http://www.rehabilitation.org.nz New Zealand Rehabilitation Association (NZRA) Homepage. NZ's Rehabilitation Network. A forum for all people - patients, clients, consumers of rehabilitation services, family members, whanau, carers, health professionals, clinicians, ACC and Ministry of Health workers. http://www.rehabilitation.org.nz/content/news/nzra-agm-2009 This year's NZRA AGM has been been scheduled to occur during a lunch break in the upcoming AFRM/NIRR/NZRA Rehabilitation Conference. All NZRA members and any other interested parties are welcome and encouraged to attend! The organisation runs on the goodwill and participation of interested individuals. Membership forms will be available to anyone attending, and this year the NZRA membership fees has recently been set at a Special Rate of $1 per year. What have you got to loose! Agenda items and proposed changes to our Constitution are listed in this column along with information about the time and venue of the AGM. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:32:47 +1200 http://www.rehabilitation.org.nz/content/internet-resources/cochrane-reviews-on-podcast The Cochrane Collaboration is a free (in NZ) online resource that brings you rigorous, independent reviews of best research evidence regarding treatment decisions. Now, selections from this service are brought to you via podcast. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:39:59 +1200 http://www.rehabilitation.org.nz/content/textbooks-amp-other-media/the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly "I don't know about you, but I'm terrible to accompany to any movie where there is even a suggestion of rehabilitation occurring..." William Levack writes about why he HATED "Million Dollar Baby (2004)" and "Breaking the Waves (1996)" - but also a bit about a movie he did like: "The Butterfly and the Divingbell (2007)", the story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, who writes his memoir by blinking after he suffers locked-in-syndrome following a devastating stroke. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:05:44 +1200 http://www.rehabilitation.org.nz/content/news/peer-support-project-seeks-shift-in-ideology With the support of the Todd Foundation, Diversityworks Trust has begun a six month project that aims to design a flexible, multi-faceted and sustainable peer-based coaching model to support disabled people, especially young people and whanau/families, to better manage their disability support needs. The project seeks to design a model that gives information, educates and demonstrates techniques for the management of disability support workers, providers and services. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:55:14 +1200 http://www.rehabilitation.org.nz/content/column/thats-not-my-funny-bone-thats-my-ulnar-nerve11 William Levack has been doodling again. Doesn't he have anything better to do with his time? This week: Wheelchairs of the Future. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:58:23 +1200