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Issues and Advocacy

This section of ABC NZ's website contains information about the main issues that blind and vision impaired people face every day, and ABC NZ's fact sheets, position papers, petitions, and submissions on these issues.

Issues

To gain an understanding of what blind and vision impaired people consider are the main issues inhibiting full participation in New Zealand society, read our report published July 2003, As We See It: Accessing New Zealand Via Non-Visual Means. This report provides an issue audit and our recommendations under the following headings:

• Civil Rights
• Education
• Employment
• Environmental Access
• Information Access
• Public Transportation
• Other areas of interest
• Advocacy

Advocacy

Blind and vision impaired people advocate through ABC NZ on a wide range of issues inhibiting our participation in significant aspects of New Zealand society.

Following is a list of other ABC NZ publications covering and advocating on various issues. All these documents are provided in MS Word format. Please note that some documents are not yet available, and will be provided shortly.

Fact Sheets

• ATMS
• Descriptive TV
• On ODI
• How Do Blind People Use Computers? (pamphlet)
• Pedestrian Issues
• Postal Articles For The Blind Concession

Position Papers

• Accessing NZ Via Non-Visual Means - Audit Report
• FUTURE RNZFB GOVERNANCE
• Simulated Vision Loss
• Briefing Paper - Braille Literacy
• Briefing Paper Lifelong Education

Petitions

Seeking an inquiry into what services blind people need in order to be full participants in society, and the extent to which Government should be responsible for funding such services.

Submissions

• Copyright (New Technologies and Performers Rights) Amendment Bill - 2007 
• Social Security Amendment Bill 2007
• Building Bill-October 2003
• Homai Strategic Plan
• RNZFB Private Bill
• Response to the Draft Code of Banking Practice
• Submission to New Zealand Disability Strategy Discussion Document
• Submission To The Education And Science Committee
• On The Royal New Zealand Foundation Of The Blind Act 2002
• Submission To Ministry Of Economic Development
• On Implications Of Access To Telecommunications Services For People With Disabilities In New Zealand
• Submission on the Sickness and Invalids Benefits Review

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