Access, Accessible, Accessibility
Whakatapoko
Eg - He whare whakatapoko - an accessible building
Accessible Parking
Tūnga Waka Whakatapoko
Accessible Toilet
Wharepaku Whakatapoko
Autism
Takiwātanga
From 'tōku/tōna anō takiwā' - 'my/his/her own time and space'
Autistic Person
Tangata Whaitakiwātanga
Blind Person
Tangata Kāpō
Blurred vision, Seeing double
Atarua
Braille
Tuhi Matapō
Deaf
Turi
Deaf Culture
Ahurea Turi
Disabilites
Ngā Whaikaha
Disability Parking
Tūnga Waka Whaikaha
Disability Persons Organisation (DPO)
Tōpūtanga Tāngata Whaikaha
Disabled
Whaikaha
To have strength, to have ability, otherly abled, enabled. A word created within the Māori disabled community.
Disabled Toilet
Wharepaku Whaikaha
Downs Syndrome
Pūira Kehe
Odd numbered chromosome
Half Deaf
Haurua Turi
This term has come from the Deaf Community
Hearing Impaired
Hakiri
Movement Problem, Co-ordination Problem
Raru Kori Tinana
Neurodiversity
Kanorau ā-roro
Neurological Problem
Raru ā-io
Paralysis
Iokerewai
People with disabilities
Tāngata Whaikaha
People with Disabilities' Culture
Ahurea Whaikaha
Ramp
Rōnaki
Seizure
Hūkeke
Sign Language
Te Reo Turi
Te Reo Rongo ā-whatu
Stroke
Roro Ikura
Visually Impaired Person
Tangata Matarehu
Person with some visual ability
Williams Syndrome
