Parents With A Disability

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/disability-groups-want-certainty-after-ndis-20150208-135lr3.html

Disability groups want certainty after NDIS Disability service providers have called on the new Andrews government to ensure almost 900,000 Victorians with a disability are not left behind by the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Hi All,

Listed below, are the dates for our peer support group meetings in the first half of 2015.

Parents With A Disability (PWAD) peer support meetings are held monthly, on the last Thursday of the month.

PWAD is run by parents with a disability, for parents with a disability. Meet and chat with other parents, and share your experiences. We would love to see you. So pop the dates in your diaries, and come along.

LOCATION: Ground floor meeting room.
60L Leicester Street, Carlton, Vic.
TIME: 12:30pm – 2:30pm

DATES FOR 2015: Thursday the 26th February
Thursday the 26th March,
Thursday the 30th April
Thursday the 28th May
Thursday the 25th June
N.B. Children are welcome, and light refreshments will be provided.

RSVP: 23/02/15 for our 1st meeting of 2015
Contact/s: Michelle de Hommel. Mob: 0412 684 134
Email: [email protected]
or
Charlotte Wyatt - Independent Disability Services: 9340 5100

PARENTS WITH A DISABILITY (PWAD)
PEER SUPPORT MEETING

11.00am - 1.00pm Tuesday, 26 August 2014

DANDENONG COMMUNITY ADVISORY BUREAU
186 FOSTER EAST DANDENONG

PWAD is a Peer Support Group that helps people with a disability who have
children, giving and receiving help and advice that founded on key principles of
respect, shared responsibility, and mutual agreement of what is helpful. Because
the group are all parents with a disability we understand each another’s situation
through the shared experience.

We welcome new participants into the group who:

Are a person with a disability who is a parent, or thinking of becoming a parent?
Have needs or issues that are not being addressed and want to do something about them?
* Would you like to meet with other parents with a disability and share ideas?
* Support the human rights of people with disability to be parents.
* Support the rights of both children and parents.
* Believe children have the right to live with their natural parent.
* Are interested in the issues and needs of parents with a disability?

PWAD purposes are to:
* Encourage and empower parents with a disability to be actively involved in directing the organisation.
* Educate the community about the rights of parents with a disability and their needs and issues.
* Work with and educate the government and service providers to provide relevant and accessible services to parents with a disability.
* Facilitate peer support networks of parents and potential parents who have a disability in Victoria.
* Continue to Develop an information and resource service for parents with a disability.
* For more information contact: Michele De Hommel. Telephone 03 5997 1108
or Independent Disability Services 03 9340 5112 (light refreshments available)

http://www.daru.org.au/strengthening-disability-advocacy-conference/register

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Nominations | International Day of People with Disability NominationsThe 2014 National Disability Awards will take place at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 25 November 2014.Nominations are now open and will be accepted across eight Award categories:Lesley Hall Award for Lifetime Achievement in DisabilityEmerging Leaders in Disability AwardImproving…

http://www.nds.org.au/events/1395120951

NDS Vic State Conference 2014 - National Disability Services The disability sector is going through a massive period of change with the roll out of the NDIS which brings a range of exciting opportunities but also a number of challenges for service providers.

http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/grownups_services_and_support_nutshell.html

Services and support: in a nutshell An in-a-nutshell guide to why parents need support, and the kinds of support that help parents, including practical, personal and information. Includes tips and links for finding community, government, health, education and child care resources, supports and services.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yhGEdYvkaas

Signing the Memorandum Of Understanding (M.O.U.), with Independent Disability Services!