The newsletter starts with a reminder about weekend wheelchair rugby and basketball, discobility at Yoyos, Paralympic talent search, events at Sailability, and Stephen Wiltshire’s amazing art show/demonstration. Carers are invited to events dealing with needs of children aged 0-5, mental illness, suicide alertness, effective communication, parenting seminars, dementia support, grandparenting. There is also pampering, a free retreat, competitions for young carers and the mental health support group. Fundraising involves a trivia night for the Variety Club, MS Readathon and MS Mega Swim, and a long list of special days and weeks for specific disabilities: epilepsy, deafness, cancer, motor neurone, asthma, ME, schizophrenia, macular degeneration.
Resources include affordable software for kids with special needs, a guide to wills and estates, transition from the teens to adult life, an accommodation group, a television documentary about children with autism becoming adults. Your participation is invited regarding young men and technology, the rights of people with disabilities, two fun autism events.
Workshops and meetings involve parenting, person centred approach, money management, working with refugee clients, anxiety disorders, self-abuse, leadership. There are also courses at Northside Community Forum, IFP, People with Disability, Marte Meo. Conferences deal with advocacy, accommodation and volunteering, and the Northern Region Disability Network meets again next week. There are also two paid positions, and farewell to Judy Brain with welcome to Kate Skinner at DARTS.
Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always!
Regards, Marjorie Janz , Disability Information Officer, Warringah Council.
Phone 9942 2686, fax 9942 2371, email janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au.
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