WARRINGAH DISABILITY NEWSLETTER No 247 - 20/01/11

Hello!

The newsletter starts with another disco, physical disability rugby and wheelchair tennis, indoor cricket, then the Acceptance drama workshops, captioned Glen Street Theatre dramas, the Festival Inside Out in Parramatta, and courses for people with disabilities at TAFE and Macquarie Community College.  There is a spot at a young carer camp, communication and care cue cards, parenting after separation, an evening for fathers / grandfathers of kids with ASD.  Also, an opportunity exists to share a carer for activities with a young man (19) with disability.

There are reminders about the respite Intake and Allocation Process (now open for respite next financial year) and the Gregory and Dolores Farrell Scholarships.  Resources include sport organisations, social support for younger people with dementia, dementia awareness materials, tips on saving wet / damaged books and photos, the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation.  Several organisations have changed their name and / or location. Your participation is welcomed in breast screening, a survey on sex and cerebral palsy, ideas on activities for children and youth, plans for the Dee Why Town Centre, and the impact of criminal justice on people with acquired brain injury.  Applications are also invited for leader positions at young carer camps.

Workshops and training address homeopathy, support groups for mental health carers, self injurious behaviour, facilitating young carer support groups, violence and aggression, awareness of acquired brain injury, hearing impaired students.  Training agencies include IFP, Deaf Education Network, Lifeline, Relationships Australia, Northside Community Forum.  Conferences concern special education and disability studies, options for reform in disability support, HACC.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always!  The next newsletter will be sent on 4 February.

  

Regards, Marjorie Janz, Disability Information Officer, Warringah Council.

Phone 9942 2686, fax 9942 2371.  Also janzm@warringah.nsw.gov.au.