Disabled community ‘heartbroken’, slamming disability services restructure | Stuff.co.nz

Members of the disabled community say they're heartbroken by changes to the Ministry of Disabled People announced today, and claim there was a lack of consultation.
The Government is paring back the Ministry, and funding for disability support will be handed over to the Ministry of Social Development, labelled by one critic as the cruellest ministry in the country. Political reporter Glenn McConnell has more. | Subscribe: bit.ly/2JPg8oB
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