Skylight: Disability and health support

Disability and health support

Everbody - NZ health & disability community and support group listing
http://www.everybody.co.nz
Enable NZ - working to assist disabled people, families/whanau/hapu, employers, health professionals and disability support organisations
www.enable.co.nz
Carers NZ - info and support for carers
http://www.carers.org.nz
Child Cancer Foundation - supporting children, teens and their families living with cancer in NZ
http://www.childcancer.org.nz
Canteen - support to young cancer patients, their families and friends
http://www.canteen.org.nz
Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital - including child health info
http://www.starship.org.nz
NZ Mental Health Foundation - offers mental health information and support resources
www.mentalhealth.org.nz
Not My Kid - for parents about a variety of mental health issues in kids and teens
http://www.notmykid.org/
Parent to Parent NZ - offering support and networking for parents across NZ whose children face disability or health issues, as well as sibling support
http://www.parent2parent.org.nz
Brave Kids - for kids with chronic, life threatening illness or disabilities
http://bravekids.org/
Starbright - for kids and teens living with serious illnesses can connect
http://www.starbright.org/projects/sbworld/
Growing Up With Medical Problems - for kids and teens
http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/faculty/jfleitas/bandaides/
Puzzles, pictures and paper airplanes - What do we do when our parents get sick?
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/book/puzzles.htm
Sesame Health - uses Sesame St. characters to help young children with health issues (USA)
http://sesameworkshop.org/parents/solutions/health/
Parenting Challenges - parenting special needs children and teens http://www.parentingchallenges.com/
Tools for parents of children with disabilities and special needs - info about handling life-long grief and feelings of loss
http://www.coping.org/specialneeds/griefloss.htm
NZ Organisation for Rare Disorders - provides NZ's central starting point for info about rare diseases, with an outstanding network listing of support groups nationwide
http://www.nzord.org.nz/
New Zealand Cancer Society - helpful info for families
http://www.cancernz.org.nz
Support for NZ families bereaved by the death of a child or teen from an inherited, usually undiagnosed, cardiac condition www.cidg.org
SF Auckland supports families impacted by mental illness www.sfauckland.org.nz

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