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Rachelle Martin, Senior Lecturer in Rehabilitation & Disability, University of Otago

1 in 6 New Zealanders is disabled. Why does so much health research still exclude them?

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Disabled people encounter all kinds of barriers to accessing healthcare – and not simply because some face significant mobility challenges.

Others will see their symptoms not investigated properly because it’s assumed a problem is related to their disability rather than another medical condition. Or they will have decisions made for them rather than with them.

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