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Appendix 6 Post Interview Brain Storm with Monitors

As part of the participative monitoring process there was a mid-project meeting of the Monitors, Project Management Committee, Project Co-ordinator, and Data Analysis team at the Brentwood Hotel in Wellington5. At this point 94 interviews had been completed. The meeting included a brainstorm of issues and themes emerging from the interviews. The following is a summary of the issues noted by the Monitors during the interviews:

Note #5
Brain Storm with Monitors Brentwood, Hotel, Kilbirnie, Wellington, 6 August, 2010
  • OT’s not listening to needs
  • The right to appeal OT’s decisions
  • OT’s as gate keepers…. Do they have too much power?
  • Designers needed to design accessible and appropriate bathrooms
  • Abuse of disability parking
  • ACC cutting hours for home help and personal cares
  • Carers-quality and quantity very inconsistent, not being able to say anything in case they lose support altogether
  • Helplessness in the face of abuse
  • WINZ benefit status
  • Accessible and safe homes
  • A lack of specific case managers
  • Not being able to choose with whom they live (group housing? institutions)
  • Accessibility to family/mail
  • Lack of flexibility – home support … Five days without a shower
  • Lack of respect and fairness
  • Lack of awareness by front line staff i.e. WINZ and ACC
  • People who stick up for themselves labelled as trouble makers, a label that sticks with them (on file) for life
  • Social isolation – lack of family and friends
  • Lack of training for staff who deal with disabled people
  • Rural isolation particularly a lack of transport options
  • Transport in general a problem
  • Harassment of females by taxi drivers
  • Custody of children
  • Community Education re disabilities needed
  • Community support and understanding, not making a big deal of disability
  • People’s resilience
  • Women’s refuge cannot accommodate disabled women
  • Fear of repercussions as a result of what they disclose
  • Autonomy and the right to complain
  • Lack of dignity came up in most interviews

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