INFOLINK
CONNECTING YOU WITH DISABILITY INFORMATION
SUMMER
2017
WELCOME We’re very excited to share our Question Time video series made in partnership with Attitude Pictures to promote our Online Information Hub at Life Unlimited. We know that having access to quality information that’s relevant and up-todate can have a big impact on people’s lives. It empowers them to make informed decisions so they can live the life they choose. There are 12 videos in this series of Question Time and another eight in production that we’ll be sharing in the New Year. Find the link to watch all the videos at www.lifeunlimited.net.nz/hub.
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Ever wondered what it’s like growing older with a disability? Maybe you want to try flatting or you’re planning to go to university and you want to know what it’s like? These are some of the questions Life Unlimited asked people with disabilities in a series of short videos made in partnership with Attitude Pictures. The videos use Attitude’s successful Question Time format with people sharing their experiences living with disability by answering frank questions about life, what’s important to them and their plans for the future. The videos have been created to share useful information about disability in a fun, accessible way from disabled people's own perspectives. The videos also aim to raise awareness about the Online Information Hub available on the Life Unlimited website which is designed to provide reliable disability information to New Zealand communities.
Shakti Krishnan, Eilish Wilkes, John McIntosh and Kimmy Corkin are some of the faces of Question Time.
The Online Information Hub has more than 80 articles developed in consultation with a reference group of disabled people and their families. Subjects include education, wellbeing, employment and financial support. Life Unlimited chief executive Mark Brown said the Online Information Hub had been developing and improving over the past year. “We felt it was important we design an information resource with input from disabled people and their families to provide the sort of information they said they wanted and needed,” said Mr Brown. The development of the Online Information Hub coincides with the transformation of New Zealand's disability support system based on the Enabling Good Lives vision and principles. The co-design group made up of disabled people and representatives from families and support organisations which considered the framework for the system transformation highlighted the need for an information hub. “Although at this stage we don’t know how this vision of an information hub will play out, the Online Information Hub is moving in the right direction and meeting people's needs,” said Mr Brown. In addition to accessing information articles, people can also request information to meet their individual circumstances either by phone, email, on social media or in person at a Life Unlimited Store, located in Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua and Gisborne. “If we don’t know the answer, we will find it or ensure we put people in touch with the people who will know," said Mr Brown. The Question Time videos in addition to the Online Information Hub and the personalised information service provide a rich resource that can be accessed by anyone, anywhere in New Zealand. “Having videos available allows people with disabilities to tell their stories in an easily accessible way which is why we partnered with Attitude Pictures.”