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Children with visible disabilities are born into an idealized world focused more than ever on appearance, beauty, and attraction. The media has recently fluttered with stories detailing the consequences of overemphasizing thinness and the elusive expectation of perfection. Eating... Read More

Caregiving is an artful balance of providing for someone you care for deeply and making sure your own needs aren’t being neglected. It’s essential to determine your own limitations and care for yourself as well as others. Also, it’s important to make sure you’re aware of the... Read More

You’ve heard it takes a village to raise a child? Well, it definitely takes a team to deliver caregiving. Because of the multi-faceted role that family and informal caregivers play, you need a range of support services not only to care for your loved one, but also to remain... Read More

ScienceDaily (Mar. 29, 2008) — Boxing is possibly less dangerous for the brain than previously feared – at least for amateurs. However, conclusive statements on the level of danger are not yet possible. Whether professional boxers such as Muhammad Ali contracted their later brain... Read More

It is a five-phase model designed to address employability, independence and community reintegration for TBI survivors. The model empowers the TBI consumer and family through active participation in the individualized assessment, goal setting and performance evaluation. There are... Read More

Serious hospitalisations: Maori females and males 2000-2003 All ages (n=3505)   Deaths: Maori females and males 2000-2001 All ages (n=589)     Read More

This inaugural advisory group met for the first time in Wellington on Thursday 3rd of April to discuss how best we could support the Serious Injury Unit. 10 individuals have been selected and are representative across the consumer spectrum. Essentially however the focus of the... Read More

according to Census 2006, more than 400,000 New Zealanders care for someone ill or disabled living with them, or in another location. A majority of carers are of workforce age and juggle their caring role with holding down a job. More than 8% of all carers are in the 15 to 24 age... Read More

ACC have established a Serious Injury Advisory Group with the aim of building effective and constructive partnerships with people with serious injury and their whanau. The purpose of the group is to provide feedback from the wider community to ACC to support future strategic... Read More