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![Rachel Noble: Are injuries needed to get action on disabled rights?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rachel Noble: Are injuries needed to get action on disabled rights?
A young woman who happened to use a wheelchair was heading to work only to discover the hard way that the path was inaccessible.
![Let me on the bus, disabled man pleads](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Let me on the bus, disabled man pleads
A disabled Papamoa man twice denied access on local buses is taking his case to the Human Rights Commission.
![Taxis just like Novopay: teacher](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Taxis just like Novopay: teacher
Special-needs students have been placed at risk by the Government's decision to switch taxi companies used to transport them to school, parents and a principal say.
![Taxis stranding students 'not acceptable'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Taxis stranding students 'not acceptable'
The Ministry of Education says it will work with its taxi companies to ensure no special needs child is stranded without a lift to or from school.
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Taxi switch strands pupils
Special needs students have been stood up with no ride to and from school after a change in the taxi company used by the Government.
![David Matthews: Disabled people must have a voice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
David Matthews: Disabled people must have a voice
The Ministry of Education recently made it tougher for students with learning disabilities to continue their studies and attain the qualifications, writes David Matthews.
![School children's safety 'paramount'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
School children's safety 'paramount'
Education Minister Hekia Parata maintains the safety of children at school is "paramount" as she comes under fire for trying to close a girls' special needs school.
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Parata's closure unlawful
Education Minister Hekia Parata unlawfully tried to close a girls' special needs school by disregarding warnings they would face greater risks of sexual abuse.
![Should disabled pay more?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Should disabled pay more?
Mary Poppins producers have apologised to two women who were told they would have to buy more expensive tickets for their wheelchair-bound children.
![NZ made disabled people 'invisible'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ made disabled people 'invisible'
New Zealand may be in breach of its human rights obligations to significantly disabled people who are being treated as second-class citizens, according to new research.
![Special-needs plan a 'cruel' change](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Special-needs plan a 'cruel' change
Twice a week, hundreds of autistic, disabled or intellectually impaired schoolchildren are taken out of their classrooms and given one-on-one tuition for an hour.
![Study aims to unlock autism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Study aims to unlock autism
Grant helps Auckland scientist to dig deeper into complex disorder.
![Kidnappers robbed autistic teen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kidnappers robbed autistic teen
A lost autistic teenage boy trying to find the local shop was robbed by two men who promised him a lift.