Chris FordChris Ford

Chris Ford is a Dunedin-based freelance writer and researcher. He currently works for a disability non-governmental organisation and is co-convenor of the Dunedin Pedestrian Action Network.

Disability Support Services cuts ‘cancelled’? They’re already happening

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Revelations that the Ministry of Health has been forced into a u-turn on cuts to disability services might have attracted attention, but as Chris Ford points out, the sector has long been under attack. Over Easter, the reality of the now-cancelled cuts to disability support services (DSS) was laid bare in an article by Kirsty … Read more

Why disabled people are cheering the Lime ban

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In the debate about the safety of Lime e-scooters, one voice has been largely unheard – that of the disabled community, which has had serious concerns from the start, writes Chris Ford. As a disability-rights and pedestrian-rights activist, I applaud both my own Dunedin City Council and the Auckland City Council for their decisions to … Read more