Accessibility Matty

27/01/2025

🎉 On January 18, 2025, Parafed Waikato brought the excitement of adaptive surfing to Waihi Beach! 🌊🏄‍♂️ Check out the highlights and how this amazing event encouraged inclusivity in water sports. Dive in here: https://wix.to/xn6kvxC

On Saturday, 18th January, 2025, Parafed Waikato ran an adaptive surfing day at Waihi Beach, which I attended. The day was very well organised as there was surf school instructors, two types of beach wheelchairs and they even had a big surf board. The amount of volunteers helped my nervousness, as t...

30/12/2024

Have you explored the iPad's accessible Voice Control feature yet? It's a game-changer for accessibility! Dive into our latest post to learn how to maximize this feature in your daily life. Check it out here: https://wix.to/BMNiQgk

From my experience the iPad has improved over the last few years, in terms of accessibility. When I first started using an iPad, there were no accessibility features. However, a few years ago I discovered that the iPad 14 pro had its own section in the settings area dedicated to accessibility.In my....

23/12/2024

An introduction to assistive technology awaits you! I recently had a great discussion with Mike Fellows from Clipboard on the future of accessibility. Don't miss out on the highlights of our conversation! Check it out: https://wix.to/iMUawzj

A few weeks ago, I had a chat with Mike Fellows from Clipboard, someone I know very well as he helped with the setting up of the assistive technology in our house. We discussed a range of topics which I believed would be useful for people to know. The topics included: • Support WorkClipboard curre...

10/10/2024

On the 29th of September, I did some promotional work with Lions Tamahere in the lead up to the launch of their new E-Trike, in partnership with RIverside Adventures, on Saturday the 5th of October. They managed to raise $25,000 through fundraisers and other donations for the bike. As part of the pr...

10/10/2024

Check out my blog post https://wix.to/wx589BZ

On the 29th of September, I did some promotional work with Lions Tamahere in the lead up to the launch of their new E-Trike, in partnership with RIverside Adventures, on Saturday the 5th of October. They managed to raise $25,000 through fundraisers and other donations for the bike. As part of the pr...

06/03/2023

Hi everyone, hope your all well here's my blog

travelling to our next adventure 3 and a half hours away too lake Tekapo. We were staying at in a CCS house which made it a lot easier as it had a lot more room and had a ramp up to the house. on the 2rd day of being in lake Tekapo we went to the iconic mount cook village that was 1 and a half hours...

19/01/2023

Hi everyone hope you're having a good start to the new year. I have created a blog, where I talk about accessible places for wheelchairs and for anyone who has trouble with access.
attached is a link to my blog.

https://mattybmanager.wixsite.com/accesible-matty

19/12/2022

19/12/2022

Hi!
My name is MattyB and I am a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair living in New Zealand. I am studying Communications in 2023 and decided to create my own website/blog in an effort to provide information to other users with a disability. This is to share information on places to go, sites to see, things to do and provide information on all of the necessary requirements that people with a disability and our carers should know for accessibility, guidance and value. This is so we can make informed decisions on were to go and highlight and share with others some great accessible (or even non accessible) places to go so we can all live our lives to the fullest.
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I am pretty passionate about a few things, one is my family, second is sport (born in the UK so I am a total football and Arsenal fan). Three, I love my food and enjoy finding new places to explore and cooking at home

Feel free to reach out if you would like to make contact and share any information on ways to make accessibility more wide spread and so we can share information within the disabled community for the benefit of all!!

MattyB xo