Jonathan Mosen, chief executive of Workbridge Photo: Supplied
An award winning disability advocate, honored for services to the blind community, is quitting New Zealand saying it is the worst country in the western world in which to be blind.
Jonathan Mosen is well known to Nine to Noon listeners as a regular commentator on assistive technology.
He has been CEO of Workbridge, the largest employment service for disabled people.
He has led product management at two of the world's leading blindness technology companies.
Jonathan Mosen has served as President of Blind Citizens and been on the board of the Foundation of the Blind.
Early next year, he and his wife will leave New Zealand for the United States, where he is to become Executive Director for Accessibility Excellence at the National Federation of the Blind, the largest advocacy group of blind people.
Jonathan tells Kathryn he's frustrated that there are no disabled MPs, some agencies for disabled people don't have disabled leadership, and the believes the sector is chronically underfunded.
