Here are some recent highlights from Engage Aotearoa’s Facebook page…
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NZ researcher finds link between employment rates and male suicide rates by studying the inquest files for 11 000 New Zealanders who died by suicide from 1900 – 2000.
- It’s NZ Sign Language Week: Vlog on Why we must empower our Deaf youth
To mark New Zealand Sign Language week, Mark Berry discussed the importance of empowering young Deaf people. - 10 Things People Get Wrong About Anxiety
Perhaps one of the most persistent struggles when dealing with anxiety is what people get wrong about the disorder. According to Joseph Bienvenu, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University. - Funding boost for sexual violence response
Services for victims of sexual violence will get $10 million in funding over the next two years, the Government says. - Rose-Lynn Fisher /Topography of Tears
The Topography of Tears is a study of 100 tears photographed through a standard light microscope. The project began in a period of personal change, loss, and copious tears. - Teacher aide is a ‘role model’
Richard Pound’s disability makes finding paid work a challenge. But he’s focusing on his creative side to get through it. - Mental illness represented on stage
A performing arts director says dance has been the only way he has to perfectly explain a life dealing with mental illness. - Ever Considered What Guys Look For In Girls? Forget It. Think About What A 17-Year-Old Says Instead
The message anyone — men and women — who has ever felt badly about themselves needs to hear. Slam poem by Savannah Brown. - He’s Counting Down From 21, And By The Time He Reaches 15, My Stomach Is In Knots
2 minutes and 48 seconds is all this kid needs to give you goosebumps. What it’s like when your dad has a drinking problem. - The Overprotected Kid
On the importance of childhood experiences of independence, risk taking, and discovery—and a new kind of playground. - And this…
