Acknowledgements

Thank you must go to the founders of both Life Unlimited and AccessAbility: John Dobson, Bruce Tocker, Lorna Sullivan and Jan Scown, for their vision to enable disabled people to lead the lives they choose.

Thank you to Rachel Stephenson and John Dobson past Chairs of AccessAbility and Life Unlimited for the vision to join the two former organisations together. Special thanks to Tony Paine and Megan Thomas respective CEOs of the two former organisations for making it happen.

Our acknowledgements to the establishment board of the new organisation Karen Coutts (Chair), Gary Williams, Michelle Bentham, Vaughan Mikkelson, Pati Umaga, Mary CavePalmer and Tiffiney Perry. Your commitment to honour the past and achieve the shared vision of the future helps achieve our vision with integrity to all that has happened in the past.

Thank you to all who have shared their stories of both organisations, captured in this taonga: John Dobson, Angela Te Whaiti, Mark Brown, Ross Brereton, Barbara Tane, Rachel Stephenson, John McIntosh, Gary Williams, Adri Isbister, and Julia Genet.

Our thanks to Anthony Hubbard for doing an excellent job in capturing the stories. Photos courtesy of Life Unlimited Charitable Trust and AccessAbility Charitable Trust.

Unlimited and AccessAbility: Leaving a legacy