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24.01.2022 Well this is wholesome as heck! Go kiddo!

24.01.2022 WE ARE OPEN A couple of weeks ago, while still healthy, we self-isolated to help limit the spread of Covid-19 and make sure we could continue to provide essential frontline support. Give Ang a call on 0447 54 34 34 to book respite by the hour or your Short Term Accommodation stay at one of our properties in the Northern Rivers. Take care and stay well. Gary Mathew Erin Laurence Possam Possifit Skye Johnston Windaboo Kate Stroud Kate Olivieri Angela Mathew

16.01.2022 We are having soooo much fun at Just Like Home that we thought we'd take the experience on the road, well on planes, trains and boats too! We are super excited to announce launching Just Like Travel on 3rd December for International Day of Persons With Disability. Get in touch to find out more about your next adventure :) Email [email protected] and visit www.justlikehome.com.au ... Erin Laurence, Gary Mathew, Kate Olivieri, Sheay Wheeler, Tanya Leckie, Pam Burgess, Vanessa Larry Mitchell, Dusty Attic Music Lounge, Windaboo, Possam Possifit

15.01.2022 Delighted to share that we are partnering with a new support service about to launch on the Gold Coast. You can make contact with us here or via their page to find out more! Remember to like their page and share Tanya Leckie, Gary Mathew, Erin Laurence, Windaboo

11.01.2022 Thank you fabulous people, near and far, for your overwhelmingly positive reaction and messages of support to my story and our new adventure "Just Like Home". Thank you Denise, Humans of Lismore, for writing such a lovely piece :)

08.01.2022 Welcome! We are so excited to be offering this world-first in-home support model for young people in our Rainbow Region. Just Like Home was created to fill a gap in the lives of young people with disabilities who may have never had the chance to experience that quintessential adventure - a sleepover. Our home is filled with love, fun, and support, and your child is invited! If you’d like to learn more, please visit our website, it has heaps of information and answers a lot of your questions. When you’re ready to take the next step, please be in touch! www.justlikehome.com.au

07.01.2022 We are beyond excited that Just Like Home has made the local news. We hope that lots of young people can now join our family for sleepovers in a supportive and fun environment. Please like and share this article and help us get the word out! -- article text below -- A Goonellabah mother has opened her heart and home to disabled youth and children by launching a new service that allows them to experience something they may not have had, a sleepover. ... Thanks to Angela Mathew’s new Goonellabah service Just Like Home, children and youth with disabilities can now experience one of life’s quintessential experiences, a sleepover at a friend’s place. Just Like Home is a disability accessible overnight accommodation service, specifically for children and young people living in or visiting the Rainbow Region. Ms Mathew is a Local Access and Inclusion Practitioner and has worked in the disability sector for more than 10 years, in addition to raising a child with disabilities. My home is the first in the world to offer a completely accessible space for young people to stay in a home with another family as part of their care, support and growth. The idea for Just Like Home began with Ms Mathew’s 12-year-old son Ashton Hayes who has the genetic condition Atypical Rett Syndrome and is in a wheelchair. A night at home with our family is fun making music, kitchen dance parties, gardening, watching movies but Ashton’s missed out on the slumber party and sleepover experience with his friends due to housing accessibility I thought, there must be lots of young people out there with disability also missing out, she said. Often someone with a disability has such a planned life, it’s so routine oriented this experience is just being and immersing yourself in a different environment and learning what comes from that. Ms Mathew’s home is completely wheelchair accessible in order to accommodate Ashton’s needs and now the downstairs granny flat is set up to let children and young people with a variety of accessibility and support needs experience something most families take for granted. The service can currently cater for up to four people at a time, including siblings, so parents can have a real break. It can be accessed via NDIS funding or out-of-pocket payments and it is available to book seven days a week for up to two weeks at a time. For more information go to www.justlikehome.com.au. [written by Francis Witsenhuysen] https://www.northernstar.com.au//mum-launches-wor/3757182/

06.01.2022 Heartwarming to read this lovely feedback from the family of the first little person to stay with us at Just Like Home.

01.01.2022 https://complexchild.org//covid/preparing-hospitalization/ In case hospitalisation happens for you or a loved one with complex needs. Be prepared. Best scenario is that the resources are not needed and the go bag is unpacked in 6-12 months time. Stay safe