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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm so sick of seeing this particular piece of misinformation, you absolutely can immigrate to New Zealand with diagnosed Autism.

Those restrictions essentially only apply to people who require full time carers (i.e. who need a large dollar amount of support needs, who can't pay for it themselves).

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Misinformation lol. It has nothing to do with whether they need full time care but how much monetary cost there is. $41k over a few years is the limit.

Your country denies entry to disabled people on the basis that they supposedly can't bring in any value of their own. It's a disgusting policy.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/26/new-zealand-denies-entry-to-autistic-daughter-of-immigrant-couple