Disability Services, Disability Support, Volunteering, Children's Disability Services, Community Service

Rediscovering The Positives

Sandra Leehy
14th July 2010
As the parent of someone with a disability I don’t think I am alone in saying that life often has its fair share of negatives. We spend our lives having to prove to authorities what our children can’t do, seeing them defined by their deficiencies rather than their attributes, hearing promises of services and opportunities that never bear fruit and so on and so on…..

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Much More Than A Match

Kerri Hare
12th July 2010
My son Jaren was introduced to the Dugan family when he was 13 years old. Ever since that initial introduction Jaren has been regarded by the Dugans as very much a part of their family and has always been included in all their special occasions such as birthdays etc.

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Unexpected Reward

Bec Casey
July 2nd  2010.

Volunteering at Interchange is incredible. The opportunities you get to be a part of, the kids you're lucky enough to meet, the fellow volunteers you build strong bonds with, and the hilarious moments that come from it, that you can look back on for years; there's nothing like it.

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The LittleThings That Make You Smile

Lindsay Gale
28th June 2010

Having Nick, our host child, is really just extending the borders of our family to another great kid.

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Go Green Sharks

Graham Bergroth
22nd June 2010

IOE's Green Sharks really are the greatest team and were absolutely amazing today in the Grand Final of the basketball competition played at Knox Basketball Stadium in Boronia.

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Winners are grinners!

Grant Anthony
10th June 2010

A couple of months ago we went to an amazingly wonderful workshop run by The Monash Young Persons' Reference Group.

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