WARRINGAH DISABILITY NEWSLETTER No 248 - 4/02/11

Hello!

The newsletter starts with the Companion Card website, a bush dance, a disco, wheelchair tennis, a new 7A-side football program for children to young adults, sports for children with disabilities and the NSW Boccia State titles.  There are evenings for fathers of children with disability, a course for carers of someone with mental illness, and a shared carer arrangement for a young man (19) with disability.

Financial matters concern $7 movies, grants to make communities accessible, the ParaQuad NSW scholarships, the education tax refund, grants from Lane Cove Council and the Club NSW in Warringah. Resources include health fact sheets on alcohol and other drugs, Apps for children with autism and other disabilities, support groups for people with anxiety, helpful websites for parents / carers of children with autism.  Your participation is welcomed in fostering a teen with special needs in the Northern Beaches, volunteering in an aqua program, being an advocate for a Korean artist, research on memory for preschoolers with Down Syndrome.

Workshops and training address learning with coordination difficulties, working with the Tibetan community, person centred graphics, anxiety group leadership, housing, easy read materials, homeopathy, toddler training, mediation and conflict resolution, the inclusive classroom, dementia care, making complaints.  Courses are provided by Northside Community Forum, Centre for Community Welfare Training, TABISS, IFP.  Conferences concern spine care, carers, the National Disability Insurance Scheme, mental health.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always!  The next newsletter will be sent on 18 February.

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

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