People First New Zealand

About

People First NZ is the Disabled Persons Organisation in NZ for people with learning (intellectual) disability. We promote self advocacy and leadership.

Story

People First:
- advocates to the Government and media about the rights of people with learning (intellectual) disability
- supports grassroots self advocacy in communities across NZ
- provides courses taught by people with learning disability on self advocacy, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Employment Rights.
- has an Easy Read translation service creating documents that are accessible for people with learning disability.