Damien Grant writes about how caring for a disabled relative must be a great burden on a family.

Booking a last-minute taxi is impossible for Aucklanders confined to wheelchairs, a Herald on Sunday survey has revealed. And when they do get a taxi, they are charged extra.

The Law Society has raised serious concerns about controversial new legislation which would prevent carers of disabled family members from taking legal action.

Bank bigness may be an over-rated quality, according to financial research firm, Canstar, writes David Chaplin."If a bank does start to bleed seriously, a government transfusion will not be guaranteed."

Airlines - and able-bodied passengers - have a real economic incentive to ensure disabled embarkation operates smoothly.

On any number of counts, the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill represents a particularly sorry piece of law-making.

Prime Minister John Key has defended the urgent passing of controversial legislation which restricted who could be paid for caring for disabled family members.

A bill which allows people who cared for disabled family members to get paid by the Govt has passed into law a day after being introduced amid protest about its narrow scope, lack of consultation, and possible discrimination.

Auckland Transport has had to ticket one of its own vehicles after an employee parked illegally in a mobility space.

People who look after their highly disabled adult family members are at last in line to be paid by the Government - but only the minimum wage.

A disabled passenger says he was barred from boarding a flight after he missed check-in by three minutes when his electric wheelchair broke down.

The daughter of a disabled woman who starved herself to death said the media spotlight on her mother's actions deepened her resolve to die.

A flight from Auckland was delayed when one of Air NZ's "gold elite" passengers refused to give up her front-row seat to accommodate a wheelchair-bound woman.

Special-needs students will begin the new term with another potentially disruptive change in taxi companies used to take them to and from school.

Neelusha Memon loves pushing herself to the absolute limit.

Special-needs students have been placed at risk by the Government's decision to switch taxi companies used to transport them to school, parents and a principal say.

The Ministry of Education says it will work with its taxi companies to ensure no special needs child is stranded without a lift to or from school.

Special needs students have been stood up with no ride to and from school after a change in the taxi company used by the Government.

The Ministry of Education recently made it tougher for students with learning disabilities to continue their studies and attain the qualifications, writes David Matthews.

A High Court decision overthrowing an attempt to close a girls' special needs school in Nelson is being celebrated by one Wanganui family whose daughter is enrolled there.

Education Minister Hekia Parata maintains the safety of children at school is "paramount" as she comes under fire for trying to close a girls' special needs school.

Education Minister Hekia Parata unlawfully tried to close a girls' special needs school by disregarding warnings they would face greater risks of sexual abuse.

Mary Poppins producers have apologised to two women who were told they would have to buy more expensive tickets for their wheelchair-bound children.