Inside Out - First Episode

As far as I'm concerned these people can do anything I can do as long as someone is there to help them.

– Blossom Tropman on working with people living with psychiatric conditions

I'm Philip and I think we ten to take ourselves just a wee bit seriously from time to time, so I'm going to take it upon myself to look at the lighter side of things and maybe we'll have a bit of a laugh along the way.

– Comedian, disabled person and presenter Philip Patson introduces himself

Even if the Councils and the Health Boards take it over maybe people will have to be paid because volunteers are just becoming so few and far between and people can't afford to do voluntary work these days.

– Social care volunteer Gillian Smith on the need for local and central Government help in the community volunteer sector

We've no particular axe to grind or barrow to push but on occasion we'll look frankly at things that need attention as well as covering a wide range of issues that affect our lifestyles...

– Inside Out series editor Bill Wrightson sets out their agenda

People with disabilities have started later...we're making good progress but we are still separate in a lot of areas, we are still overrepresented in unemployment statistics, we don't achieve equally in education, we don't fufil our potential in the way we could in a more inclusive, better community.

– Paul Gibson, CEO of the DPA ( Disabled Peoples' Assembly) sets out some facts about being disabled in New Zealand in 1998