Intellectual Disability
Support tailored to each person’s strengths, communication style, and life goals.
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Personalised disability support for you
Your life. Your way.
ConneXu provides support tailored to the individual needs of each disabled person we partner with. We will work with you however you choose, for all or any of the things that are important to you, giving you the control to decide what is right for you.
- Support across Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and the Lakes District
- Personalised support for intellectual, physical, sensory, cognitive and brain injury needs
- Mental health and ACC Living My Life programme support available
WaikatoHead office support and community connection across the wider district.
Bay of PlentyLocal support presence including Tauranga and surrounding communities.
Lakes DistrictGrowing support network for people and whanau across the region.
Support areas
Support for a range of disabilities.
We can also work with you to provide personalised support in the areas of mental health and under the ACC, Living My Life program. Mental Health Support and ACC - Living My Life.
Sensory or Cognitive Disability
Personalised support for everyday routines, confidence, communication, and wellbeing.
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Practical support plans that adapt around changing needs and meaningful life outcomes.
Learn morePhysical Disability
Support for mobility, daily living, community participation, and personal independence.
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Ko tā mātou mīhana i te kaipākihi o Connexu, he taituarā anō ki ngā tāngata whaikaha.
Otirā, akiaki ai ō rātou hono, whānaungatanga, ahurea tuakiri, hāhi, rānei mā te painga o te taha wairua, taha hinengaro, taha tinana, taha whānau.
Our mission at ConneXu is to assist our disabled partners with leading a meaningful life.
We encourage cultural identity, religious and holistic connections for spiritual, mental, emotional, physical and social wellbeing.
Seek out distant horizons and cherish those you attain.
Greetings to you all
Our mission at ConneXu is to assist our disabled partners with leading a meaningful life.
Assist our disabled partners
Our mission at ConneXu is to assist our disabled partners with leading a meaningful life.
Encourage identity and connection
We encourage the importance of cultural identity, religious and holistic connections for overall wellbeing.
Build a positive direction
Seek out distant horizons and cherish those you attain.
Funding and advocacy
Funding - can we help?
We’ll advocate alongside you to help you secure the best funding for your particular needs. We work with all major funding providers including the Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Health and ACC.
Funding providers can include
- Ministry of Social Development
- Ministry of Health
- ACC and Living My Life pathways
Community stories
Stories from the ConneXu community.
Each person we partner with has different needs and their own unique vision for their life. We tailor individuals’ ConneX-Plans to work with them in the way they want. Read inspiring stories below or view the full stories page.
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Applying a clinical lens - Meet Samantha Keene
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Farewell to Board Co-Chair - Colleen Joblin
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Walking Towards Your Dreams
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ConneXu Partners Shine at Special Olympics National Summer Games
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Bethany
“I feel very happy and I feel very proud”
Bethany contracted meningitis as a newborn and now lives with left-sided hemiplegia that significantly affects her memory and daily routines.
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Peter
“I refuse to let my disability stop me”
Peter needs support for everyday tasks, but his determination, perspective, and drive continue to shape his own kind of good life.
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Gabbie
“I would be wondering what I missed out on”
Gabbie now lives with flatmates, works, and studies, while building independence, friendships, and the life she once dreamed of.
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See the full story library with room for video, photo slideshows, and deeper lived-experience narratives.
News from the ConneXu team
Latest updates from across our community and services.
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Register now: Hauora Project
"It is time for us to reconnect and recover in both a social and an educational manner from the impacts of the pandemic and that disconnection that we have seen within the disabled community,"
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ConneXu answers demand and heads to the Lakes District
"ConneXu becomes the bureaucratic shield where the disabled person, and their family/whanau, determines what a good life looks like..."
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Find out how ConneXu can support you to live your dreams.
We are able to support people throughout the Waikato, King Country, Bay of Plenty and The Lakes District. Give us a call or complete the contact form and one of our team will get back to you.
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Get in touch
We are able to support people throughout the Waikato, King Country, Bay of Plenty and The Lakes District. Give us a call or complete the contact form and one of our team will get back to you.