Solitude and Strength: Recent Episodes
Rach Bailey
A fortnightly show about living with a disability, discussing themes including loneliness, struggle, hope, and empowerment. Join Rach and guests as they talk about how that manifests in their lives!
Rach is back with a new Solitude & Strength! And it's all about their personal experience of services who helped them when they got COVID! What support was there, what was brilliant, what was not so good?
Today on Solitude & Strength, Rach talks to Prudence Walker, CEO of Disabled Persons Assembly NZ - DPA, about face mask exemptions - what are they for, how can you get one, what are your rights, and how can people be respectful of those who need one?
Rach sits down with Jack and Gordon - fellow disability sector advocates - to talk about 2021 - the highs, the lows - COVID, the Ministry for Disabilities - and looks forward to 2022 on Solitude & Strength today!
Today on Solitude and Strength, Rach talks to Dr Hannah Gibson about her disability assistance dog Mr Darcy. What's the process to get a disability assistance dog? What do they do to help? And why is it important that we pass anti-discrimination legislation to make sure people with disability assistance dogs aren't discriminated against?