Parents’ Support Group – Monthly Wednesdays

Our Parents Support Group provides culturally appropriate social support for families raising children with disabilities.

Parents’ Support Group – Our supports group for 2023 have finished for the year.

2024 Dates – Details to come.

Wednesday February 14 – Anishma Ram, Oral Health – NZ Dental Association

Wednesday 6 March – Jules Garland, Mindfulness and Resilience

Host: Juthika Veerasamy

This is a free event for people with disabilities and their whanau.

A charge of $50.00 will apply for any disability sector professionals attending.

For more information or to register please email Juthika – Juthika@disabilityconnect.org.nz or phone Disability Connect 09 636 0351

At Disability Connect our ethos is based on promoting cultural cohesiveness and inclusivity towards building a supportive community. We welcome all families caring for a person with a disability to attend this support group. Children are welcome, provided they are supervised by a family member.

Disability Connect offers cultural special support groups to families with children who have special needs as part of the CALD service (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Disability Information and Advisory Service) for different ethnic groups. We have a “Chinese Families Disability Support Group” that runs every third Tuesday of a month in Pakuranga (or on zoom) and also a “Parents’ Support Group” and “Parents’ Social Group” in Otahuhu (or on zoom). We welcome all families with special needs to join the relevant support group. It is a great opportunity for parents to share their experience and network with each other.