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Inverell Disability Services Inc.

Inverell Disability Services is a community-based service provider committed to supporting families who have a member with a disability.

The organization was established in 1979 by a group of interested parents who saw the need for mutual support and the necessity of having regular breaks from the responsibility of caring for a family member with a disability. The organization has grown from its small beginnings to now providing quality support services that include the following:

• Flexible respite programs including host family and youth host family
• After school and vacation programs
• Adult leisure programs
• Parent support groups
• Siblings support programs
• Advice, information and referral
• Brokered respite, leisure and community access
• Early childhood intervention
• Supporting children with additional needs in preschools - New England region

Statement Of Purpose

The purpose of Inverell Disability Services Inc. is to provide support services to people with disabilities and/or additional needs.

Objectives

• To provide support for families with disabilities and/or children with additional needs
• To maintain IDS as a non profit organisation to provide support to people with disabilities and/or children with additional needs and families living in rural areas
• To provide information, support and empower people with disabilities and/or children with additional needs and their families

Philosophy

Inverell Disability Services Inc supports:

• The right of people to make choices in their own lives
• The right of people to dignity, respect, privacy and confidentiality;
• The right of people to be valued as individuals;
• The right of people to access services on a non-discriminatory basis;
• The right of the community to accountable and responsive services.