Spinal Network News - August 2017

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NZST UPDATES NEWS FROM CONNECTING PEOPLE Peer Support Coordinator, Brett Ladbrook, recently made a trip to Southland and Central Otago to connect people with spinal cord impairments (SCI) living in the community there. He took a group out ten-pin bowling; hosted a BBQ at his family home; organised a future outing to pick blueberries at Blueberry Country; and generally offered a friendly ear and advice where he could. He also connected several individuals, one of whom was recovering from surgery and looking for advice on vehicle modifications. Brett met with 22 people with an SCI from Invercargill, Riverton, Otautau, Tapanui, Gore, Kaitangata, and Bluff, and looks forward to his next trip to connect with others. Thanks Brett, great work! Brett Ladbrook from Connecting People meeting the Wanaka Group Left to right Mike Brown with Samuel Bennett and Cheryl McCabe at the Wish for Fish event WISH FOR FISH SPINAL TRUST CHARITY RACE NIGHT A fantastic night was had by all at the sold-out Wish For Fish <strong>Spinal</strong> Trust Charity Race Night on 16 June, held at Addington Raceway in Christchurch. The food was excellent, the company top-notch and, a significant amount was raised to support people with spinal cord injuries. Photos from the night are available via a link on our Facebook page. Stay tuned for updates on how the money will be spent. THE BAIL BULLETIN Kia ora from the BAIL team, BAIL believes that it is vital for research to be meaningful and make a difference. We support researchers to engage with the consumers of their research through the BAIL Consultation Committee, or BACC, for short. BACC specialises in providing feedback on research proposals from the perspective of people with livedexperience of disability. The members of BACC are people with various impairments, such as spinal cord injury / impairment (SCI), chronic pain, or acquired brain injury. Researchers doing any type of disability- or healthrelated research, can send their proposals to BACC, whose members will read the proposal and provide a letter with feedback. The whole point of BACC is, to better involve people who live with various forms of disability, in the research process. Historically, this hasn’t always been the case. For a long time, people experiencing disability had little input into the topics being researched or the design of the research, and, were excluded from the research process and from accessing the results of the research—even if that research was meant to help them. BACC has been operating for a number of years now, and has successfully consulted on many proposals. Researchers who have used the service have found it improves their research, and members of the committee have enjoyed being involved in the research process, and learning about the details of how research is planned and designed. If you would like to know more about our BACC service, please visit: www.burwood.org.nz/ ConsultationCommittee Otherwise, if you would like to be more involved in any aspects of research, please get in touch; we would love to hear from you! Kia kaha — stay strong, from the BAIL team www.burwood.org.nz 14 |
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