How to communicate with someone who uses AAC
Practical ways to communicate well with someone who uses AAC: give them time, talk to them directly, learn their system and keep their voice within reach.
What happens at your first NDIS physiotherapy session
Heading to your first NDIS physiotherapy session? What usually happens, what to bring, and the questions worth asking, so you can walk in prepared.
One in four children starts school already behind — early support matters
New data suggests that around one in four Australian children arrive at school developmentally vulnerable. That number is worth sitting with for a moment —
When the system has gaps, continuity matters most
There is a lot shifting in the disability support landscape right now. Thriving Kids is coming in October, reshaping how some children access early…
When getting there is the barrier, not the therapy itself
Something that comes up quietly but often — families who want consistent allied health support for their child, but the logistics make consistency almost…
When the system listens, therapy works better
There is something worth sitting with this week. Across the sector, there are genuine efforts to make the systems around disability more responsive —…
What families deserve most: a therapist who stays
There is a lot of noise in the allied health space right now — debates about professional standards, about what qualifications mean, about how services…
What early support and a football mic have in common
Two stories caught our attention this week — one about early childhood intervention, one about a young man with an intellectual disability who built a 26,0
Finding support after the worry is the hardest part
Something comes up a lot in conversations with families at Care For Welfare — and it showed up again this week reading about early childhood systems…
Supporting Development Through Integrated Services
At Care For Welfare, we’ve seen how early intervention and comprehensive support can make a real difference in children’s developmental progress. Programs
