[2020] NZSAAA 2 (13 March 2020) [pdf, 279 KB]
...• On the question of the impact on the appellant the refusal of his ICG application she says that when he left school he “made it very clear” that he “did not wish to remain dependent in any way on me” and had “chosen not to identify as disabled during his studies at university”. The decision to decline 8 his application is a denial of his “basic right to independence” and “has been detrimental to the health and wellbeing of a person who the state has identif...