Accessibility group opening doors
This week (13-19 March) is Neurodiversity Awareness Week and a fitting time to launch the Counties Accessibility Network known as CAN Do! CAN do is a group of dedicated staff members who advocate and action positive change to help build an inclusive workplace culture that will enable all employees…
Celebrating whaanau and whakawhanaungatanga this International Day of Disabled People
Darcelle is a strong and capable mother of three, living in Weymouth with her husband and kids.
Counties Manukau Health’s commitment to accessibility and inclusivity
Today Friday 3 December, we are celebrating International Day of Disabled People by recommitting as an organisation to ensuring CM Health is accessible and inclusive. This year's United Nations theme for the day is ‘leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible, and sustainable post-COVID-19 world.
Disability system transformation supporting CM Health's commitment to improving outcomes for all disabled people
Chief of Allied Health, Scientific, and Technical Professions, and lead for Counties Manukau Health’s disability strategy, Sanjoy Nand, on Loud Shirt Day 2021.
In this day and age if you haven’t got a disability you’re not even cool!
Reimagining what a spinal unit could look like . Grant Sharman was the first patient at the Auckland Spinal rehabilitation unit in Otara in 1977 following a life changing game of rugby at the age of 15. “A ruck formed, they dived in and I broke my neck.