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National Leadership Group Position Statements

  • The Kaitūhono/Connector Role

    Posted by Jade Farrar on 18 May 2022

    The Kaitūhono/Connector role is a relationship-based role that respects the autonomy and authority of disabled people. Kaitūhono/Connectors (Independent facilitators) walk alongside a disabled person and/or their family, aiga and whanāu and support them to realise their goals and aspirations so they can live a good life.
  • The Social Model and its relationship with Enabling Good Lives

    Posted by Jade Farrar on 11 May 2022

    The social model of disability argues that environments and attitudes disable people living with impairments. It was developed by disabled activists following the lead of the civil rights movement and second wave feminism in the early 1970s
  • The Role of Families

    Posted by Jade Farrar on 2 April 2022

    NEGL supports the critical role that family, whānau and including, but not limited to, aiga, play in the lives of disabled people.
  • Guidance on developing EGL Regional Leadership Groups

    Posted by Jade Farrar on 29 March 2022

    The EGL National Leadership Group (NEGL) supports the development of Regional Leadership Groups as a critical part of the EGL approach.

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