Interconnections Worldwide

Working internationally to share information, help build knowledge and support teamwork around babies, children and young people who are disabled, marginalised or vulnerable

The home of Team Around the Child (TAC) and the Multiagency Keyworker

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1st European Day of Awakenings - October, 2015, Italy, about people with coma outcomes and acquired brain injuries - your support needed

This event provides a rich program of conferences, seminars and cultural events, carried out jointly in Italy and in the partner countries.

It will put at the center people in and after a coma and the need to give voice and future to thousands of people each year suffering acquired brain injuries due to accidents at work, in the streets or to stroke, heart failure, aneurysms and intoxication.

Can you support this venture to help it get underway?

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USICD, U.S. International Council on Disabilities – are you a member yet?

The U.S. International Council on Disabilities (USICD) is a non-profit, membership, constituent-led organization committed to building bridges between American and international disability communities and cultures.

Through a wide range of projects and programs, USICD promotes the inclusion of disability perspectives in U.S. foreign policy and aid and provides opportunities for domestic disability rights organizations to interface with their international counterparts.

Visit: http://www.usicd.org/template/page.cfm?id=139

Conference about children with exceptional healthcare needs, Edinburgh, UK, November 2015

CEN invite you to this is an all-day event on Wednesday 4th November at COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, EH12 5BH

Watch this site for the developing programme - www.cen.scot.nhs.uk/events.html

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SAVE THE DATE

Access Exchange International needs your ideas for getting disabled children to school in less-wealthy countries

AccessSchool100They are preparing a guide to promote transportation to school for children with disabilities in less-wealthy countries.

 

They seek your thoughts on such topics as:


  • making school transport more affordable for children with disabilities in developing countries
  • ride-sharing possibilities
  • the use of innovative funding mechanisms to support transport-to-school initiatives.

Contact:

Tom Rickert
Executive Director
Access Exchange International
112 San Pablo Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127, USA
1-415-661-6355
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www.globalride-sf.org

Access Exchange International is a non-governmental organization (NGO) which promotes accessible public transport for persons with disabilities and seniors in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Russia and eastern Europe.

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