Reference hub
Tools, articles, and data
Everything referenced on this site, gathered in one place — including the self-assessment tool that started a lot of this for me.
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Take five minutes: the Implicit Association Test
Harvard's free bias test measures automatic preference — including, in its disability version, preference for physically abled people over physically disabled people. I took it myself. My result wasn't flattering. I think everyone should take it before deciding where they stand.
Take the test →Companion reading on bias
Harvard Gazette — disability bias barely shifts over time, unlike race or age bias. Read it →
Disability & Philanthropy Forum. Read it →
Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 2023. Read it →
A voice worth hearing — not a rebuttal
Jamie Shields argues for claiming "Disabled" with pride and rejecting euphemism. I keep this on file because I want to be in genuine, informed conversation with it — not to build a case against it. Read it →
Frameworks & official instruments
"Disability is something that happens when people with impairments face barriers in society. It is society that disables us, not our impairments." — Whaikaha, Ministry of Disabled People. Read it →
Quoted repeatedly across the talks and essays this site draws on. Read it →
The standard six-question functional-limitation screen used in official measurement. Read it →
Academic papers
Exploring the critiques of the social model of disability. Read it →
Controversies around the social model of disability. Read it →
On online ableism, discussed alongside Dylan Alcott's public profile. Read it →
New Zealand data
Disabled people fare worse in work and wellbeing. Read it →
Disabled New Zealanders take part in weekly sport and recreation at lower rates than non-disabled people. Read it →
A stakeholder SWOT analysis of the physical activity sector, New Zealand Medical Journal. Read it →
Disabled young people report markedly higher distress and lower belonging than non-disabled peers. Read it →
Colonisation, eugenics, institutionalisation, and the path to Enabling Good Lives. Read it →
Practical — outdoor education & recreation
My own 7-part practical guide and 12-point framework for making an outdoor-rec organisation genuinely inclusive.
The two-year fight with ACC for adaptive mountain-biking funding, and what came out of it.