About Glen McMillan
Glen McMillan is the founder and CEO of Children with Disability NZ, a New Zealand charity focused on inclusion, accessibility and better outcomes for disabled children and families.
```Advocacy shaped by lived experience
Glen’s work is shaped by lived experience, practical advocacy and a strong belief that disabled children should be seen, heard and included in everyday community life.
His focus is on creating real-world change through accessible information, inclusive playground advocacy, disability awareness, online resources and practical tools that families, schools, councils and communities can use.
Building a network for inclusion
Glen has developed a growing network of websites connected to Children with Disability NZ. Each website has its own purpose, but all share the same goal: making inclusion easier to understand, easier to access and easier to put into practice.
Inclusive Education NZ
Inclusive Education NZ provides inclusive learning resources for children, families, teachers and schools, including disability awareness resources, inclusive stories, flipbooks, audiobooks, printable activities, sensory learning materials and interactive learning activities.
Explore Inclusive Education NZAccessible Playgrounds NZ
Helping families find accessible, inclusive and wheelchair-friendly playgrounds across New Zealand while promoting better playground design and accessibility.
Visit Accessible Playgrounds NZInclusive World NZ
Sharing inclusive resources, stories and information designed to help normalise disability, promote understanding and strengthen inclusion in everyday life.
Visit Inclusive World NZSensory Sensations NZ
Helping children, families and educators better understand sensory experiences, sensory needs and practical approaches to inclusive learning.
Visit Sensory Sensations NZCreating inclusive education resources
One of Glen’s growing areas of work is Inclusive Education NZ , a website and app created to help children grow up understanding disability, difference and inclusion.
The project provides practical learning resources for children, parents, teachers and schools. Its aim is to help make disability a normal part of children’s learning rather than something treated as unusual or separate.
Accessible playground advocacy
One of Glen’s major areas of advocacy is accessible and inclusive playground design. He believes playgrounds should be planned so disabled children can take part in play, not simply watch from the edge.
His work highlights the importance of wheelchair access, inclusive equipment, accessible surfacing, safe pathways, family facilities and lived-experience input when councils and communities design public play spaces.
Using digital skills for community good
Glen has many years of experience in website design, search engine optimisation and online communication. He now uses those skills to build practical websites and apps that support disability awareness, accessibility and inclusion.
This work helps make information easier to find online and gives families, councils, schools and community groups access to resources that may otherwise be difficult to locate.
A practical vision for inclusion
Glen believes inclusion should not be treated as an afterthought. Whether the focus is playgrounds, education, sensory understanding, disability awareness or community access, disabled children and families should be considered from the beginning.
His approach is practical, direct and grounded in real-life experience. The aim is to create resources and advocacy tools that help people understand what inclusion looks like in everyday situations.
Working towards a more inclusive New Zealand
Through Children with Disability NZ and its connected websites, Glen continues to work towards a future where disabled children can play, learn, participate and belong alongside everyone else.
The message behind the work is simple: disabled children matter, families deserve better support, and inclusion should be built into communities from the start.
