Umi, who is originally from Japan, moved to New Zealand after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima back in 2011. Today, she is living in an accessible house on South Island together with three friends. Umi talks about her life and what it means to live in New Zealand as an immigrant with a disability. My…
Interview with Anni Kyröläinen, Finland Who are you and what is your relationship to OI? I am Anni Kyröläinen. I am 31 years old and I come from Finland. I was born in Eastern Finland and after high school I moved to Helsinki from my little little hometown. I studied political science in the university…
Since 2019, the Netherlands has an unofficial Minister of Disability Affairs. Rick Brink who has OI and is using an electric wheelchair, won this appointment during the broadcast of the television programme ‘De minister van Gehandicaptenzaken’ (The Minister of Disability Affairs). Brink was elected by a jury, including former cyclist Leontien van Moorsel, cabaret artist…
