National Disabled Students' Association (NDSA)

The National Disabled Students’ Association (NDSA) is a non-partisan national body that represents disabled tauira, and aims to challenge the collective barriers facing disabled tauira within the tertiary education space.

They strongly believe that people are not disabled by their impairments, but by the barriers that society place on them. It has long been understood that tertiary education can be a disabling environment, and so NDSA seeks to ensure that the voices of disabled tauira are heard in addressing these issues. NDSA follows the mantra of the wider disability movement, “Nothing About Us Without Us”.