Guidance and resources

Mapping the Change report

This mapping report looks at the success factors of social change activities to find out what works and what does not.
Attitudes
Research

Guidance for policy makers

Learn more about the 'social model' of disability. This draws on a human rights discourse, defining disabled people as an excluded or oppressed social group. It distinguishes between the impairments that people have and the barriers to social participation that they experience.
Audience collection
Guidance

Employing disabled people

Here is information that will make it easier to employ disabled people so that your organisation can benefit from their contribution.
Attitudes
Audience collection
Employment & economic security
Guidance
Topic

Disabled People's Organisations

Find out about the role and attributes of Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) and how to seek involvement from DPOs into policy advice processes.
Attitudes
Guidance
Leadership

Be. Accessible Business Toolkit

Here you can access a toolkit to make your business or organisations fully accessible to all New Zealanders.
Accessibility
Attitudes
Audience collection
Employment & economic security
Guidance

How to improve access to buildings

People with disabilities must be able to 'carry out normal activities and processes' in an accommodation building, and there are a number of ways to ensure this is possible. Find out more.
Accessibility
Guidance
Law & Policy