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Welcome to the CCS Disability Action Southland Website
Based in Invercargill, the service area for CCS Disability Action Southland, extends north to Queenstown/Arrowtown, west to Te Anau, east to Gore and Tapanui and south to Bluff and Stewart Island.

CCS Disability Action has a vision that every disabled person will be included in the life of their family and community. To achieve our vision we are taking action to make Aotearoa/New Zealand a society where everyone plays their part to include all people - family members, friends, hapu, iwi, educators, health workers, business people, employers, councils, government, community agencies and the public.

Download a copy of the CCS Disability Action Southland general services brochure for 2008 here

Download a copy of the CCS Disability Action Southland 2008 brochure on Community Participation Services for Youth with Very High Needs here

Download a copy of the CCS Disability Action Southland 2008 brochure on Information available via CCS Disability Action here

Download a copy of the 2008 brochure on CCS Disability Action Southland's complaints procedure here

Latest News and Events

The Open Door-Documentary on Autism

The Open Door: Autism documentary is now available online - anyone can now watch it for free on the NZ On Screen website. CCS Disability Action was involved in the documentary's production.

Open Door is a community-based TV series where groups or individuals make a documentary about an issue that concerns them. This episode on Autism features interviews with parents of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The parents talk about how their children were diagnosed, how best to help them, how to be fair to their siblings, working with the school system, and dealing with public attitudes to Autism. There are currently around 40,000 New Zealanders diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Here's the link to the show http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/open-door---autism-2009

Time4Us document released!

6th May 2010

A document entitled 'Time4Us' was publicly released by CCS Disability Action Southland yesterday to a group of families and later funders and community groups. The document collates the ideas, issues and concerns of Invercargill families of children with disabilities about the lack of adequate break for families, or respite . The report proposes a way forward to develop the wide range options articulated by the families , and particularly the development of a respite house option for people with disabilities in Invercargill.

The Invercargill City Council have kindly agreed to help facilitate the early stage development of a family directed Trust which can manage the development of the various options outlined in the document.

You can read the report here

Invercargill Mobility Survey 2008
In 2006, the Southland Local Advisory Committee (LAC) ran postal survey on mobility issues . In order to gain further information, the LAC then initiated, developed and ran a further survey in 2007, following up with a Mobility forum entitled " Mobility in our City" on 1st March in Invercargill. The 2008 forum looked at such issues as Mobility Parking, pedestrian crossings, accessibility of footpaths etc.in Invercargill.
Summary of 2006 Survey (Word)
2007 Mobility Survey ( Excel)
Report on the "Mobility in our City" forum ( March 2008) (Word)
Report to CCS Disability Action Southland on the 2008 forum (Word)

Pathways for Life
Download the booklet "Pathways for Life, a Handbook for students with disabilities and their family and whanau, 2008", a collaborative document with Idea Services, Workbridge and CCS Disability Action Southland.
"Pathways for Life" details the range of service agencies, educational providers and training institutions available in Southland for young people with disabilities leaving school. Download the Word document here

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