Tania is the Director of Advocacy at IHC. She is an advocate for kaupapa Maori including advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.

This episode is a conversation about IHC's programmes and what services or support are available autism and the wider disability community. 

https://ihc.org.nz/

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Bryan Betty is a practicing GP based in Cannons Creek in Porirua. The suburb is considered a high needs area in Porirua. 

He was appointed as the Medical Director of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioner and was recently awarded with The New Zealand Order of Merit for his contributions to medical practice.

In this episode, Bryan talked about medications and prescriptions for ADHD and how the special authority helps in reducing/eliminating the waiting time between dosage reviews. 

It was also emphasized during the discussion the importance of being honest with your GP if there are issues. Find a GP you are comfortable with for better outcome especially for conditions requiring long term care like autism or ADHD.

Dr Bryan Betty is Appointed Officer Of The New Zealand Order Of Merit.

https://poriruaunionhealth.co.nz/

https://bit.ly/BryanBetty

https://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/

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2nd review of ORS assessment was sent through and after a few months of waiting,,, tan ta-aran!

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Just some thoughts around the recent episode with Suzi and some key takeaways from that discussion. I also talked about the response of the Ministry of Education with regards the podcast request I raised with the ministry to answer some ORS related questions.

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Suzi is an amazing mum of 2. Her eldest son is diagnosed/assessed with Aspergers - ASD...

She talked about the side effects of Ritalin (an ADHD medication)and the potential devastating outcome if she has let her son continue to take it. 

Join me in this episode to uncover these side effects and how she is managing her journey of autism.

This episode contains sensitive topics. Please respect the privacy of the guest. The intent of this episode is for parents/carers of autistic person to be aware of potential harm of medication side effects. 

Ask, ask, ask,  and ask more from your doctor about the medications being prescribed to your children. Please, please, please, make sure you are comfortable in giving such to children regardless if prescribed by an expert.

IF YOU HAVE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES AND NEED SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO:

New Zealand (Aotearoa)

International:

https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm

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This episode is about my reflections with past episodes No. 21, No. 22, No. 23, and No. 24. 

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Whaikaha or The Ministry for the Disabled is the newly established Ministry that is said to give a voice to the disabled community in Aotearoa.

The new Minister, Poto Williams will be leading this new Ministry in pushing the new legislation (Accessibility Bill) in the parliament. 

I was able to get some of her time to talk about what support and can the autism community and the wider disabled community expect from this newly created Ministry for the disabled - Whaikaha.

You can check Whaikaha here:

https://whaikaha.govt.nz/

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In this episode, we are going to showcase how the Hutt Valley Riding for the Disabled is making a difference in the disabled community for over 40 years.

Their programmes for the disabled are EPIC!

You can check them out here:

https://www.hvrda.org.nz/

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In this episode, we have invited Hannah Waddington, she is a practising educational psychologist and an Early start Denver model therapist. We also have with us, Jessica Tupou, who is working with Hannah as an experienced ESDM therapist.

Hannah and Jess will give us some insights into what they do in the Autism Clinic at Victoria University of Wellington.

Autism Clinic | Victoria University, Wellington New Zealand:

https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/autism-clinic

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If you are a parent or carer, you can check out AS Detect here:

https://asdetect.org/

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Dane Dougan is the Chief Executive of Autism NZ.  He has been the Autism New Zealand Chief Executive since 2013. Autism NZ has 16 branches across Aotearoa (New Zealand) serving the autism community. 

Autism NZ Website: 

https://autismnz.org.nz/  

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