The D*List - Audio Articles

SATIRE: If you’re feeling sorry for your disabled friend, International Day of Persons With Disabilities on 3rd of December is the perfect occasion for you to step forward. Giving them a $10 note or asking them for accessibility advice is overrated. Try these gifts instead!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Government is planning to open two charter schools designed for Autistic students with the intention of closing gaps within the education system. However, the community broadly disagrees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We deserve better, more accessible third spaces, and Emily Coull has imagined one: The Ladybird Café. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chanelle Moriah’s I Am Dyslexic is an interactive and informative guide which is a refreshing break from the never-ending Google search spiral. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fan conventions can be intense and inaccessible spaces sometimes. Here’s how Adam Spinks found attending Armageddon for the first time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aucklanders will be heading underground next year on the City Rail Link. Here's what we know about all the access features.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Being clipped by an EV was the final straw for Josaiah Fue to take action and make roads safer for the blind and low-vision community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We follow the UN's word-salad theme-writing conventions to predict the 2025 IDPD theme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Taking risks is accepted as a part of life, except when it comes to disabled people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As disabled people, our stories and guidance should be treated as taonga, not a freebie tick-box exercise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The NZ Roller Blacks team are heading to Bangkok for an international tournament of the “ruthless sport”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Disability continues to code evil into fictional characters. The disabilities are just becoming less visible.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For ADHD Awareness Month, Soph Jackson asks: who is ‘allowed’ to call themselves disabled?’ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we tentatively celebrate a ceasefire, disabled people in Gaza are still enduring impossible conditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After working at the Human Rights Commission for 34 years, Cecelia O'Dell reflects on where Aotearoa is now compared to when she began there - and the work there's still to do.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Living with other disabled people should be a choice not a last resort, says Henrietta Bollinger. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Voice-to-text technology and support workers made it possible for Palmerston North-based author Bethany Wilson to write her autobiography. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimberly Coates was blown away by the colours, drama and accommodations at her first WOW experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kylee Maloney says the formal apology and redress is a vindication of the past, and proof that as disabled people, we can lead ourselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Forget paracetamol, Trump. Blame the Llamas with Hats videos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophia Maltus and her carer/cousin Indy Henman share stories of obstetrician visits, naked spider attacks and filming the new season of This is Wheel Life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A massive pro-Palestine march has been planned across the Auckland Harbour Bridge this Saturday, but will we be able to show up and support? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's no one accessible format, but here are a few ideas for whānau whaikaha learning te reo Māori. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artist and advocate Allyson Hamblett said it was "absolutely amazing" to be honoured with a King’s Service Medal, but that her work doesn't stop there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Politicians, parents and chief executives got their say on the disability support services announcement yesterday — but what about us?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.