This year's theme is: Assistive Technologies, Active Participation
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Employable Me returns with a second season on April 9. Catch up on series one on iView now!
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This year's theme is: Empowering women and girls with Autism.
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Today we're celebrating Purple Day, a global initiative dedicated to raising epilepsy awareness. It aims to encourage people to talk about epilepsy and to remind those who live with seizures, that they are not alone. It's a great day to discuss epilepsy with your children, and how this may affect others in their peer groups.
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It's World Down Syndrome Day!
This year's theme is #WhatIBringToMyCommunity so we're particularly celebrating the ways people with Down Syndrome can and do make contributions to their communities.
Check out Down Syndrome Australia for some great stories about people like Greta (pictured).
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Have your say about special education policy in South Australia!
Parents and carers of children and young people with disability are invited to the Disability Policy and Programs Parent Forum, run by the Department for Education and Child Development.
When? 9:30am-2:00pm, Wednesday 21 March in Henley Beach.
Register by this Friday: email julie.cakebread68@schools.sa.edu.au or call on 08 8235 2871.
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The Adelaide Hills Library Service runs Sensory Storytime each Thursday from 10:30am-11:30am at Coventry Library in Stirling in 2018.
Sessions include:
- Interaction through songs
- Stories
- Puppets
- Music
- MAKATON keyword signing
- Built-in playtime
NAB AFL AAA Auskick is an Access All Abilities Auskick Centre aimed at providing opportunities for children who might not otherwise have had the opportunity to play Auskick in 2017. AAA Auskick centres are supported by SANFL staff and aim to ensure every child, regardless of their ability has the chance to play the game they love.
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School holiday football (soccer) programs in January 2018, plus other inclusive programs running throughout the year for children & teens with integration difficulties such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, medical issues or illness, sensory disability, developmental delay, intellectual disability, speech and language delay, Down syndrome, physical disability and cerebral palsy or other brain injuries.
One Culture Football deliver "Inclusive Football Programs" which gives opportunities for people living with a disability or condition to be engaged in regular football coaching and games. The program focuses not only on football but on gross motor skills but also self-confidence, self-esteem and health and wellbeing.
Read MoreFor our parents of young teens and pre-teens, there are two upcoming sessions at the Effective Living Centre, Wayville, as part of their Positive Parenting series:
Eight Going on Eighteen - Parenting Pre Teens 2 - 25th October
Relating to School Transition (moving to high school) - 1st November
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