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Choice and control

Find out how you can take control of your disability journey.

Enabling Good Lives Principles are the foundation of disability in New Zealand and say that you should have choice and control over your disability journey. This means different things for different people. Whether that’s dipping a toe in to understand what getting assessed looks like, finding tools to quietly manage support, finding someone to chat to about it, or jumping in for full supports.

The Firstport team are working every day with our community to find more ways to give you choice and control. With us, not for us.

In this section, you’ll find self-assessment tools or information about getting a diagnosis for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). If you do a self-assessment, that does not mean that you have to then get a diagnosis. What you do with the results of a self-assessment is completely your decision. We have included information about getting an ADHD or Autism diagnosis, to make the process clear.

If you have a disability that isn’t clearly visible, but you may need some extra support or understanding from people when you’re in public, you may choose to wear a Hidden Disabilities Sunflower. It’s a lanyard, badge, or wristband that discretely tells people you have a non-visible disability.
Find out more about the Hidden Disabilities’ Sunflower here.

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