Disability

Play Lab is a tool using universal design for teachers, teacher aides and learning assistants to support students to learn through movement, with a focus on tamariki whaikaha (disabled children) to find their strengths and improve confidence in all learning contexts. Sport NZ's Disability Inclusion Fund is supporting Sport Otago to introduce Play Lab to 15 schools across Otago.

It’s been three years since Rotorua’s Ashmit Danney first swam in a pool - now the teen is eyeing a spot in New Zealand’s Paralympic team.

A new role at Parafed Northland is giving disabled tamariki, rangatahi and their whānau more opportunities to be active in the Far North.

With help from Tū Manawa funding through Nuku Ora, about 20 students from Wellington East Girls’ College’s supported learning class Te Aka have been exploring the great outdoors on day walks and overnight tramps as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Award challenges.

A partnership between Whenua Iti Outdoors, the Halberg Foundation and Sport New Zealand Ihi Aotearoa is helping to remove barriers for disabled tamariki and rangatahi to experience outdoor recreation. 

A new accessible swing installed at an Otago primary school is providing a more inclusive environment for students.

In Northland, a new play trailer funded through Tū Manawa is removing barriers to participation and giving everyone play opportunities.

Canterbury secondary schools and sports organisations have joined together to provide regular opportunities for more than 100 disabled rangatahi to experience new sports.

A group of Wairau Special School students in Tāmaki Makaurau have seen huge gains through Functional Adaptive Movement™ Ltd (FAM™) strength and conditioning programmes.

Backed by Tū Manawa funding through Sport Tasman, a white-water rafting trip has instilled a passion for the outdoors and taught a group of West Coast young people that the sky is the limit.

New Plymouth’s Fulton Swim School offers lessons to young people with Down Syndrome thanks to Tū Manawa funding.

A new programme introduced to the Hawke’s Bay is changing the lives of a group of disabled young people and their families.