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25.01.2022 Self Advocacy Sydney is incredibly proud of our wonderful Self Advocacy Coordinator Julie Loblinzk! Today the National Awards for Disability Leadership, Disabil...ity Leadership Institute, nominated Julie for her hard work and innovation! Judging is now underway and finalists will be announced in mid-November. Way to go Julie! Photo description: Julie Loblinzk stands proud and happy holding the Disability Leadership Nomination Certificate in front of herself. #SASinc #selfadvocacy #advocacy #nomination #achievement #congratulations #disabilityleadership #NationalAwards

25.01.2022 A huge thank you to all of the wonderful businesses that have made the Are You Inclusive project such a success over the past few years. We couldn't tag all of ...you below, but we appreciate all of you in your effort to make our communities more inclusive for people with invisible disabilities. We look forward to hopefully coming back with a bang in 2021, but in the meantime, have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. Mountains Pilates Springwood Motor World Springwood Chiropractic Springwood Garden Centre Beaut-T-Ful Bags (Deb Cash-Campbell) Springwood Neighbourhood Centre Cooperative Ltd Little Bo Beats Arabesque Springwood Blue Mountains Carpets and Flooring Blooms The Chemist Hunters Family Shoes Springwood Butternut CC's Fashion and Accessories Bigland & Cowley Optometrists Springwood Book Lounge Honey Gem Nursery Cattlefish Three Sisters Souvenirs & Gifts Mountain Wide Plumbing Theo Poulos Real Estate Pty Ltd The Little Lost Bookshop Blue Mountains Explorer Bus Blue Mountains Funerals Heart & Soul Fitness Chapters & Leaves The CheeseSteak Factory Ray's Bathroom Centre Mountains Youth Services Team Gateway Family Services Belong Blue Mountains The Take Away Joint Foothills Eco Blue Dragon Books Villaggio mens emporium and cycling Dancore Solutions 2773 Glenbrook DS Diggers Unity Studios Rose Rentals I love Hope Tree Framing & Art Blue Mountains Painting Leura Dog Grooming Botanical Art Mountain Fresh Growers Leggero Pty Ltd Bespoke Realty Group United Front Productions Quan Yin Healing Centre INDY MTNS White Fox Massage

24.01.2022 Today, Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) released new data revealing the shocking increase of homelessness and hunger amongst people seeking asylum in Austral...ia. With so many of our sector colleagues, we have warned of this since the start of the pandemic, we could see and could hear our community was suffering. The government has failed to take sufficient action and the situation is only getting worse. #NobodyLeftBehind BMRSG visitors are seeing the same hardships. In November we paid $10,080 in rent assistance. https://www.givenow.com.au/supporting-refugee-families

24.01.2022 There's a jungle of flowers for bees at Blackheath Community Farm at the moment and this abundance of colour added to the joy of last Sunday when we all met up ...again and got stuck into mowing, harvesting (garlic, peas, broad beans, lettuce, silverbeet, broccoli, garlic scapes and strawberries) tidying and weeding. We also welcomed the new bonsai group which will meet monthly on the second Sunday of the month. We'll be back at 10am today to enjoy each other's company, care for the bushland around the Farm with our Landcare Group, and plant lots and lots of seed. All welcome.

23.01.2022 Penrith celebrates IDPwD 2020 - participants wanted! Each year on 3 December, Penrith City Council celebrates International Day of People with Disability (IDPw...D). It's a day to talk about and celebrate the contributions and achievements of people of all abilities, break down barriers and see the ability in disability. While in previous years Council has worked with local disability services to host an event in the Mondo, our 2020 celebrations have taken a COVID-safe and rather crafty turn. Day programs, group homes, specialist schools and individuals across Penrith are invited to participate in this free project. Participants will receive an arty, crafty kit delivered to their door, and be inspired by creative tips from local art makers via Zoom workshops to be held in late November. The completed works will be displayed in the Penrith Central Library from 3 December until the end of the year and Councils project partner, Uniting, will capture the journey in a video to be shared on Council’s YouTube channel on December 3rd. Council’s IDPwD Art Project will help bring members of our community together to explore their creativity and learn something new while giving the broader community a chance to celebrate the talents of people with disability. To get involved or for further information, contact Council’s Disability Inclusion Officer ASAP. Claire Galvin Disability Inclusion Officer E [email protected] T +612 4732 8081 | F +612 4732 7958 | M +614 3712 7299 --> Subscribe here!

23.01.2022 In September the Morrison Government blindsided NDIS participants when it announced Independent Assessments would be mandatory for new applications, and even fo...r people already on the scheme. This will force people with disability to audition for NDIS support before a panel of strangers hired by the Government. There are many concerns about this - that it’s a cost-cutting measure or will lead to some participants being excluded from the scheme. Will you sign the petition calling to stop Independent Assessments? Sign at: https://billshorten.com.au/stop-independent-assessments/ . . . #Health #Services #Disability #auspol #NDIS #Macquarie #BlueMountains #Hawkesbury

23.01.2022 When we asked if you thought you'd need the help of an advocate again, you overwhelmingly said you would. This is why funding for #disability #advocacy is so im...portant. #standbymeNSW #advocacymatters Gladys Berejiklian Gareth Ward Dom Perrottet MP People with Disability Australia Stroke Recovery Association Council for Intellectual Disability Physical Disability Council of NSW Disability Advocacy NSW musculardystrophynsw IDRS Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW First Peoples Disability Network COTA New South Wales NSW Council of Social Service - NCOSS

22.01.2022 Breaking news... The first Interim Report from the Disability Royal Commission was tabled in Parliament today. It's a summary of the first 15 months of the Roy...al Commission. It covers seven public hearings, nine issues papers and six research reports. Recommendations have not been included - they will come much later. At 500+ pages, it will take us some time to get through. We'll keep you posted. In the meantime, the Chair of the Royal Commission has flagged that he is going to ask for an extension to the Royal Commission until September 2023. We'll keep you posted on that too. You can read the media release here - https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au//royal-commissio You can read the interim report here (summaries, Easy read and an Auslan version are available too) -https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/pu/interim-report Important word of warning - report is full of distressing stories about violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. So a reminder from us that there is free, specialist counselling support available. You don't have to have given evidence to the Commission to use it - anyone who is affected by any aspect of the work of the Commission can call. Call the Blue Knot Foundation’s national hotline on 1800 421 468 (9am - 6pm AEST Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm AEST Saturday, Sunday and public holidays). (Image description: A red rectangle with the words "Breaking News" in white capital letters. Underneath the words you can see the Every Australian Counts logo and the words "NDIS: Make It Work)

21.01.2022 Recently SAS has been hard at work setting up 2 brand new offices! 1 for Katoomba and 1 for Gosford. These new offices will run our Leadership and Peer Support ...(LAPS) program. Here's some important information on LAPS! Image description: 3 square information panels each with a similar layout; A teal coloured border, a heading on the top of the panel, a photo on the left side and text on the right side with the Self Advocacy logo underneath. #sasinc #selfadvocacy #advocacy #information #quote #leadership #newleaders #peersupport #socialmediatile #laps #intellectualdisability #disability

21.01.2022 Thank you to every one who has made a donation to the Centre in the last week. Rotary Club of Springwood Inc for the beautiful gluten free hampers. Elizabeth Go...dleman Yoga and Relaxation Studio clients for the car full of food for hampers and our food programs. Winmalee High School community for $ collection for our food program. And the many community members who have delivered food to the centre.

19.01.2022 Want to get out and meet people? Want to perform a useful service to the community? Want to get some exercise in the fresh air? Want to help provide cheap healthy fresh local food? Tick, tick, tick, tick!

19.01.2022 Sometimes all you need is someone in your corner to help you get the best life outcome. People with #disability need access to long term funding for independent... #advocacy. Now, and always! Gladys Berejiklian and Gareth Ward, thanks for the extension of current funding through to June 2021 - a Nov 17 budget announcement for sustained long term funding would make what's been a really tough year for people with #disability a whole lot better! #standbymeNSW ##advocacymatters People with Disability Australia Stroke Recovery Association Council for Intellectual Disability Physical Disability Council of NSW Disability Advocacy NSW musculardystrophynsw IDRS Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW First Peoples Disability Network COTA New South Wales NSW Council of Social Service - NCOSS

19.01.2022 Advocates are there to be in your corner and be a voice for you when you need one. We need to know that they're here to stay. #standbymeNSW #advocacymatters Gla...dys Berejiklian Gareth Ward People with Disability Australia Stroke Recovery Association Council for Intellectual Disability Physical Disability Council of NSW Disability Advocacy NSW musculardystrophynsw IDRS Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW First Peoples Disability Network COTA New South Wales NSW Council of Social Service - NCOSS See more

18.01.2022 NEW Autism Parents' Handbook 2020/21 The Autism Parents' Handbook is the ultimate book for parents and carers of children with ASD, in Western Australia providi...ng a detailed guide of the services and support available. The author of this handbook Heidi Brandis has a child with ASD and is sharing the updated resource in hopes to save parents valuable time. The handbook covers everything from getting a ASD diagnosis to technology, driving and sensory resources. The handbook also outlines support and services available across regional WA and also provides information on funding, respite and advocacy. Hard copies of the Autism Parents' Handbook are free to collect from our office. https://ddwa.org.au/resources/autism-parents-handbook/

17.01.2022 As we near the end of Mental Health Month we want to acknowledge the invaluable role of carers and the essential support they provide to their families and love...d ones with mental health issues. Tuning in to the lived experience of carers, Deputy Mental Health Commissioner Toni Garretty shares how she takes care of her own mental health and the importance of staying connected today, tomorrow and into the future. Watch the video here: https://bit.ly/37URe0S #mentalhealth #wellbeing #mentalhealthmonth #TuneIn #livedexperience #carers #mentalhealthcarers Mental Health Carers NSW Carers NSW Young Carers at Carers NSW Mental Health Australia

15.01.2022 Hmmmm what to do today? Borrow some tools and Make, Do, Create and Fix!! We're open from 9-1pm Saturdays and our collection keeps getting better and better!! Fo...r every job around the house borrow it don't buy it and you'll save thousands of dollars and have access to everything right now when you join the tool library! www.toolo.com.au See more

14.01.2022 Family and domestic violence is expected to increase over the Christmas and New Year period. Here are 24/7 helplines operating in each state and territory I...f you or someone you know is experiencing violence, call 1800RESPECT. If you are in immediate danger, call 000. For counselling, advice and support for men who have anger, relationship or parenting issues, call the Men's Referral Service on 1300 766 491. See more

14.01.2022 I've been able to land stable permanent accommodation keeping me from homelessness. I can afford food that actually has nutritional value, bills are addressed ...and ultimately the things that were preventing me being a contributing member of society are finally addressable. Zac shares his story on the impact of the higher income support rates during the COVID-19 crisis. We need to make sure that Zac and so many others can continue to cover the basics, with a permanent, adequate increase to JobSeeker and other income support. We cannot go back to old brutal rate of $40 a day at the end of the year. TAKE ACTION: **Join the campaign to Raise the Rate for Good at www.raisetherate.org.au **If you’ve already signed up, encourage others to do so too. We can work together to get a permanent raise to the JobSeeker payment. **You can also contact your local Member of Parliament to tell them how devastating cutting the JobSeeker payment in December would be for people's health and finances: tinyurl.com/y3tr2d6wlt **And tell the Prime Minister and Treasurer what you think of the JobSeeker cut. Call the Prime Minister's office on 02 6277 7700 and the Treasurer's office on 02 6277 7340. www.raisetherate.org.au See more

13.01.2022 Come and join Katoomba’s oldest outdoor gym! We’ve got it all: weight lifting, resistance training, step, chin ups and more! Come down and get your free membership any Friday 9am-1pm at our weekly working bee... Or rather work out bee! See you there!

12.01.2022 "Research reveals that when we have the trait of being present in life, we have well-being in our lives." On the Gottman Relationship Blog, author and Executiv...e Director of the Mindsight Institute Dr. Dan Siegel discusses the capacity to be aware and how it enhances our health and relationships with one another. Read more about Dr. Dan Siegel's pioneering, science-based meditation practice and its benefits: https://bit.ly/36NFX0n

12.01.2022 Please help Changing Places Australia make the inclusion of Changing Places facilities to be mandatory in public buildings across Australia! The Federal Govern...ment is currently taking submissions to review Disability (Access to Premises Building) Standards. These standards ensure people living with a disability and their family members, carers and friends have equal access to public buildings. You can make a submission by the 30th of November 2020 to have your say and help Changing Places Australia on their mission for a more accessible Australia. You can use their submission template to email or mail in your feedback: https://bit.ly/39aS7mM Alternatively, you can fill out the Federal Government online survey or ring them directly. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3eW0h33 #BuildingStandards #disability #inclusion #accessibility #AccessToPremises #ChangingPlaces #disabilities #AccessibleToilets

11.01.2022 The International Day of People with Disability is on 3rd December 2020. This year, the Physical Disability Council of NSW are holding an online event to celebr...ate this important day! With a great line up of participants for the event, they will be discussing the positive take aways from COVID and what has improved for people with disability during this time. For more information, or to register for this event, click on the link below! https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/building-back-better-toward

11.01.2022 Independent #disability #advocacy should always be there as a safety net, for anyone who needs it. #standbymeNSW #advocacymatters Gladys Berejiklian Gareth Ward... People with Disability Australia Stroke Recovery Association Council for Intellectual Disability Physical Disability Council of NSW Disability Advocacy NSW musculardystrophynsw IDRS Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW First Peoples Disability Network COTA New South Wales NSW Council of Social Service - NCOSS See more

10.01.2022 I am excited to be taking part in The California Teacher Development Collaborative Speakers Series on 11/18/2020, and will be talking about how it is possible t...o combine an inner Me and an inter We to become a whole integrated self, or in his terms, a MWe. Learn more here: https://catdc.org//mwe-and-our-interconnected-reality-wit/ See more

07.01.2022 Please join us for the official premiere of our Quality of Life Photovoice Gallery. 12pm (AEST) Friday 6 November 2020. This unique research output offers an i...nsight into what affects quality of life for autistic adults, told from their own perspective, through photography and spoken word. Register via the link below.

06.01.2022 It's almost time for another edition of our fortnightly newsletter. If you would like to stay up to date with the latest news and opportunities in the disability rights movement, make sure you sign up: https://pwd.org.au/news/newsletters/

05.01.2022 TAKE ACTION now to Raise the Rate for Good with our holiday card campaign! The holiday season is fast approaching and right now our politicians are deciding on... the future of JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and other income support payments. Raise the Rate has launched a holiday card campaign to tell our politicians that we’ve had enough of the cuts and short-term measures. Can you write a card to our political leaders calling on them to deliver a permanent and adequate increase to income support right now, so people have certainty that will be able to cover the basics and be able to plan for the future? An announcement from the Government is likely in late November, which gives us less than three weeks to make our voices heard. TAKE ACTION Use our digital tool to have a physical card sent to key Government leaders with your personal messages: https://raisetherate.org.au/holiday-message-2020/ We’d also love for you to send your own card or print out the one on our website and post to other members of the Government: https://raisetherate.org.au/send-a-holiday-card-to-our.../ The card was designed by talented Raise the Rate grassroots campaigner Cassie Francisco!

05.01.2022 More evidence that trickle down economics was always a fantasy. The paper, by David Hope of the London School of Economics and Julian Limberg of King’s College... London, found that such measures over the last 50 years only really benefited the individuals who were directly affected, and did little to promote jobs or growth. See more

05.01.2022 Lenders must take reasonable steps to ensure a person is able to repay a loan before approving it but new reforms proposed by the Australian government will remove this requirement. We look at the real experiences of those affected by irresponsible lending.

05.01.2022 SHARING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT... Anyone and everyone is welcome to join a ‘Belong at Christmas’ free community Christmas Day Lunch. A jolly time will be had by a...ll with good food, good company, gifts for everyone and a visit from Santa of course! To reserve your seat at a ‘Belong at Christmas’ Community Christmas Day Lunch, please call Chris Kelly on 0433 334 166 or email [email protected] Guests can arrive at 11:00am for a 12:00 midday lunch on Christmas Day at either Blaxland or Lawson. But to ensure we are still COVID-Safe, numbers will be some-what limited, and it is essential to book in advance. You can also contact Belong BM Mid Mountains on tel. 4759 2592, or Belong BM Lower Mountains on tel. 4739 1164 or email [email protected] https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au//share-the-christ/

03.01.2022 15 years ago Jessy Chen was introduced to #ParaTableTennis as a way to help his body heal. Now, the #Tokyo2020 hopeful is returning to the place where his care...er began and giving back by coaching people with newly acquired disabilities at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre in Sydney. https://bit.ly/3nUI0q2 #ReadySetTokyo Table Tennis Australia | Tokyo 2020 | Paralympic Games

01.01.2022 Socialising and going to parties helps children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) practise communication and social skills. But the social world can be complicated and confusing for a child with ASD. Planning ahead and helping your child build social skills can help. Read our tips