If your child is starting school in 2013 or 2014 and you live on the north side of Sydney, you may be interested in a Transition to School information meeting for parents and carers of children with special learning needs.
This is a chance to hear from representatives of Independent Schools, the Catholic Education System and the NSW Department of Education and Training. Read more: Transition to School
Noah’s Ark Toy Library for Children with Special Needs is a mobile toy library serving Sydney’s North Shore and North Western Suburbs
Any family with a child 0-6 years with a disability – whether physical, intellectual or sensory, temporary or permanent – can join. Read more: Noah’s Ark Toy Library
Sydney brothers, Daniel and William Clarke are on a quest to save the orangutan from extinction.
Together, they’ve written a children’s book, Tears In The Jungle, which follows their trek into the jungles of Borneo to see the orangutan in the wild.
The fact that Daniel has cerebral palsy did not slow them down as they traveled upriver to Camp Leakey, the research base of the Orangutan Foundation International. Read more: Tears in the Jungle
The Junior Wheelies Christmas Camp 2011 is on again at Narrabeen – from late afternoon on Friday 9 to Sunday 11 December .
This multi sports camp, for junior wheelies aged 8-20 years with a physical disability, provides team building activities with other participants, sports coaching clinics and social activities with peers. Read more: Junior Wheelies Camp
An Open Day on Sunday 29 May is a great chance to visit Cerebral Palsy Alliance’s Castle Hill Respite Centre. The Castle Hill house offers overnight respite stays for children and teenagers, 9 years and over. Read more: Respite Open Day
Three new resources are available to help parents, educators and others to support children, young people and adults with a disability through important life transitions. Read more: Transition Resources
Robyn Cummins
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