Community Connections

Our latest Connector showcases our people winning awards, competing in the Special Olympics and living their best lives!

Newsletters - Community Connections Ngā pānuitanga Newsletters Te tūhonotanga The Connector The Connector is a quarterly newsletter written for the people we support, their families/whānau, and the communities surrounding Community Connections.

If you are the parent or carer of an adult with intellectual disabilities, you may like to get involved with this research. If you are keen, contact Chloe - [email protected]

The latest Connector is hot off the press! Check it out here!

Newsletters - Community Connections Ngā pānuitanga Newsletters Te tūhonotanga The Connector The Connector is a quarterly newsletter written for the people we support, their families/whānau, and the communities surrounding Community Connections. Ngā

Congratulations, from all of us at Community Connections, David Corner!
How wonderful to get this recognition for all your hard work and dedication.
https://www.facebook.com/GovernorGeneralNewZealand/photos/mr-david-corner-of-wellington-onzm-for-services-to-people-with-intellectual-and-/1518540422962541/

Mr David Corner, of Wellington, ONZM for services to people with intellectual and learning disabilities

Mr David Corner has been a National Self Advocate Advisor with IHC New Zealand for 29 years, drawing on his own experience with an intellectual disability and Autism. He was involved with deinstitutionalisation of people with intellectual disabilities from large-scale institutions in the early 2000s. He is a member of the New Zealand Disability Strategy employment working group and was on the Association of Supported Employment New Zealand and Community Connections Boards. He chairs the IHC CEO Advisory Committee and was Inclusion International’s Asia-Pacific representative. He is a Life Member of People First New Zealand and Inclusion International. He is on Te Rōpū Kaiārahi Hauātanga, the Chief Ombudsman’s Disability Advisory panel. Mr Corner co-authored an international journal chapter about the effectiveness of Easy Read information for people with learning disabilities.

This week is New Zealand Sign Language week.
Did you know, it's 20 years since NZSL was recognised as an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand?
Help celebrate and make Aotearoa a place where anyone can sign anywhere!

Wednesday, April 29th, at 10am is the time for Hoods Up Volume Down!
We'd love you to participate in a 'Hoods Up Volume Down' quiet hour for Autism Acceptance Month.
At 10am, turn down the lights, turn down the noise and turn up for the autistic and wider autism communities.

Autism New Zealand (https://autismnz.org.nz/autism-acceptance-month/) have more information, some cool resources, and posters, as well as hoodies to buy.
You can also register your event with them, so they know just how big Hoods Up Volume Down is growing!

Share with us how you spend your quiet hour - did you stay inside and keep the environment quiet with dim lights? Did you find a quiet spot out in nature or in your local community? Let us know what the experience was like for you and what insights you gained.

Have you caught up with the latest edition of The Connector yet?
Find it here:

Newsletters - Community Connections Ngā pānuitanga Newsletters Te tūhonotanga The Connector The Connector is a quarterly newsletter written for the people we support, their families/whānau, and the communities surrounding Community Connections. Ngā Pānuitanga

'This is a critical moment.'
'Disability support services are a vital part of New Zealand’s social infrastructure. Ensuring their continuity, particularly in times of disruption, must be a priority.'

Read our open letter to the government calling for urgent action: https://nzdsn.org.nz/open-letter-to-government-fuel-pressures-and-the-impact-on-disability-support-services/