Trish Grant

Interested in advancing the rights of intellectually disabled people. Opinions my own.

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

Hi all! Yesterday was my last day as Director of Advocacy at IHC. I am still working with IHC on our inclusive education work. I am going to be using this Twitter account in my personal capacity now!

[stephanie gotlib @stephgot]

Article by me in Uni of Minnesota's "Impact" on post school transition & people with disability. Employment action is crucial as to is ensuring meaningful participation in community & inclusive lives for ALL @InclusionIntl @CydaAu @UMNews @NDIS

https://t.co/dOaV3Li6Et

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

Disabled young people and their parents have begun sharing their experiences of segregation in the education system in Aus in front of the Aus disability royal commission. Following with interest! https://t.co/DndNuJ6C1Y

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

@stephgot @DinoMan21779 Congratulations Danny Dickson!

[IHC New Zealand @IHC_New_Zealand]

We'd like to hear your views on how the current education system is, or isn't, working for disabled students in our IHC Inclusive Education Survey.

Parent and/or educational professionals:

https://t.co/i72v3LwHR1

Other professionals:

https://t.co/0wenUpFkOe

[Whaea Fi @AuntyFeeble]

Morena, please settle in for a short thread about a subject important to our amazing @MattyAngelNZ .
Earlier this year, she did a petition to Parliament asking for an inquiry into the model used for in-home care for people with disabilities and high needs. 1/

[CID @CIDvoice]

Disgusting beyond belief.

Russia shells a Kharkiv “care home”for 330 adults and children with disabilities https://t.co/MZsfcCXoxA

[IHC New Zealand @IHC_New_Zealand]

Autism New Zealand has launched an online tool that supports autistic people looking to get COVID-19 vaccinations.

Read more:

https://t.co/d2BuWQqreE

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

@PaulaTesoriero I just noticed the dog is wearing a bowtie!

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

As it should!

[Australian Human Rights Commission @AusHumanRights]

Disability Discrimination Commissioner @BenGauntlettDDC:

"Women and girls with disability still experience significant ongoing discrimination and violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation. On #IWD2022, I ask that you can reflect upon how you can ensure equality for all women."

[IHC New Zealand @IHC_New_Zealand]

Three years ago, IHC undertook a survey to understand how the education system is, or isn't, working for disabled students.

Today, we'd like to hear your views to see if any progress has been made. Please take the time to answer our survey:

https://t.co/wg7nt0AM45

[stephanie gotlib @stephgot]

Support for People with Intellectual Disabilities in Ukraine https://t.co/NSsnU3EqVW @InclusionIntl @InclusionEurope @sdswenson @TrishGrantNZ @CologonKathy @bluntshovels

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

Here is the video for the @CIDvoice campaign. A must watch!! https://t.co/SrJr02ED8a

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

We have the same shameful problems in NZ - People with intellectual disability die 27 years earlier than other Australians. Can a new campaign remedy that? - https://t.co/oYpx4hoDsv

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

When Jacob was 15, a nurse refused to get a doctor in the middle of the night for a medical review.
"The nurse said he was dying and there was nothing that could be done — and of course I knew there was treatment available and eventually we were able to get a doctor,"

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

"They say, 'What do you want us to do?' … and what I fear they mean is, 'Should we treat your son?'," she said.
"It's a question they don't ask other young people who don't have a disability.
"If a young person with asthma arrives at the hospital, they don't ask that."

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

"Linda Hughes never leaves her son alone in hospital, for fear he might die if he does not get the treatment he deserves"

[Deaf Aotearoa @Deaf_Aotearoa]

Registrations for our FREE 45-min NZSL Taster Classes for schools, businesses and organisations is open NOW! 🙌 https://t.co/SBtUvRI7GM

#nzslweek2022 #nzslisessential #nzsltasterclass #deafaotearoa

[Trish Grant @TrishGrantNZ]

This is awful https://t.co/ABeQjkbKHF