Equity requires visibility: intellectual disability and Aotearoa New Zealand's mental health roadmap

Diana R Andrea Barron; Mhairi Duff; Alexa Mj Kidd; Suresh Kumar; Richard J Porter; Toni Pumipi

doi:10.26635/6965.7629

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Equity requires visibility: intellectual disability and Aotearoa New Zealand's mental health roadmap

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Equity requires visibility: intellectual disability and Aotearoa New Zealand's mental health roadmap

Diana R Andrea Barron, Mhairi Duff, Alexa Mj Kidd, Suresh Kumar, Richard J Porter and Toni Pumipi

New Zealand medical journal, Vol.139(1639), pp.10-14

31/07/2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26635/6965.7629

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/52047

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New Zealand

intellectual disability

equity

We welcome the [Roadmap for mental health, addiction, and wellbeing] Roadmap and its equity ambitions. Yet people with intellectual disability, despite experiencing substantial and enduring health inequities, are absent from the document. This invisibility is reflected in policy, data systems, accountability arrangements and workforce planning.

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Record Identifier: 9926900420901891
Title: Equity requires visibility: intellectual disability and Aotearoa New Zealand's mental health roadmap
Creators: Diana R Andrea Barron
Mhairi Duff
Alexa Mj Kidd
Suresh Kumar
Richard J Porter
Toni Pumipi
Academic Unit: Psychological Medicine (DSM); Psychological Medicine (UOC)
Publication Details: New Zealand medical journal, Vol.139(1639), pp.10-14
Publisher: Pasifika Medical Association
Date published ; e-published: 31/07/2026
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Language: English
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Equity requires visibility: intellectual disability and Aotearoa New Zealand's mental health roadmap

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