Our vision

For all tāngata and whānau whaikaha Māori, tagata sa’ilimalo and their āiga-tele, d/Deaf, neurodivergent and disabled people* to achieve their aspirations to live their good lives, including to be respected, included and welcomed into their communities and wider society, free from harm, violence and abuse.

Our mission

VisAble encompasses the concepts of visible and enable and sums up in a single word our mission of making violence visible against tāngata and whānau whaikaha Māori, tagata sa’ilimalo and their āiga-tele, d/Deaf, neurodivergent and disabled people, Adults at Risk and families visible while enabling a more disability responsive family violence and sexual violence system. 

What we do

VisAble works to equip and enable individuals and organisations, working with, or who come into contact with, people, who are impacted by violence, to make their services more inclusive and accessible. We provide a range of tailored services and programmes to assist organisations to implement a Te Tiriti o Waitangi and rights-based twin-track response (that is based on the Enabling Good Lives (EGL) principles and approach) in the prevention, identification and response to violence, abuse and neglect against people.

*When we say people in this paper, we mean tāngata and whānau whaikaha Māori, tagata sa’ilimalo and their āiga-tele, d/Deaf, neurodivergent, disabled people, Adults at Risk (across the lifespan) and their families.