other kids with disabilities and their families don’t have to experience that same first day my family did." https://t.co/8gWhwe6bAg
0
0
0
"Better inclusion, participation and wellbeing of disabled people must be a priority for action." https://t.co/jbfa6MfiiD
0
0
0
"Differently abled?! Did my ears deceive me? From Kathryn Ryan previewing @ninetonoon? For heaven's sake! #euphemism #Saytheword #disability
4
1
20
For disabled people, a broken elevator is not an inconvenience. It is an emergency.
13
329
2K
Disingenuous of the PM to say group 3 had plenty of time being prioritised for vaccine appointments. We had no follow up to the 1st text & proactively made an appointment asp. Only in the last days has there been any effort in Welly Not so easy for some. Lots of queue jumpers tho
1
1
8
I don’t want to hear anymore about access costs for disabled people being a burden. Inaccessibility is a burden. Isolation is a a burden. Segregation is a burden. Exclusion is a burden. Ableism is a burden.
7
160
443
Medical staff to me a wheelchair user:”We are ready for you. I spent yesterday teaching the staff how to operate the Hoyer lift to get you on the table.” Me:”I don’t need the lift. I need an accessible table.” The cardinal rule of access is: Ask the disabled person first.
2
46
239
Blind Citizens NZ has won the American Council of the Blind’s “Audio Description Project's Audio Description Achievement Award in the International category.” Congratulations to all involved, a big team of many contributors. #a11y #artsaccess #media #audiodescription
1
3
10
The contortions that nondisabled people go through to avoid saying “disabled” person and replacing it with “handicapable” and “differently abled” are an exercise in paternalism, devaluation and dehumanization.
6
66
265
Dear @ninetonoon. Disability is not the barrier. The barrier is poverty, lack of support etc The big barrier is #a11y for many. Access to the right #tech too. No matter how confident or skilled you are etc if you can't use it you're had it! Don't blame the user. Good on the CAB.
0
1
8