FREE PARTY

Part of USYD Cumberland/Faculty of Health Sciences O-week Festivities!

Wednesday 25th February 2009
Starting 8pm

A great chance for the 1st years to meet new friends from within their course & experience what the social side of your uni-life will have to offer for the rest of your course. This is also a great chance for the students in other years to catch-up with all their friends after the holidays & get back into the uni life.


FREE PARTY for all students!

FREE Drink on arrival. There will also be student priced $4 beer & wine, as well $5 cocktails for the rest of the night.


The THEME for the night will be Sporting Pro's & Lows, so dress up in some sporting related costume like retro sports gear, past or present sports person, sporting groupies/fans. The possibilities of costumes are endless & entirely up to yourself. PRIZES for best(or worst) costume on the night.


There will be also be qaulity DJ's playing all night & a great chance to get on the dance floor & have a good time.We will endeavor to have a buddying system & meeting games for the first years who don't know anyone yet, so you have a chance to get to know everyone.


Location:
Cargo Bar/Lounge on cocklebay wharf, Darling Harbour.(Enter Cargo Bar via the top/upstairs entrance)


For further enquiries contact:
Oweek09@yahoo.com.au

*Please Note:This is a Usyd Cumberland exclusive event, with exclusive use of the place for the night. This means only Usyd university students(+1guest) will be allowed to enter. Some form of Usyd student ID will be required on the night for entrance. Guests are allowed without student ID, as long as they arrive with a Usyd student, max 1 guest per a student. A over 18 event only, ID required to be shown. Usyd & the various student associations involved encourage the responsible consumption of alcohol.

Symposium and Public Workshop on the History of the Concept of Intellectual Disability

The Centre for Disability Studies seeks expressions of interest from:

1) scholars, students, and representatives of disability community, carers, professionals for a symposium to discuss how intellectual disability has been constructed in western modernity, its implications on relevant lives, and consequently current understanding of the concept.

2) people with disabilities, families, professionals and others to look at the popular history and key themes of intellectual disability and services’ history and impact on individuals and families.

International presenters include Christopher Goodey (UK), Patrick McDonagh (Montreal), Tim Stainton (Vancouver).


9am-4.30pm on Monday-Tuesday 18-19 May.

For more information and to RSVP: Phone Margaret on 8878 0500
or email cdds@med.usyd.edu.au.

Numbers are strictly limited

Writing Social Stories

Teaching social skills to people with intellectual disability is an essential but often challenging and complex task. Social stories can be a communication aide and educational tool for people with learning difficulties. This workshop provides an overview of the various types and common uses of social stories, their success, common pitfalls in achieving behaviour change, modifying to suit each child’s learning style.

FREE for parents/family from the Cumberland Prospect area
or $27.50 pp for paid industry staff and parents/family outside the Cumberland Prospect area to cover catering.

Friday 20 Mar (9.30am–2.30pm).
B2, 11 Hudson Avenue, Castle Hill.
For information or booking, phone Benjamin Fulham or Shivani Uppal of Interaction Disability Services on 1300 668 123,
or email bfulham@interactiondisability.com or suppal@interactiondisability.com.

Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Service Achievement Awards

NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN!

These awards recognise and encourage best practice mental health service provision, exceptional contributions to mental health and accurate and sensitive reporting of mental health. A special judges’ award may be created where exceptional results would otherwise be unacknowledged.

Finalists are notified of the results in mid June.

All Awards are presented at the annual TheMHS Conference.

Funding for the Awards program is provided by the Australian and New Zealand Governments.

Application forms for the 2009 Awards are now available (Read more)

Living in a sensory world: stories from people with blindness and low vision

This exhibilition features objects from Vision Australia's heritage collection, compelling accounts and examples of new technologies that are increasing the independence of thousands of Australians.

The exhibition aims to educate about eye conditions, as well as offer an insight into how Australians who are blind or have low vision learn, work, play sport, create art and carry out everyday household tasks.

Objects on show include a cylindrical rotating braille map created by Australia's RF Tunley in the 1940s; Sonicguide glasses from the 1960s, which used sounds to identify objects; a Taylor slate from the early 20th century that assisted people who were blind to learn maths as well as examples of modern technology such as a phone that can capture text in image form and read it aloud to the user.

Paralympian Anthony Clark's judo jacket and cyclist Lindy Hou's helmet and jersey are on display and there is also a copy of a braille Playboy from 1974.

The exhibition features braille and large print labelling and audio guides are also available.

Venue
Powerhouse Museum

500 Harris Street

Ultimo

Phone: 02 9217 0111

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/

Like to sail?

Volunteers needed to assist with an 'unrostered' sailing day at Sailability Manly.

Read more about Sailability Manly here

When: Saturday 21 February – 9.00am – 1.00pm

Where: Manly Yacht Club, East Esplanade (end of Wood St) downstairs dockside, Manly.

To volunteer, phone Evelyn on 9976 2134 or email evelyn@manlysailability.com.au.