If you’re aged between 12 and 17, have a brother or sister with a disability AND your family speaks a language other than English at home, then you can join the Get Connected Workshops in Sydney’s West.
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Disability Terms in Other Languages
Terms like respite, group homes, advocacy and intake are often a mystery to people with a disability and their families, but people whose first language is not English have even more difficulty. To help them, and the community workers who support them, the NSW Department of Human Services has worked with the Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association (MDAA) to produce a series of factsheets which translate common disability terms into different languages. Read more: Disability Terms in Other Languages
Basic Makaton workshop for Vietnamese speakers
Makaton is a vocabulary of key word signs and gestures which isused to develop speech and language in children. It is also used to provide adults with functional communication for every day use. Come along and learn how to use Key Word Sign and Natural Gesture.
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