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International Women's Day

March 8th, 2010

March 8 is International Women's Day. It is a "is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future."[1] Funny thing is, it appears that even within an oppressed group, oppression happens. Feminists seem to ignore women with disabilities.

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Opposing The Legalisation Of Physician Assisted Suicide

February 2nd, 2010

This afternoon, I learned that author Sir Terry Pratchett supports physician assisted suicide, and further, offers himself as a test case. Sir Pratchett has Alzheimer's. His entire life flows from his imagination and his ability to think. I can well understand his fear, and even terror at the idea of losing it. If he wants to kill himself, that is, as far as I'm concerned, his right. But it is not sufficient to make it legal for physicians to help with killing people.

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Accessibility And The Business Of Open Source

January 16th, 2010

I will be doing a short presentation on accessibility during the Business of Open Source Miniconf at the linux.conf.au 2010 in Wellington. This presentation will run from 14h30 to 15h15 on Monday 18 January 2010.

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Baen Books Offers Free eBooks For People With Disabilities

January 8th, 2010

Sometimes the best ideas are somewhat let down by their implementation. This is what I think happened to me with a fantastic programme Baen Books is running: Baen Books offers free eBooks to disabled veterans and people with disabilities.

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ACC Slashing Home And Vehicle Modification Funds - Unconscionable

October 19th, 2009

Yesterday, I heard that ACC was planning to cut funding for home modifications (such as ramps, grab bar, widening doorways, etc) and vehicle modifications (like hand-controls, lifts, ramps, etc) for newly injured individuals. This is part of the wider cuts they are imposing on the system. Some of these cuts make sense (such as stopping payment when the injury is self-inflicted rather than an accident). Others are not so logical. But this particular cut has outraged me.

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