Children with Disabilities

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Social Work has created a Children with Disabilities Resource Team for children who have a disability. It can help children who have:

• a learning disability
• a permanent disability through illness, injury or complex medical difficulties
• a significant and global delay in their development (a global delay is where all areas of development are affected)
• a permanent disability due to a communication disorder (for example autism)
• a permanent disability because of a severe and long lasting mental health condition.
  We can offer
• information services
• advice on welfare benefits
• counselling
• advice and support
• respite services
• home-care services
• support groups
• links to other services
  

The visual impairment service, based in the Mile End Centre, also offer a service to children with disabilities and their carers. Please look at the menu on the right hand side for details on how to contact them.

There are many websites which will give you more information such as NCH the Children's Charity, Capability Scotland, Quarriers.

Christiana, one of our users, attends an arts and crafts group arranged by Capability Scotland. She just loves being there and says its the only place where she is not judged and attention given to her disability. Her mum and dad know the benefits this club has given their daughter and want other children to experience this. Her mum is running the half marathon Great Scottish run and any sponsorship will benefit children just like Christiana. Check out the website for details.

Fund-raising
As a specialist team we aim to support local organisations who provide services to our client group, and recently have carried out some fund-raising events as a team. Last Christmas, the team donated £75 to Wallneuk Playscheme, which some of our clients access during the holiday periods. We are currently aiming to raise £1000 which will be distributed to various local charity service providers in the area. To date we have raised nearly £650.

If you would like more information or advice on any of the subjects mentioned above please contact us by

email: childrenwithdisabilities.sw@renfrewshire.gov.uk

phone: 0141 847 4570 or 0141 847 4571

fax: 0141 847 4588

write to us:

Children with disabilities Renfrewshire
Studio 906
Mile End Mill
Abbeymill Business Centre
Seedhill Road
Paisley PA1 1JS

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