WARRINGAH DISABILITY NEWSLETTER No 273 - 27 January 2012

Hello!

This newsletter starts with details of the year’s first discobility, a reminder of indoor cricket, microwave cooking and drama classes at Recreation Rendezvous, drama on the Northern Beaches, gymnastics for kids with special needs, and the Camp Willing and Able.  There are programs for carers at Bradfield Park, teen and children Triple P programs, and morning tea for young mums.

Financial matters include the important Respite Intake and Allocation Process deadline, seminars on parenting payments, reminder of the 2011-12 garden grants, the rebate for assistive technology and other student expenses, and two positions.  Resources include a delivery service by a young man with a disability, a legal guide to applying for Section 32, a brainyApp, the new AIHW report, and a MDAA siblings project.  You are invited to check if your MP has posted his/her photo on the Every Australian Counts website.  You can contribute to a student mental health Wiki, and participate in research on living in SydneyCity.

Workshops include a body / brain fitness program, inclusive lives with individualised support, carer support group facilitation, supporting young carers, suicide bereavement support, the Women & Leadership program, engaging men, men’s health, financial implications of individualised funding, and professional courses at IFP.  Interagency meetings are held in Hornsby Ku-ring-gai and Manly Warringah Pittwater. 

Your comments and suggestions are welcome, as always!  The next newsletter will be sent on 9 February 2012.

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