This week - featuring ... Gay von Ess
When Gay von Ess completed her training and started as a preschool teacher in the late 1960s, she felt an instant attraction to the two special needs children in her care. ''I really felt they were more interesting than the mainstream children,'' she said. She quickly moved into the area of special education and has been helping Canberra families with children with autism and Aspergers syndrome ever since. Today she receives a Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division for service to people with autism spectrum disorders and their families, as an advocate and educator. read more ...
Expo and Fair - an excellent day! We hope to hold this event again in 2012!! See the great photos and join us on face book !!
CLP's Trivia Night - and a very good night it was! Our TRIVIA NIGHT which was held on 4 November was a great sucess! The students from Radford College ran an excellent night before a full house. To the many Radford students who ran the evening; we enjoyed your company, your good spirits and the big effort you all gave to make the evening the success it was. Many thanks to you all. Our thanks also to the students from Black Mountain School who joined in the evening wholeheartedly and had a great time, as did every one else. Thank you also to the many businesses and individuals who helped sponsor this event. We could not have had such a successful evening without your very generous support. A letter of appreciation will be sent to you asap. More details about this event will be available on our 'events' page soon and photos will be posted on Facebook. Thank you - till next time!! (... at the Expo and Fair - see you all there!)
Lily Sharrock 7 year-old Lily Sharrock was born with Cerebral Palsy and needs physical assistance with most things we able-bodied people take for granted: eating, talking and just getting around. She is blessed with an active mind and positive attitude and has the potential to lead a full and productive life. To do this her family need specialist equipment such as a wheelchair hoist for their van. You can h "Lifting Lily" A Trivia and Physical Challenge Night - a night to help raise funds for Lily When: Saturday 26th of November,
Time: 7 - 10pm
Venue: Southern Cross Early Child Centre Hall, Ross Smith Cr. Scullin
$150 per table/team. Each table seats 10 people. Tables can be secured by calling Jim on 0409 660745 or emailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Or register at the front desk at Southern Cross. All money to be collected for tables on the night.
Great prizes to be won and glory to the victorious!!
Williams Love & Nicol - Lawyers
CLP gratefully acknowledges the provision of pro-bono legal advice from Williams Love & Nicol Lawyers in regards Deductible Gift Recipient status. Williams Love & Nicol are Accredited Specialists in Commercial, Employment, Litigation, Property and Planning/Local Government Law, and their website can be found here (http://www.wln.com.au/).
"PerrinPost" - a new Courier Service for business in Canberra City! A new courier service for businesses on and near Northbourne Ave! Perrin Post is a new courier service especially for Northbourne Ave and area nearby bordered by from Haig Park to Cooyong Street and Mort Street to Torrens Street. Perrin Tucker is a 20 year old young woman who has significant multiple disabilities mainly caused by a rare chromosome abnormality that has no name but is referred to as 4p minus, it is caused by a deletion of genes on the short arm of chromosome 4. A rare disorder is one that occurs in less than one in 300,000 of the population. She also has celebral palsy and autism and as a very young baby had a stoke. Perrin has special orthopaedic shoes and orthotics. Her sight is also affected and her eyes do not work together properly causing problems for her when walking up and down stairs, for instance. Despite all this she is a happy person and enjoys going out with respite carers who are her own age, and exhibits a sense of humour and joy for life and love of family.
Dan Hall and Garath Thomas
On a VERY cold winters morning these young men of CLP became very cold men as they cooked up a storm on behalf of CLP ... and they were still smiling at the end of the day. Many thanks Dan and "Garadoose"!!!
Jordan O'Reilly Jordan O’Reilly (22) has devoted his entire life to changing the future for people with disabilities in Australia. When he was just 14 months old, Jordan’s brother Shane was born with a severe physical disability, and not a day has passed since then that Jordan has not been the most devoted, loving brother to his younger sibling. Most in that situation struggle with the challenge of a disabled sibling, but Jordan embraced his little brother’s struggles as his own. As an adult, Jordan not only continued to support his brother, but went on to work with young people with intellectual disabilities. Jordan now runs Fighting Chance Australia, a charity which works towards a better future for physically disabled young Australians. His current project involves designing innovative, forward-thinking employment models for people with profound physical disabilities who are none-the-less extremely bright. This project has the potential to transform the sector and provide employment to people currently considered “unemployable”. He does this while also studying at university to become an Occupational Therapist, and plans to spend his career working with children with disabilities. Think he's a 'Stells Fella'? like him on facebook
Shane O'Reilly 7:30 report - A tribute to Shane O'Reilly and his family
To CLP from Rhonda ... I could cry, it so hits the spot and my kids are beautiful and i want the same for both of them, a happy, independent and productive life (with love, joy, support for the hard stuff that is ahead, for every one of us). My thanks to Alison and Esther and a special thank you to Dana and Steve, can you please pass on and I hope I got Steves (or aka nice guy with camera man name right!) who both made us feel special while having photos done, which is a tough gig really, smiling at a camera....honestly I am proud and thank you so much for providing us with an opportunity to advocate for independent living, a basic human right for every person (and their family/carers) living with disability or impairment, and an obligation on our government and community to ensure it happens. After seeing the fab promotional material it feels great to be part of something bigger than just 'us'! Rhonda
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/disability-advocates-ignoring-whats-best-for-disabled/ http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/lifestyle/carers/1060359/new-proposed-disability-tax-can-it-be-abused Joshua Gordon is an amazing young man. In February 2007, he began figure skating – he had never before been on the ice or skated. Within six weeks of beginning lessons, Joshua had passed 10 Aussie Skate Badges and within five months, he was representing Australia at the New Zealand National Figure Skating Championships – he brought home the first Gold medal ever won by an Australian in the Special Olympics division. read more ...
Stella Young
 Stella Young is a comedian, broadcaster and disability activist. She is editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's disability website, Ramp Up which went live on 3 December 2010. Survival comes before disability rights in AustraliaUK disabled people have it better than Aussies. The editor of Ramp Up (Australia's Ouch!) views our pending benefit cuts through a different lens What I did at respite: Creating my seahorse statue My name is Brendan. I’m quadriplegic, double above knee amputee with a severe brain injury. I sometimes spend time in respite care at Nardy House. I enjoy the friendly family atmosphere of the place. The staff are really great at finding interesting things for me to do while I’m staying. read more ... |
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elp raise the money need for the hoist by joining a table for a trivia night, donating a prize or donating some time on the night to help organise the event.
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