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A Summary of last night’s meeting at SHE building

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Although more than 20 invitations by phone were confirmed, most of them were unable to show up at the meeting. But Sidgee's referral of 4 new parents were the inspiring start at the meeting. Here are some from my rough notes; The meeting started with the first concrete decision by many ...

Why .siph.net?

Friday, July 4th, 2008

A common question which arises when I mention about this blog but most of them do not ask. But not this commenter on our about page. Its good that he asked, now It will be better to write about it. Ok, here's why I chose ".siph.net" The simplest and the ...

Disability Support Group Meeting #4

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Title: Disability Support Group Meeting #4 Location: Seminar room in SHE Building, Maafanu Description: Fourth support group meeting. Start Time: 20:15 Date: 2008-07-03 End Time: 22:00 Tentative agenda: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddqt2cm5_11njv975hj This announcement was first published on 27th June 2008 and new one above has some updates. To see the old one...

News on Inauguration of Sign Language classes

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Title: News on Inauguration of Sign Language classes Location: TVM Description: News on Inauguration of Sign Language classes will be aired on TVM 8:pm news tonight Start Time: 20:00 Date: 2008-06-29

Group aim and Objectives published

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

I've published and sent invitations to collaborate the Group Aim and Objectives file for us to update. I've already sent you all the link but here it is again for your info. http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddqt2cm5_10hrkhskd6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "My Proposed; Group Aim To support persons/families who have children with special needs. Objectives To deal with disability issues in Maldives To ...

Training sessions with Mingyu

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Title: Training sessions with Mingyu Description: Training sessions by Ming Yu on Facilitation Start Date: 2008-06-30 Start Time: 17:00 End Date: 2008-07-01 End Time: 06:00

Questions to Min. Information re: CRPD

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Dear Minister Nasheed; Now that Maldives have signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Maldives too agrees to do things to make everyone else aware that disabled people have the same rights as everyone else and to show them what disabled people can do. In the CRPD convention, Article ...

Links to Important Information/Documents on the Internet

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

CPFA Action Plan for Children with Disabilities 2008-2013 UNICEF's early childhood steps programme Handicap International Action Plan 2006-2009

Informal Meeting with Joanna

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Title: Informal Meeting with Joanna Location: Sea House Description: Meeting with Joanna Champion from Gender Ministry about how to tackle challenges we currently have at our meetings. Start Time: 21:00 Date: 2008-06-18 End Time: 22:00

Has your child has been diagnosed with

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Has your child has been diagnosed with: autism attention deficit disorder down syndrome cerebral palsy developmental delays dyslexia a vision or hearing impairment a traumatic brain injury a speech impairment mental health concerns or perhaps you don't have a diagnosis, but you suspect autism, ADHD or some other kind of learning issue exists The world is not always kind ...