IHC congratulates new Disability Rights Commissioner
IHC New Zealand warmly welcomes Paula Tesoriero as the country’s new Disability Rights Commissioner.
“Paula brings a unique perspective to the role, having held senior roles in the disability sector and achieved at the highest levels in Paralympic sport,” says IHC’s Director of Advocacy, Trish Grant.
IHC also thanks the outgoing Commissioner, Paul Gibson, for his contribution.
“We have enjoyed a good working relationship with Paul, and very much look forward to continuing that link when Paula takes up the role next month,” says Trish.
The appointment marks an important milestone, as the first time New Zealand has directly appointed a Disability Rights Commissioner since a law change last year.
“The new Commissioner is joining at a busy time. There is important work to do, and many opportunities to make a real difference to the wellbeing and quality of life of all people with intellectual disabilities,” says Trish.
“Inclusive education, employment and health remain priority issues for IHC, but we also want to ensure the government’s social investment approach doesn’t leave anyone behind.”
“We stand ready to help the Commissioner ensure people with intellectual disabilities figure in all of the key issues our sector faces,” says Trish.
“to make a real difference to the wellbeing and quality of life of all people with intellectual disabilities,” says Trish.??????
WHAT ABOUT MY 27YR DISABILITIES AND NONE OF THEM ARE DUE TO INTELLECTUAL ISSUES.
I have been poisoned by chemicals in 1992 IN A CONSTRUCTION OF A LARGE OFFICE BUILDING WITH NO VENTILATION, that this Health system STILL TODAY does not know how to treat!!!!!!!
I like the vietnam vets and gulf war veterans are similarly disabled with long term medical disabilities that the medical community still cant figure out how to treat the Agent orange effected vietnam vets or the Gulf vets with their ammunitions toxic chemical exposures so please don’t tell us all that we only have TO DEAL WITH INTELLECTUAL ISSUES.
After the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of U.S. veterans suffered toxic reactions, neurological damage, and rare cancers due to exposure to 2,4,5,-D and 2,4,5-T dioxin that was used in the form of the defoliant Agent Orange. Unfortunately, the U.S. military denied the problem and failed to heed any of the lessons of this chemical butchery. Instead, it expanded its harmful legacy to the current generation of soldiers and civilians exposed to new, more deadly chemical toxins in the Persian Gulf.
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/gulf-war-syndrome/