Nick Ruane NZ

Nothing about us Without us means Disabled people must take our place in Parliament,Opinions expressed are mine. Disabled Person He / Him,

[Chris Hipkins @chrishipkins]

Very sad to hear of the passing of Pope Francis. Throughout his papacy, he showed deep compassion and an unwavering commitment to social justice, inclusion, and the dignity of every person. His leadership challenged us all to build a fairer and more caring world.

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@ScoopWellington This is the Team of secret agenda’s you actually don’t know what they stand for or how they will vote on anything,

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@CroweDM @smh @theage It probably was an SSSS code

SSSS – this means ‘Secondary Security Screen Selection’, and only applies if you’re travelling to the US. It means that the customer has been selected for extra screening at security, which generally means that security officers will pat you down,

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

It’s really disappointing to see and read that @X no longer protects disabled people from Ableist abuse and slurs from its members,

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

I have seen a marked increase in Ableist slurs and use of the R word across this platform,
Let’s be real clear this word is totally offensive and unacceptable

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

This Bill to revoke the Plain Language Act is bizarre,
Q: do we not have a right to have our legislation and policies written in a format whereby anyone can read and understand them,
This is a total waste of Parliament’s time

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@RealXavier011 Very sticky bottle

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@WillowPrime Great work, uncovering that the Minister has been sitting on this information for a month and did nothing! What else is the Minister sitting on?

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@NZ_CTU Additionally their is a stop to Social Procurement which if used properly is hugely beneficial to Maori, Pacific and disabled workers, very disappointed move, but not surprising to see it coming from this government

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@benmackey 💯 % paying Council staff a Living Wage tops saving Begonia House, besides why hasn’t a plan to fund improvements through philanthropic support been supported, Begonia House began as a relic of private wealth

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@FleurFitzsimons It’s also dark and scary and maybe indicative of his views more broadly that bureaucracy is getting in the way of giving the people what they want, now where have we heard that view recently?

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

Keep a close watch of MWE permits growing under this government

[Craig Renney @CLRenney]

@nickruane You are absolutely right - and still no plan to help. Nothing to support kaimahi whaikaha, and instead the government took away their right to a minimum wage last year. It should be one of the first things on the list for a new administration to fix. https://t.co/uv1kqVDxSZ

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@CLRenney Unemployment rate for disabled people in NZ is 11% just saying

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@patbrittenden The kids will decide in the end, ultimately we will end up with a huge amount of wasted meals and hungry kids, makes you wonder what was the point to save $3 per meal when ultimately we’ll have increased food grant applications to feed the kids, what is the point of it all??

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@AccEase Absolutely appalling comments, the statement from @AAPD is well put but the damage is done unfortunately

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@PouTepou Chiefs Lions Vikings Bills

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@WillowPrime Keep up the pressure @WillowPrime cuts to frontline social services are happening across the board,

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@patbrittenden @Chewie_nz Stanford looked crestfallen at the announcement of $150k in my meetings with her she’s been very determined to get results for the survivors, and the resistance is coming from higher up the chain, AG, Finance

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

Thank you there are many disabled people who will no doubt get behind this as Flexible work is an enabler for us to both gain and stay in employment

[Fleur Fitzsimons @FleurFitzsimons]

I wish she would apply this commitment in theory to gender equality to something other than making life harder for working women in practice.

Flexible work is good for everyone but especially important for women, people with disabilities, those with chronic health conditions.

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

Thanks to @blindsideguy for highlighting the comments which I don’t usually read, but if you ever need to see why disabled people have work to do to protect ourselves against vile ableist behaviour, read the thread and comments, this was posted on the Day of the Apology

[Nick Ruane NZ @nickruane]

@NZNationalParty To the person who drafted the PM’s speech, the inclusion of the phrase “turned a blind eye to the abuse” was distracting as it used the Ableist language we are trying to rid the system of