Life Unlimited secured funding from the Lotteries Commission to complete an evaluation of some of their services. The purpose of the evaluation was to use the EGL vision and principles…continue reading
Advocacy
Life Unlimited Enabling Good Lives (EGL) Evaluation
By: Imagine Better
Published: 2021-09-19
Disability
Ethnicity and Diversity
Peer Support Provided to People with Newly Acquired Spinal Cord Impairment in NZ: Evaluation Report
By: Burwood Academy of Independent Living
Published: 2020-06-24
This work was a translational research project undertaken by Burwood Academy of Independent Living (BAIL) on behalf of the New Zealand Spinal Trust (NZST; based at the Burwood Spinal Unit,…continue reading
Disability Health & Wellbeing Research & Evaluation
Health
The Hidden Abuse of Disabled People Residing in the Community: An Exploratory Study
By: Dr Michael Roguski
Published: 2013-06-18
The study was inspired by a growing awareness of the abuse of disabled people living in the New Zealand community. Next, while international research has highlighted that disabled people are…continue reading
Disability Research & Evaluation Social Services
Ethnicity and Diversity
What is action research in the context of community research?
By: Hilary Stace
Published: 2012-12-19
A short paper about the development of action research/participatory action research and applications, particularly in the context of disability research. The role of ethics, self reflection and empowerment.
Action Research Community Development Disability Research & Evaluation
Advocacy
Moving beyond love and luck: building right relationships and respecting lived experience in New Zealand autism policy
By: Hilary Stace
Published: 2012-12-19
PhD thesis in Public Policy which looks at the policy problems arising from the rapidly increasing diagnoses of autism in recent decades. Considers history and construction of the concept of…continue reading
Advocacy Children & Youth Disability Families, Whānau and Parenting Health & Wellbeing Research & Evaluation Social Services
Ethnicity and Diversity
New Model for Supporting Disabled People
By: Evalue Research
Published: 2012-12-01
The report summaries and synthesises findings from evaluations of components of a New Model for disability support that were introduced by the Ministry of Health in 2011-12.