Aiming High: New directions in day programs for adults with a disability was launched on 26 August 2010. It is a brochure containing the inspiring stories of 22 people who have benefited from participating in the Life Choices and Active Ageing Programs, which are two new day programs introduced by ADHC in 2009.

The brochure can be accessed via ADHC's website under 'People with a disability-Day Programs' Aiming High Brochures.

Please contact ADHC's Day Programs Unit (dayprograms@dadhc.nsw.gov.au) if you require a hard copy of the brochure or any additional information.

The NSW Government has produced two information kits that will help families with a child who has a disability to cope with their progression through school.

The resources cover the transition from primary to secondary school and the final years of secondary education.

Making the move supports families in planning and managing the transition of their child with a disability from primary to secondary school. Making the move information attached.

Stepping out provides information to help families support their teenage son or daughter with a disability as they completed the final school years and started their life as a young adult. Stepping-Out Information attached

The resources will be distributed to Government and non-Government school sectors across NSW and to ADHC regions.

They will also be available on the ADHC Website

Please read the attached report based on the recent community forum we held on the closure of residential centres for people with disabilities, in partnership with the Disability Council of NSW. We appreciated the strong public interest in the forum, with close to 300 people attending or otherwise providing comments to us.

We have now tabled in Parliament a report that draws on the key messages from the forum, as well as other work we have conducted looking at the circumstances of people with disabilities living in residential centres operated by Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC).

Kathryn McKenzie
Principal Projects Officer, Disability | NSW Ombudsman
P 9286 0984 | F 9283 2911 | E kmckenzie@ombo.nsw.gov.au
W www.ombo.nsw.gov.au

Dear all,
On behalf of staff and management, I am pleased to advise that PWD’s new website went live Monday 5th July 2010.
The new website can be viewed on mobile phones and other handheld devices. Contrast and text size controls, along with other useful tools can be found near the top of each page. We are inviting your feedback especially anything to do with usability and accessibility.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank our testers and content providers for their valuable input! So please take a look around, find what works, what doesn't, and let us know what you think.
The link for the website is www.pwd.org.au

kind regards,
Craig Andrews
Information and Liaison Officer
People with Disability Australia Incorporated
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PO Box 666
REDFERN NSW 2012
Ph: (02) 9370 3100
Fax: (02) 9318 1372
TTY: (02) 9318 2138
Toll Free: 1800 422 015
www.pwd.org.au