Workstreams

About the Workstreams

Leading Change Together features eight initial areas of shared work. Each one had its own workshop at the conference, and now has its own way of working together during 2007.

Areas of Change include: Support Services, Work and Enterprise, Transport, and Sport and Recreation.

Tools for Change include: The New Zealand Disability Strategy and United Nations Disability Convention, Allies and Advocacy, Communication and Technology, and Research and Evidence.

The single message conveyed from each workstream to the rest of the conference is listed here.

Support Services

Leader: Bev Grammer, DPA.

“DPA shall participate in current government reviews of support services:

Select committee inquiry.
Review of long term disability supports.
Review of payments to and support of family caregivers.

by:

Consulting with its membership, for example through questionnaires.
Making submission to Inquiry.
Facilitating feedback into the two reviews.”

Transport

Leader: Bruce Coleman, Human Rights Commission.

“We need compulsory universal design standards and training, and DPA regions need to be proactive in promoting these rather than expecting the Human Rights Commission to do it all. We urge the NEC to recognise this as a priority requiring a collaborative approach.”

Work and Enterprise

Leader: Hannah Samuels, EEO Trust.

“Disability awareness opens doors for people who are ready, willing and able.”

Sport and Recreation

Leader: Jo O’Callaghan, Halberg Trust.

“Need for equity, information and education. Inaccessible is unacceptable.”

NZ Disability Strategy and United Nations Disability Convention.

Leader: Mike Gourley, DPA

“1. Promoting v educating on UN Convention.

2. Template:

easier to read / standardisation.
progress discussed against the template.
published – easy format.”

Allies and Advocacy

Leader: Mark Allen, Waitakere City Council.

“Collaboration opens up opportunities for better outcomes for disabled people and us all.”

Communication and Technology

Leader: Charlie Grimsdale, Giant Leap.

“Each person’s preferred communication modality is able to be interfaced / transferred to preferred communication for the receiver with the least barriers / interference. DPA is well networked with media liaison and other spheres of influence (eg: website development) to create a shift in public awareness and attitude through for example a television campaign such as Like Minds, Like Mine.”

Research and Evidence

Leaders: Vaughan Dodd and Michael McCool, DPA.

“The Conference calls on DPA and the NEC to strengthen its commitment to influencing and monitoring the implementation of Objective 10 of the NZDS.”