Every disabled person in Aotearoa New Zealand has the right to live their good life, free from violence and abuse
About VisAble
VisAble is a disabled person-led organisation based in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
We work to strengthen national capabilities across agencies and sectors to prevent and respond to violence, abuse, and neglect affecting disabled people and their whānau.
Our focus includes tāngata whaikaha māori and their whānau, tagata sa’ilimalo and āiga-tele, d/Deaf, neurodivergent, and adults at risk.
Our vision
Enabling Safer Lives and Communities
Our goal
Our goal is to promote safety and wellbeing and improve outcomes for people who are experiencing violence, abuse and neglect
Our purpose
VisAble’s purpose is to improve how Aotearoa New Zealand prevents and responds to violence, abuse and neglect against disabled people and their whānau.
This is how you can contact VisAble
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Call us
Call our voicemail service to leave a voicemail at 0800 998 858, and we'll get back to you over email within 2 business days.
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Email us
If you would prefer to email us, click the Email Us button below.
Please let us know:
• Your phone number
• Your email address
• How we can help
Our values
Nga mātāpono
Manaakitanga
Aroha and respect
Kaitiakitanga
Guardianship and Trust
Mana Taurite
Equity
Mana Motuhake
Self-determination
Kotahitanga
Unity
Our services
VisAble works across sectors and communities to raise awareness of the impact of family and sexual violence on disabled people and their whānau.
We work to strengthen organisations’ capabilities, enabling them to prevent and respond effectively to this violence, abuse, and neglect.
VisAble has three core services
Building sector capability
Strengthening safeguarding / whakahaumarutia practices
Responding to Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA)
Our mahi is directly informed by the insights and experiences of disabled people and Adults at Risk.
Why we’re called VisAble
VisAble is a not-for-profit organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand that is led by those who have lived experience of disability.
Our name, VisAble, combines the concepts of ‘Visible’ and ‘Enable’.
VisAble means:
Making visible the violence and abuse experienced by people
Enabling safer lives and communities, by enabling a more disability-responsive family violence and sexual violence (FV/SV) system.
Together we can make violence, abuse and neglect visible and we can enable change.
