New Zealand Down Syndrome Association (NZDSA)
Offers specific support and information for families with a child with Down syndrome
PO Box 4142, Auckland
Ph 0800 693724 (0800 NZDSAI)
Web site: www.nzdsa.org.nz
Auckland Down Syndrome Association (ADSA)
The Auckland Down Syndrome Association is a non-profit organisation and relies solely on fund-raising, funding applications and on the kindness of donations. If you wish to make a donation you can send a cheque to the Auckland Down Syndrome Association, PO Box 13-385, Onehunga 1643.
Web site: www.adsa.co.nz
Parent to Parent
For families and children affected by special needs.
Support groups, contact and information available in New Zealand and overseas.
Ph: 0508 236 236
Web site: www.parent2parent.org.nz
Disables Snowsports New Zealand
Disabled Snowsports NZ (DSNZ) is a national charitable organisation that helps to remove participation barriers and encourages people with physical or intellectual disabilities to get involved in Snowsports.
Web site: www.disabledsnowsports.org.nz
Special Olympics New Zealand
Special Olympics is a year round programme of sports training and competition for young people and adults with an Intellectual disability.
Web site: www.specialolympics.org.nz
IHC New Zealand
You will find lots of information about intellectual disability and a little bit of information about IHC
Web site: www.ihc.org.nz
Ministry of Health
Below is the Ministry of Health complaints line contact details that you're urged you to use as a way of getting information about problems at the grass roots back to the Ministry
Ph: 0800 DSD MOH (0800 373 664) and press 1 for feedback, 2 for complaints
Email: disability@moh.govt.nz for feedback and dsdcomplaints@moh.govt.nz for complaints
DSD newsletters, news etc can be found at:
www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/disability-news
The Halberg Trust
The Halberg Trust aims to support all children with a disability if they want to be involved in active leisure or recreation of their choice, alongside their peers in an inclusive environment.
Our Sport Opportunity Programme is delivered by Sport Opportunity Advisers within the Regional Sports Trusts located nationwide. The programme is all about encouraging and enabled people with a disability to participate with their peers in an inclusive environment as they develop within a sporting or creational pathway. The major objective is to provide people with the skills and confidence for inclusion into sport and active leisure.
The Halberg Trust Activity Fund provides grants to young people living with a disability who want to be involved in sport and leisure – this can be equipment or lessons for example swimming lessons, tennis lessons, customized trikes, trampolines etc.
The main goal of the Activity Fund is to support activities that are regular, ongoing, build skills and confidence, remove barriers and are fun. The Activity Fund is available to support the additional costs associated with having ad disability, that is the costs over and above what a non-disabled child or their parents would be reasonably expected to pay.
We work with the community to ensure that all disabled people have the choice to be involved in all community events, we also work with schools to enable disabled children to have the same sporting, physical education and active leisure opportunities as their peers. We also provide No Exceptions Training for sports clubs and organisations. The Sport Opportunity Adviser in the 17 regions are responsible for coordinating the No Exceptions Training. The Training is aimed at teachers, classroom support staff, sports coaches, leaders and sport development officers, universities, colleges, senior school students and more. These workshops aim to increase community sport awareness to include people with a disability in active leisure opportunities.
www.halberg.co.nz
Growth Chart
Where can I find information on hight & weight for my child with Down Syndrome? Below is a link to a web site with just that infromation.
Web site: www.growthcharts.com/charts/DS/charts.htm
Down Syndrome Health Group
Down's Heart Group is a charity offering support and information relating to heart conditions associated with Down's Syndrome. http://www.dhg.org.uk/
Web site: www.ds-health.com
Web site: www.breastfeeding.asn.au
Web site: www.down-syndrome-info
Web site: www.downsed.org
Web site: www.ndss.org
Other Sites
Voices thru you hands: www.voicethruyourhands.org.nz
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