Daars nog net 2 weke oor. en daar is nog kaatjies beskikbaar vir die Steve Hofmeyr konsert by Bolivia Lodge op Donderdag, 4 Oktober 2012 @ 19:00. R150, R130 en R100. Kontak Eve 079 624 2339 of die APD kantoor 015 291 1787. Ondersteun die konsert. Dis vir `n goeie doel.
The day starts with a scrumptious Breakfast for ONLY R 30 p.p. Everyone is invited to a fun filled day for the whole family, Beer Tent with a Big Screen TV for the Dads, various stalls with homemade items for the Moms to visit and a Kidz corner to keep the young ones occupied, plus various food stalls. Live Entertainment and a Potjie Kos Competition. Come join us on the 5th May from 07h30 – 13h00 at APD & Centenary House (Eeufeeshuis), Pafuri Ave in Penina Park.
For further info, tickets and stall bookings contact Eve at 015 291 1787 or cell 079 624 2339.
·Management and marketing experience as well as liaison skills are a MUST.
·Ability to source and secure work/contracts that will generate an income for the Workshop.
·Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
·Ability to maintain good human relationships with people from all levels of society.
·The successful applicant must be in possession of a Valid Driver’s License (Code 10) and a PDP.
·The successful applicant must be an experienced and safe driver.
Job recommendation
·Experience in working with people with multi disabilities.
CV’s must reach THE DIRECTOR, APD, LIMPOPO PROVINCE, PO Box 601, Polokwane, 0700/e-mail: apdnprov@mweb.co.za before 16:00 on 10 jUnE 2011. APD RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO FILL THIS POSITION IF A SUITABLE CANDIDATE COULD NOT BE FOUND. If you did not hear from us bEFORE 17 jUNE, your application was unsuccessful.
For the first time ever, Special Votes can be cast by persons with disabilities in the Municipal Elections this year. It will be appreciated if you could pass on the information to everyone in your areas.
Voters must note the following:
You must apply IN PERSON from 15 April to 3 May 2011, at the Municipal Electoral Office (MEO) . An application for special voting can also be made on your behalf.
There are TWO categories:
1. Any registered voter who is unable to vote at his/her voting station on Election Day may apply for a Special Vote.
* You will only be able to cast a Special Vote at the voting station where you are registered to vote.
* Voting stations will be open for Special Voting on 16 MAY 2011.
2. Any registered voter who is physically infirm or disabled and is unable to travel to his/her voting station may apply for a home visit, and can then vote at home.
Home visits will take place on 16 and 17 May 2011.
To apply for a special vote, a voter must get a form from the MEO office. The form must be filled in and returned to the MEO office. Forms can also be downloaded from the website www.elections.org.za
All applications for Special Votes need to be approved by the MEO office.
For more information and for contact details of the various MEO offices, call 0800 11 8000, or go to www.elections.org.za
Association for Persons with Disability (APD), Limpopo Province
PROTECTIVE LABOUR WORKSHOP MANAGER
Minimum requirements
·Management and marketing experience as well as liaison skills are a MUST.
·Ability to source and secure work/contracts that will generate an income for the Workshop.
·Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
·Ability to maintain good human relationships with people from all levels of society.
·The successful applicant must be in possession of a Valid Driver’s License (Code 10) and a PDP.
·The successful applicant must be an experienced and safe driver.
Job recommendation
·Experience in working with people with multi disabilities.
CV’s must reach THE DIRECTOR, APD, LIMPOPO PROVINCE, PO Box 601, Polokwane, 0700/e-mail: apdnprov@mweb.co.za before 16:00 on 28/3/2011.APD RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO FILL THIS POSITION IF A SUITABLE CANDIDATE COULD NOT BE FOUND.If you did not hear from us bEFORE 31/3/2011, your application was unsuccessful.
ONKUNDE oor die voorkoms en verloop van serebrale verlamming het tot gevolg dat betrokkenes én hul gesinne dikwels nie die nodige ondersteuning ontvang nie. Volgens betrokkenes wat byvoorbeeld in die landelike gebiede van Suid- Afrika woon, beskik hul dikwels nié oor genoeg inligting rakende die hantering van die saak nie.
Om hierdie gaping te probeer vul poog talle belanghebbendes om toepaslike inligting aan die gemeenskap beskikbaar te stel. Verskeie inligting stukke oor hoe die toestand gediagnoseer kan word en die wyse hoe om ondersteuning aan betrokkenes en hul gesinne te bied, is beskikbaar.
Volgens kenners is serebrale verlamming ‘n nie-oorerflike afwyking van die senuweestelsel, wat ‘n liggaamlike gestremdheid veroorsaak. Dit ontstaan as gevolg van ‘n besering aan die gedeelte van die brein wat die beweging van die mens se liggaam beheer. Beserings kom gewoonlik tydens of net ná geboorte voor. Soos wat ek verstaan, is dit nie korrek om te beweer dat ‘n besering met verloop van tyd, progressief vererger nie. Serebrale verlamming kan glo weens verskeie redes wél later sigbaarder word. Spiere kan byvoorbeeld so “styf” word dat dit die vrye beweging van die betrokkene se arms én bene bemoeilik.
Ander gedeeltes van die brein kan ook tydens ‘n besering beskadig word. Dit het tot gevolg dat sommige kinders byvoorbeeld gehoorverlies óf spraakprobleme kan ervaar. Konsentrasie-, lees- én leerprobleme stel groot emosionele uitdagings aan álle betrokkenes. Navorsing het aangedui dat ongeveer 60% van kinders met serebrale gestremdheid, stuiptrekkings kry. Die betrokkene se kop kan ook groter as normaal ontwikkel. Indien die kop omtrek op ‘n gereelde grondslag gemeet word, kan die nodige ondersteuning betyds gebied word.
Elke besering is egter uniek én sal bepaal tot watter mate dit die ontwikkeling van die kind raak. Kinders met minder ernstige beserings, kan byvoorbeeld met behulp van hulpmiddelegeleer word om te loop. Talle betrokkenes kan as volwassenes, ‘n onafhanklike lewe lei.
Ernstige beserings het tot gevolg dat van die betrokkenes ‘n rolstoel moet gebruik en/of ondersteuning moet ontvang om regop te kan sit. Sommiges is lewenslank van ander mense afhanklik. Alle kinders, ongeag van die aard van hul besering, moet die nodige stimulasie en ondersteuning ontvang. Indien die kind egter op ‘n vroeë ouderdom die nodige terapie ontvang, kan die gedeeltes van die brein wat nié beskadig is nie, tot volle vermoë ontwikkel word. Dit is waarom die rol van alle betrokkenes, verenigings en skole vir kinders met spesiale behoeftes so belangrik is.
Volgens kundiges is spastisiteit (spiere wat styf word) die mees algemene vorm van serebrale verlamming. Soms word slegs die een kant van die liggaam aangetas. Choreo attatoiede het aanhoudende draai- en rukbewegings van die bene, arms, hande of gesig tot gevolg. Die betrokkene het egter geen beheer oor hiérdie bewegings nie en word deur opgewondenheid vererger. Sommige kinders ervaar ‘n verslapping van hul spiere en vind dit uiters moeilik om te kan beweeg óf om regop te kan sit. Ataktiese serebrale verlamming (ongekontroleerde en wankelrige bewegings) veroorsaak dat die kind nie sy/haar kop regop kan hou nie.
Navorsing het glo aangedui dat nagenoeg vyftig persent van alle gevalle van serebrale verlamming nié aan ‘n spesifieke “voorval” gekoppel kan word nie. Volgens belanghebbendes kom dit dikwels by babas met ‘n lae geboortegewig voor. Te min suurstof, voor, tydens óf net na geboorte kan ook tot dié toestand aanleiding gee.
Vir meer inligting en/of dienste vir persone met gestrendheid kontak gerus die Vereniging vir Persone met Gestremdheid (VPG), Limpopo Provinsie by 015 291 1787/8 of by apdnprov@mweb.co.za
Solution to Access problems for persons with disability
The way in which the environment is developed and organized contributes; to a large extend, to the level on independence and equality that people with disabilities enjoy.
There are a number of barriers in the environment which prevent disabled people from enjoying equal opportunities with non-disabled people.For example: structural barriers in the built environment; inaccessible service points; inaccessible entrances due to security systems; poor town planning; and poor interior design.
The purpose of Section S of the National Building Regulations, and its associated Code 0400 includes regulations setting out national requirements for an accessible built environment.Although this was an important development in the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities, these regulations have been extremely badly implemented/monitored and costs are often cited as the reason for the failure to provide a barrier free environment.
This will no longer be taken as an excuse in Polokwane where specifically the following are problem areas:
-Access to public buildings.
-Bad maintenance of sidewalks.
-Curb ramps/cuts
-Accessible parking
Due to the lack of access in Polokwane the Association for Persons with Disability, (APD) Limpopo formed an Access Committee to look into cases where people with disability has been discriminated against due to a lack of accessibility.Members of the community are invited to send their complaints to APD for investigation and/or action.Complaints can be sent to Christa van der Walt, fax 015 295 4990, apdnprov@mweb.co.za or PO Box 601, Polokwane, 0700 or contact us on 015 291 1787/8
DIE bemagtiging van mense met gestremdhede geniet die volle ondersteuning van die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet – teoreties gesproke, het diskriminasie in 1994 tot `n einde gekom.
Die ope vraag:
Waarom bestaan daar dan steeds nie gelyke geleenthede vir mense met gestremdhede in die gemeenskap nie?
Uitsluiting van gestremdes het tot gevolg dat sommige belanghebbendes die potensiaal/”ability” van mense met gestremdhede oorbeklemtoon, en dat sommige mense hulself openlik van die woord
“gestremdheid/disability” distansieer. So, asof gestremdheid ‘n vloekwoord is.
Dit is kortsigtig indien die ”beperkinge” wat met gestremdheid gepaardgaan, heeltemal uit die oog verloor word. Indien dit gebeur, lei die bemagtiging van gestremdes skade. Verkeerde denkrigtings oor die definisie van gestremdheid, verswak redelike akkommodasie en gelyke geleenthede vir almal.
Gestremdes mag in terme van wetgewing, aanspraak maak op redelike ondersteuning. Dit vorm die vertrekpunt om op gelyke vlak met nie-gestremdes te kan meeding. Hierdie benadering het absoluut niks te doen met selfbejammering of die uitdeel van geskenke nie. Dit is suiwer `n menseregte aangeleentheid. Daar moet dus ‘n gesonde balans wees tussen die erkenning van die impak van gestremdheid aan die een kant, en die beklemtoning van vaardighede aan die ander kant.
Belanghebbendes het ‘n groot verantwoordelikheid om te verseker dat die gemeenskap begryp wat met die term “gestremdheid”, soos in wetgewing vervat , bedoel word. Om die werlikhede te ontken dra nie by tot menseregte, transformasie en intergrasie nie.
Wat is jou mening oor die betekenis van die woord gestremdheid?
Met die bogenoemde as agtergrond kan `n mens vra: Waarom is daar nog steeds soveel frustrasies rakende die ontoeganklikheid van geboue in Suid-Afrika? Gelyke toegang tot die tien pratige sportstadions, het `n paar maande gelede ‘n protes optog deur gestremdes tot gevolg gehad. Die rede: sommige van die stadions is alles behalwe toeganklik, soos wat deur wetgewing voorgeskryf word. Toegang vir mense met ’n sensoriese gestremdheid is in die meeste gevalle, onaangespreek gelaat.
Is afsydige houdings tussen gestremdes en nie-gestremdes dalk die oorsaak vir hierdie situasie? Dalk is dit ingesteldhede wat mense gestremd maak en nie die betrokkene se gestremdheid as sodanig nie.
Kundiges meen die onvermoë van die gemeenskap om spontaan met mekaar in gesprek te tree, die hoofoorsaak is waarom die behoeftes van gestremdes nie altyd in ag geneem word nie.
Wat is jou mening?
In watter mate is jy bereid om gelyke geleenthede aan alle vorme van gestremdhede in jou onmiddelike omgewing aan te wakker? Die harde werklikheid is dat sekere vorme van gestremdheid voorkeur behandeling by die werk, kerk en in die breë gemeenskap, ontvang. Die ander harde werklikheid is dat mense met “minder opsigtlike” gestremdhede, nie dieselfde geleenthede as andere kry nie. Gestremdes beleef daagliks ’n hoë mate van ongeduld wanneer hul deelname ter sprake kom. Hierdie uitsluiting kom selfs binne gesinsverband voor.
Vir meer inligting oor gestremdheid, persone met gestremdheid, toeganklik, werk plasing en ander dienste aan persone met gestremdheid, kontak die Vereniging vir Persone met Gestremdheid, (VPG) Limpopo Provinsie
15 Persons with disability attended and completed a fully accredited, eight week training programme from 16 August 2010 till 8 October 2010 on Business Administration which covered business, computer, financial and life skills.
The training was sponsored by the Health and Welfare Sector Education Training Authority (HWSETA) and facilitated by Central Business Academy (CBA).
APD is currently looking for employment opportunities for these 15 individuals as well as other persons with disability on our Job Placement records.
Experience in working with and caring for adults with different disabilities.
Experience in wound care.
At least valid code 8/10 driver's license and MUST be an experienced safe driver.
Must stay in accommodation provided on the premises.
Must be prepared to work every second weekend.
JOB RECOMMENDATION
Ability to privide full-time hostolic care to people with different disabilities.
Ability to manage staff.
Ability and willingness to facilitate recreation activities for residents.
CV'S MUST RECH THE MANAGER, CENTENARY HOUSE, PO BOX 601, POLOKWANE, 0700 OR EMAIL apdnprov@mweb.co.za BEFORE 12:00 ON 19 NOVEMBER 2010.
CENTENARY HOUSE RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO FILL THIS POSITION IF A SUITABLE CANDIDTE COULD NOT BE FOUND. IF YOU DID NOT HEAR FROM US BY 30 NOVEMBER 2010, YOUR APPLICATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
The lives of 400 children with physical disability across South Africa will change in October 2010 when they receive brand new wheelchairs with a total value of R1, 1 million from Game Stores and Vodacom. 32 of these wheelchairs were allocated to the LimpopoProvince and were handed over to the children at a ceremony on Thursday, 21 October 2010 at the Offices of APD, LimpopoProvince.
More than 4200 wheelchairs worth R8.4 million have already been donated to disabled schoolchildren as part of the Game and Vodacom wheelchair drive in the past 11 years. The funds are derived from the donation of an equal percentage of the profit on every Vodacom cellphone contract sold and every prepaid activation at all Game stores. This brings the total investment of this CSI project to R9, 5 million.
The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa is also a partner in this ongoing initiative. Their role is to identify children with the greatest need for a wheelchair through the assistance of their provincial offices around the country, giving priority to disadvantaged schoolchildren.
“It is a constant challenge to provide support for people with disability throughout the country with the limited resources available to us, particularly during an economic downturn,’ said Johan Viljoen (National Director of the NCPPDSA.) ‘These annual donations are an enormous boost to our organisation and, for each individual child who receives their own new wheelchair, it is a wonderful gift.’
“To a child with physical disability, access to independent mobility not only takes the burden off the family or care-giver, but also gives new hope and confidence to the child. A wheelchair gives a child the means to attend school and the mobility to enjoy a whole range of new experiences,” said Viljoen.
‘We are thrilled that we have been able to offer this life-changing experience to so many youngsters for the 12th year running,’ said Jan Potgieter, Managing Director of Game. ’We empathise at how difficult it is for those who are unable to walk to attend school without a wheelchair and it is heart-warming to know that hundredsmore schoolchildren are now equipped to obtain the same benefits from their education as their non-disabled classmates.’
Mthobi Tyamzashe, Chairman of the Vodacom Foundation, says: “Vodacom is delighted to once again be joining hands with Game in the handing over of the much-needed wheelchairs. Through this annual hand-over, we hope to help enable more recipients to enjoy unhindered mobility as they go about their normal day-to-day business.”
The SABS-approved wheelchairs are custom-made to suit the needs of each child with special needs from the specifications provided by their therapists. This means they provide more support for the child than a standard wheelchair, giving them greater freedom of movement and helping prevent further deterioration in their posture. All are folding models and some have special features like elevating leg rests, adjustable back and arm rests, wide front castors and tray straps.
The conditions in which the children live are also taken into account by the manufacturers. This is particularly important in rural areas where the terrain is uneven.
For more information about this project and other services to persons with disability please contact the Association for persons with disability, (APD) LimpopoProvince.
APD Limpopo is URGENTLY looking for employment for a person with disability who does Upholstery and Leather work. The person is currently helping the Centenary House with some work but needs permanent employment. Photo proof of his handy work are available.
Please contact Gabriel Maserumule/or Johnny Graham at 015 291 1787/8 or apdjohnny@gmail.com.
We from the Association for Persons with Disability (APD) LimpopoProvince, would like to thank everyone who participated in Casual Day.From the children in the kinder garden play school to the junior and senior students,the man in the street, the Hospital staff all firms and various Government Department that participated, a huge thank you.In spite of the strike,the sale of Casual Day stickers was a success, as APD sold just over 9000 stickers, thanks to your support for persons with disability and thank you for reaching out a helping hand.The monies will definitely bring laughter into many a persons life with a disability.
SKISOFRENIE word deur kundiges as ‘n ernstige siekte toestand beskou. Sommiges beskryf dit as die “kanker van die siel”. Die hoofkenmerk van skisofrenie word as delusies beskryf. Dít is valse idees wat op foutiewe waarnemings van die werklikheid gegrond is – byvoorbeeld dat iemand jou vervolg, dat jou gedagtes “uitgesaai” word of deur iemand anders in jou “geplant” is. Hallusinasies (’n sensoriese waarneming sonder eksterne stimulasie - byvoorbeeld die hoor van stemme sonder dat dit bestaan) sowel as vervolgingswaan en paranoïese gedrag, is volgens kundiges die mees algemene simptome by skisofrenie. ’n Verdere kenmerk van skisofrenie is dat die mens nie meer in kontak met die werklikheid is nie én dat dié toestand ’n beduidende uitwerking op sy/haar algemene funksionering het.
Kundiges beskou suksesvolle kommunikasie as ’n wesenlike uitdaging aangesien skisofrenie ’n verskeidenheid kognitiewe denkprosesse en emosionele disfunksies insluit – byvoorbeeld waarnemings, taal en kommunikasie, gedrag, denke, spraak en aandag. Taal wanorde wat dikwels voorkom word as “woordslaai” beskryf – dit wat die persoon sê is onverstaanbaar, net ’n samevoeging van woorde sonder betekenis.
Die mens se gedrag kan glo van kinderlik tot onvoorspelbare ontsteldheid wissel. Volgens kundiges bemoeilik skisofrenie die beplanning van alledaagse take soos etes en persoonlike higiëne, hoewel die graad van die simptome egter van tyd tot tyd kan wissel. Psigiaters noem hierdie tye "periodes". Hierdie periodes wat voorkom, help kundiges met die diagnosering van verskillende vorme van skisofrenie.
Medici meen “kliniese skisofrenie” kan onder andere as volg onderverdeel word:
Paranoïese skisofrenie: voortdurend iemand óf iets onder verdenking plaas,
Gedisorganiseerde skisofrenie: praat deurmekaar en verwarrende gedrag word geopenbaar,
Katatoniese skisofrenie : waar die betrokkene ’n sekere liggaamshouding inneem, amper soos ’n wasbeeld bly staan én rigied in daardie posisie bly.
Skisofrenie word gewoonlik gediagnoseer na verskeie insidente en ongewone gedrag. Die diagnose moet egter aan kundiges oorgelaat word aangesien dit ’n baie ingewikkelde proses is.
Belanghebbendes meen dat skisofrenie meestal tydens die laat tienerjare tot die middel dertigs ontwikkel – dit kom glo selde by kinders voor. Genetiese faktore, indien dit algemeen in ’n familie voorkom, maak mense meer ontvanklik vir hierdie siekte. Omgewingsfaktore soos sosiale-, maatskaplike omstandighede, interpersoonlike verhoudings en dies meer speel ’n baie belangrike rol by die ontwikkeling, diagnosering en behandeling van skisofrenie.
Gesins-terapie word deur kundiges aanbeveel ten einde die gesin te help om die siekte beter te begryp. Sommige betrokkenes meen dit verg byna bomenslike vermoëns om saam met iemand wat met skisofrenie gediagnoseer is te leef, sonder om sélf emosionele skade op te doen. Wat is u mening?
Betrokkenes kan egter onder terapeutiese omstandighede sekere gedragstegnieke aanleer wat tot sosiale aanvaarding kan lei. Dikwels is hospitalisering ’n uitkoms vir beide die familie én die betrokkene. Dít bied ’n geleentheid om aandag aan die basiese behoeftes van die pasiënt te gee én ’n tydjie aan almal om te rus. In die hospitaal is daar goeie mediese hulpverlening en behoorlike toesig om te voorkom dat hy/sy nie beserings opdoen en/of ’n “gevaar” vir andere inhou nie.
Belanghebbendes beklemtoon die belangrikheid dat iemand met skisofrenie nooit as “mal” gebrandmerk mag word nie. Dit is ook onbillik en onmenswaardig om sommer net aan te neem dat die betrokkene “gevaarlik” is. Luidens berigte is geweld selde teenwoordig by diegene wat met dié toestand gediagnoseer is. Die liefde en ondersteuning van familie en vriende maak ’n groot verskil in die behandeling van skisofrenie.
Kundiges word versoek om na vore te kom met inligting oor hoe om mense wat met die toestand gediagnoseer is, suksesvol in die breë gemeenskap in te skakel. Dit is uiters belangrik om die gemeenskap in te lig oor die uitdagings wat met skisofrenie gepaardgaan.
Vir verdere inligting kontak die Vereniging vir Persone met Gestremdheid, (VPG) Limpopo Provinsie.
The Associatioon for Persons with Disqability, (APD) Limpopo Province would like to thank every person who supported us in our 2010 Casual Day campaign. Thanks to you we were able to raise much needed funds.
We would like to have some pictures of what the Polokwane community looked like on Casual Day. Please send us photos for our scrab book. Photos can be send to apdeve@we4bmail.co.za or apdjohnny@gmail.com.
Die gemeenskap moet deurlopend oor die spesifieke behoeftes van mense met gestremdhede ingelig word.
Dit is byvoorbeeld belangrik om te begryp dat alle mense met ‘n fisiese gestremdheid nie noodwendig dieselfde behoeftes het nie – al lyk dit of hul oënskynlik in dieselfde groepering val. Die grootste struikelblokke en frustrasies wat gestremdes ervaar, is wanneer almal onder dieselfde kam geskeer word hetsy ten opsigte van toeganklikheid, werksgeleenthede of denkrigtings.
Kom ons gebruik fisiese gestremdheid as ‘n voorbeeld: Die woord “parapleeg” en “kwadrupleeg” is die terme wat algemeen gebruik word om die toestand van mense met rugmurg beserings te omskryf. ʼn Rugmurg besering is trauma óf skade aan die rugmurg wat verlies van funksies tot gevolg het – met ander woorde ‘n verswakte of geen gevoel of mobiliteit onder die vlak van die “letsel”. Die skade word ʼn “letsel” genoem en die verlamming staan bekend as kwadruplegie, indien die besering servikaal (nekarea) is, of as paraplegie indien dit in die torakale, lumbale of sakrale areas (rug en laer rugareas) geleë is. Een van die algemene oorsake van skade is swelling van die rugmurg, wat deur die nou spasie in die werwels beskadig word. Die selbeskadiging vorm dus “letsels” wat permanente verlamming tot gevolg kan hê. Dit is interessant om te verneem dat die rugmurg nie noodwendig heeltemal beskadig hoef te wees om wel verlies aan funksie tot gevolg te hê nie - in baie gevalle van verlamming is die rugmurg steeds ongebroke.
Die ope vraag vandag: Is daar genoegsame begrip by belanghebbendes rakende die werklike impak van gestremdheid op die mens en sy omgewing? Dit is interessant om in die media te lees hoe die bekende sanger, Mathys Roets, sy gestremdheid ervaar en geleer het om by `n ontoeganklike gemeenskap aan te pas.
Rugmurg beserings word hoofsaaklik in twee groepe ingedeel naamlik: volledige- en onvolledige beserings. Sensasie of spierkrag op punte verder van die besering af, dui op ʼn onvolledige besering, terwyl geen tot 15% funksie kan dui op ʼn volledige besering en totale verlamming van die letsel af ondertoe. ʼn Onvolledige besering laat die persoon met gevoel, maar ʼn onvermoë om te kan beweeg – of omgekeer. Onvolledige beserings is unieke beserings en geen twee mense se behoeftes sal presies dieselfde wees nie.
Hoewel dit menslik gesproke onwaarskynlik is dat iemand met ʼn rugmurg besering ten volle sal kan herstel, is daar wel ‘n moontlikheid op verbetering vir diegene met ʼn onvolledige besering.
Rehabilitasie is noodsaaklik ter voorbereiding en aanvaarding van omstandighede. Leiding met die aanpassing van ʼn lewe in ʼn rolstoel asook tegnieke om sekere take te kan uitvoer, is belangrik. Die opleiding van familie/vriende en persoonlike assistente behoort ook bo-aan die prioriteitslys te wees wanneer dit by ondersteuning kom. Eersgenoemdes word dikwels die vanselfsprekende “versorgers” van die mens met ʼn gestremdheid, en is nie noodwendig voorbereid op die emosionele-, fisieke- en/of finansiële uitdgagings nie.
Gesinslede, familie, vriende en werkgewers wat regstreeks betrek word by die spesifieke behoeftes van betrokkenes, is meer ontspanne in hul teenwoordigheid – dit plaas hierdie mense in ‘n beter posisie om die regte ondersteuning te kan bied. Positiewe denkrigtings lei noodgedwonge tot die skep van gelyke geleenthede in die arbeidsmark. Statistieke van die afgelope jaar rakende indiensneming van gestremdes is onaanvaarbaar laag. Dit kan hoofsaaklik aan die gebrek aan sensitiwiteit toegeskryf word en dit is onregverdig om die toepassing van wetgewing alleen die skuld daarvoor te gee.
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Steve Hofmeyr konsert - Donderdag, 4 Oktober 2012
Daars nog net 2 weke oor. en daar is nog kaatjies beskikbaar vir die Steve Hofmeyr konsert by Bolivia Lodge op Donderdag, 4 Oktober 2012 @ 19:00. R150, R130 en R100. Kontak Eve 079 624 2339 of die APD kantoor 015 291 1787. Ondersteun die konsert. Dis vir `n goeie doel.
ONTHOU STEVE HOFMEYR!
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Steve Hofmeyr konsert kaartjies nou beskikbaar
STEVE HOFMEYR IN POLOKWANE
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Casual Day 2012
PLEASE SUPPORT THE EEUFEESHUIS BOWLS DAY
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Bowls Fun Day - 16 June 2012
APD Carnival
It’s Carnival Time on 5 May 2012,
JOIN THE APD CARNIVAL IN MAY
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SPEND WOMEN'S DAY WITH SURVIVOR WINNER, HEIKIE BERG
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WOMEN'S BREAKFAST WITH HEIKIE BERG FOR A GOOD CAUSE
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Dedication
I'm willing to work hard and under a control of any supervision. I'm fast learner, energetic, motivated and dedicated to my work.
WANTED: PROTECTIVE LABOUR WORKSHOP MANAGER
PROTECTIVE LABOUR WORKSHOP MANAGER
Minimum requirements
· Management and marketing experience as well as liaison skills are a MUST.
· Ability to source and secure work/contracts that will generate an income for the Workshop.
· Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
· Ability to maintain good human relationships with people from all levels of society.
· The successful applicant must be in possession of a Valid Driver’s License (Code 10) and a PDP.
· The successful applicant must be an experienced and safe driver.
Job recommendation
· Experience in working with people with multi disabilities.
CV’s must reach THE DIRECTOR, APD, LIMPOPO PROVINCE, PO Box 601, Polokwane, 0700/e-mail: apdnprov@mweb.co.za before 16:00 on 10 jUnE 2011. APD RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO FILL THIS POSITION IF A SUITABLE CANDIDATE COULD NOT BE FOUND. If you did not hear from us bEFORE 17 jUNE, your application was unsuccessful.
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SPECIAL VOTES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: UPCOMING MUNICIPAL
For the first time ever, Special Votes can be cast by persons with disabilities in the Municipal Elections this year. It will be appreciated if you could pass on the information to everyone in your areas.
Voters must note the following:
You must apply IN PERSON from 15 April to 3 May 2011, at the Municipal Electoral Office (MEO) . An application for special voting can also be made on your behalf.
There are TWO categories:
1. Any registered voter who is unable to vote at his/her voting station on Election Day may apply for a Special Vote.
* You will only be able to cast a Special Vote at the voting station where you are registered to vote.
* Voting stations will be open for Special Voting on 16 MAY 2011.
2. Any registered voter who is physically infirm or disabled and is unable to travel to his/her voting station may apply for a home visit, and can then vote at home.
Home visits will take place on 16 and 17 May 2011.
To apply for a special vote, a voter must get a form from the MEO office. The form must be filled in and returned to the MEO office. Forms can also be downloaded from the website www.elections.org.za
All applications for Special Votes need to be approved by the MEO office.
For more information and for contact details of the various MEO offices, call 0800 11 8000, or go to www.elections.org.za
VACANCY: PROTECTIVE WORKSHOP MANAGER
Association for Persons with Disability (APD), Limpopo Province
PROTECTIVE LABOUR WORKSHOP MANAGER
Minimum requirements
· Management and marketing experience as well as liaison skills are a MUST.
· Ability to source and secure work/contracts that will generate an income for the Workshop.
· Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
· Ability to maintain good human relationships with people from all levels of society.
· The successful applicant must be in possession of a Valid Driver’s License (Code 10) and a PDP.
· The successful applicant must be an experienced and safe driver.
Job recommendation
· Experience in working with people with multi disabilities.
CV’s must reach THE DIRECTOR, APD, LIMPOPO PROVINCE, PO Box 601, Polokwane, 0700/e-mail: apdnprov@mweb.co.za before 16:00 on 28/3/2011. APD RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO FILL THIS POSITION IF A SUITABLE CANDIDATE COULD NOT BE FOUND. If you did not hear from us bEFORE 31/3/2011, your application was unsuccessful.
Carnival at Centenary House
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Serebrale Verlamming
Solution to Access problems for persons with disability
Solution to Access problems for persons with disability
The way in which the environment is developed and organized contributes; to a large extend, to the level on independence and equality that people with disabilities enjoy.
There are a number of barriers in the environment which prevent disabled people from enjoying equal opportunities with non-disabled people. For example: structural barriers in the built environment; inaccessible service points; inaccessible entrances due to security systems; poor town planning; and poor interior design.
The purpose of Section S of the National Building Regulations, and its associated Code 0400 includes regulations setting out national requirements for an accessible built environment. Although this was an important development in the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities, these regulations have been extremely badly implemented/monitored and costs are often cited as the reason for the failure to provide a barrier free environment.
This will no longer be taken as an excuse in Polokwane where specifically the following are problem areas:
- Access to public buildings.
- Bad maintenance of sidewalks.
- Curb ramps/cuts
- Accessible parking
Due to the lack of access in Polokwane the Association for Persons with Disability, (APD) Limpopo formed an Access Committee to look into cases where people with disability has been discriminated against due to a lack of accessibility. Members of the community are invited to send their complaints to APD for investigation and/or action. Complaints can be sent to Christa van der Walt, fax 015 295 4990, apdnprov@mweb.co.za or PO Box 601, Polokwane, 0700 or contact us on 015 291 1787/8
Bemagtiging van mense met gestremdhede
DIE bemagtiging van mense met gestremdhede geniet die volle ondersteuning van die Suid-Afrikaanse Grondwet – teoreties gesproke, het diskriminasie in 1994 tot `n einde gekom.
Die ope vraag:
Waarom bestaan daar dan steeds nie gelyke geleenthede vir mense met gestremdhede in die gemeenskap nie?
Uitsluiting van gestremdes het tot gevolg dat sommige belanghebbendes die potensiaal/”ability” van mense met gestremdhede oorbeklemtoon, en dat sommige mense hulself openlik van die woord
“gestremdheid/disability” distansieer. So, asof gestremdheid ‘n vloekwoord is.
Dit is kortsigtig indien die ”beperkinge” wat met gestremdheid gepaardgaan, heeltemal uit die oog verloor word. Indien dit gebeur, lei die bemagtiging van gestremdes skade. Verkeerde denkrigtings oor die definisie van gestremdheid, verswak redelike akkommodasie en gelyke geleenthede vir almal.
Gestremdes mag in terme van wetgewing, aanspraak maak op redelike ondersteuning. Dit vorm die vertrekpunt om op gelyke vlak met nie-gestremdes te kan meeding. Hierdie benadering het absoluut niks te doen met selfbejammering of die uitdeel van geskenke nie. Dit is suiwer `n menseregte aangeleentheid. Daar moet dus ‘n gesonde balans wees tussen die erkenning van die impak van gestremdheid aan die een kant, en die beklemtoning van vaardighede aan die ander kant.
Belanghebbendes het ‘n groot verantwoordelikheid om te verseker dat die gemeenskap begryp wat met die term “gestremdheid”, soos in wetgewing vervat , bedoel word. Om die werlikhede te ontken dra nie by tot menseregte, transformasie en intergrasie nie.
Wat is jou mening oor die betekenis van die woord gestremdheid?
Met die bogenoemde as agtergrond kan `n mens vra: Waarom is daar nog steeds soveel frustrasies rakende die ontoeganklikheid van geboue in Suid-Afrika? Gelyke toegang tot die tien pratige sportstadions, het `n paar maande gelede ‘n protes optog deur gestremdes tot gevolg gehad. Die rede: sommige van die stadions is alles behalwe toeganklik, soos wat deur wetgewing voorgeskryf word. Toegang vir mense met ’n sensoriese gestremdheid is in die meeste gevalle, onaangespreek gelaat.
Is afsydige houdings tussen gestremdes en nie-gestremdes dalk die oorsaak vir hierdie situasie? Dalk is dit ingesteldhede wat mense gestremd maak en nie die betrokkene se gestremdheid as sodanig nie.
Kundiges meen die onvermoë van die gemeenskap om spontaan met mekaar in gesprek te tree, die hoofoorsaak is waarom die behoeftes van gestremdes nie altyd in ag geneem word nie.
Wat is jou mening?
In watter mate is jy bereid om gelyke geleenthede aan alle vorme van gestremdhede in jou onmiddelike omgewing aan te wakker? Die harde werklikheid is dat sekere vorme van gestremdheid voorkeur behandeling by die werk, kerk en in die breë gemeenskap, ontvang. Die ander harde werklikheid is dat mense met “minder opsigtlike” gestremdhede, nie dieselfde geleenthede as andere kry nie. Gestremdes beleef daagliks ’n hoë mate van ongeduld wanneer hul deelname ter sprake kom. Hierdie uitsluiting kom selfs binne gesinsverband voor.
Vir meer inligting oor gestremdheid, persone met gestremdheid, toeganklik, werk plasing en ander dienste aan persone met gestremdheid, kontak die Vereniging vir Persone met Gestremdheid, (VPG) Limpopo Provinsie
Skills development for persons with disability
Basic administration training NQF Level 1
15 Persons with disability attended and completed a fully accredited, eight week training programme from 16 August 2010 till 8 October 2010 on Business Administration which covered business, computer, financial and life skills.
The training was sponsored by the Health and Welfare Sector Education Training Authority (HWSETA) and facilitated by Central Business Academy (CBA).
APD is currently looking for employment opportunities for these 15 individuals as well as other persons with disability on our Job Placement records.
Vacancy: House Parent, Centenary House
VACANCY: HOUSE PARENT, CENTENARY HOUSE
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
JOB RECOMMENDATION
CV'S MUST RECH THE MANAGER, CENTENARY HOUSE, PO BOX 601, POLOKWANE, 0700 OR EMAIL apdnprov@mweb.co.za BEFORE 12:00 ON 19 NOVEMBER 2010.
CENTENARY HOUSE RESERVES THE RIGHT NOT TO FILL THIS POSITION IF A SUITABLE CANDIDTE COULD NOT BE FOUND. IF YOU DID NOT HEAR FROM US BY 30 NOVEMBER 2010, YOUR APPLICATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
Wheelchairs for the children
Game Vodacom Wheelchair Drive
The lives of 400 children with physical disability acrossSouth Africa Limpopo Province and were handed over to the children at a ceremony on Thursday, 21 October 2010 at the Offices of APD, Limpopo Province
More than 4200 wheelchairs worth R8.4 million have already been donated to disabled schoolchildren as part of the Game and Vodacom wheelchair drive in the past 11 years. The funds are derived from the donation of an equal percentage of the profit on every Vodacom cellphone contract sold and every prepaid activation at all Game stores. This brings the total investment of this CSI project to R9, 5 million.
The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities inSouth Africa
“It is a constant challenge to provide support for people with disability throughout the country with the limited resources available to us, particularly during an economic downturn,’ said Johan Viljoen (National Director of the NCPPDSA.) ‘These annual donations are an enormous boost to our organisation and, for each individual child who receives their own new wheelchair, it is a wonderful gift.’
“To a child with physical disability, access to independent mobility not only takes the burden off the family or care-giver, but also gives new hope and confidence to the child. A wheelchair gives a child the means to attend school and the mobility to enjoy a whole range of new experiences,” said Viljoen.
‘We are thrilled that we have been able to offer this life-changing experience to so many youngsters for the 12th year running,’ said Jan Potgieter, Managing Director of Game. ’We empathise at how difficult it is for those who are unable to walk to attend school without a wheelchair and it is heart-warming to know that hundreds more schoolchildren are now equipped to obtain the same benefits from their education as their non-disabled classmates.’
Mthobi Tyamzashe, Chairman of the Vodacom Foundation, says: “Vodacom is delighted to once again be joining hands with Game in the handing over of the much-needed wheelchairs. Through this annual hand-over, we hope to help enable more recipients to enjoy unhindered mobility as they go about their normal day-to-day business.”
The SABS-approved wheelchairs are custom-made to suit the needs of each child with special needs from the specifications provided by their therapists. This means they provide more support for the child than a standard wheelchair, giving them greater freedom of movement and helping prevent further deterioration in their posture. All are folding models and some have special features like elevating leg rests, adjustable back and arm rests, wide front castors and tray straps.
The conditions in which the children live are also taken into account by the manufacturers. This is particularly important in rural areas where the terrain is uneven.
For more information about this project and other services to persons with disability please contact the Association for persons with disability, (APD)Limpopo Province
Urgent Employment needed - Upholstery/leather work
APD Limpopo is URGENTLY looking for employment for a person with disability who does Upholstery and Leather work. The person is currently helping the Centenary House with some work but needs permanent employment. Photo proof of his handy work are available.
Please contact Gabriel Maserumule/or Johnny Graham at 015 291 1787/8 or apdjohnny@gmail.com.
Casual Day Thanx to all
We from the Association for Persons with Disability (APD)Limpopo Province
SKISOFRENIE
SKISOFRENIE word deur kundiges as ‘n ernstige siekte toestand beskou. Sommiges beskryf dit as die “kanker van die siel”. Die hoofkenmerk van skisofrenie word as delusies beskryf. Dít is valse idees wat op foutiewe waarnemings van die werklikheid gegrond is – byvoorbeeld dat iemand jou vervolg, dat jou gedagtes “uitgesaai” word of deur iemand anders in jou “geplant” is. Hallusinasies (’n sensoriese waarneming sonder eksterne stimulasie - byvoorbeeld die hoor van stemme sonder dat dit bestaan) sowel as vervolgingswaan en paranoïese gedrag, is volgens kundiges die mees algemene simptome by skisofrenie. ’n Verdere kenmerk van skisofrenie is dat die mens nie meer in kontak met die werklikheid is nie én dat dié toestand ’n beduidende uitwerking op sy/haar algemene funksionering het.
Kundiges beskou suksesvolle kommunikasie as ’n wesenlike uitdaging aangesien skisofrenie ’n verskeidenheid kognitiewe denkprosesse en emosionele disfunksies insluit – byvoorbeeld waarnemings, taal en kommunikasie, gedrag, denke, spraak en aandag. Taal wanorde wat dikwels voorkom word as “woordslaai” beskryf – dit wat die persoon sê is onverstaanbaar, net ’n samevoeging van woorde sonder betekenis.
Die mens se gedrag kan glo van kinderlik tot onvoorspelbare ontsteldheid wissel. Volgens kundiges bemoeilik skisofrenie die beplanning van alledaagse take soos etes en persoonlike higiëne, hoewel die graad van die simptome egter van tyd tot tyd kan wissel. Psigiaters noem hierdie tye "periodes". Hierdie periodes wat voorkom, help kundiges met die diagnosering van verskillende vorme van skisofrenie.
Medici meen “kliniese skisofrenie” kan onder andere as volg onderverdeel word:
Paranoïese skisofrenie: voortdurend iemand óf iets onder verdenking plaas,
Gedisorganiseerde skisofrenie: praat deurmekaar en verwarrende gedrag word geopenbaar,
Katatoniese skisofrenie : waar die betrokkene ’n sekere liggaamshouding inneem, amper soos ’n wasbeeld bly staan én rigied in daardie posisie bly.
Skisofrenie word gewoonlik gediagnoseer na verskeie insidente en ongewone gedrag. Die diagnose moet egter aan kundiges oorgelaat word aangesien dit ’n baie ingewikkelde proses is.
Belanghebbendes meen dat skisofrenie meestal tydens die laat tienerjare tot die middel dertigs ontwikkel – dit kom glo selde by kinders voor. Genetiese faktore, indien dit algemeen in ’n familie voorkom, maak mense meer ontvanklik vir hierdie siekte. Omgewingsfaktore soos sosiale-, maatskaplike omstandighede, interpersoonlike verhoudings en dies meer speel ’n baie belangrike rol by die ontwikkeling, diagnosering en behandeling van skisofrenie.
Gesins-terapie word deur kundiges aanbeveel ten einde die gesin te help om die siekte beter te begryp. Sommige betrokkenes meen dit verg byna bomenslike vermoëns om saam met iemand wat met skisofrenie gediagnoseer is te leef, sonder om sélf emosionele skade op te doen. Wat is u mening?
Betrokkenes kan egter onder terapeutiese omstandighede sekere gedragstegnieke aanleer wat tot sosiale aanvaarding kan lei. Dikwels is hospitalisering ’n uitkoms vir beide die familie én die betrokkene. Dít bied ’n geleentheid om aandag aan die basiese behoeftes van die pasiënt te gee én ’n tydjie aan almal om te rus. In die hospitaal is daar goeie mediese hulpverlening en behoorlike toesig om te voorkom dat hy/sy nie beserings opdoen en/of ’n “gevaar” vir andere inhou nie.
Belanghebbendes beklemtoon die belangrikheid dat iemand met skisofrenie nooit as “mal” gebrandmerk mag word nie. Dit is ook onbillik en onmenswaardig om sommer net aan te neem dat die betrokkene “gevaarlik” is. Luidens berigte is geweld selde teenwoordig by diegene wat met dié toestand gediagnoseer is. Die liefde en ondersteuning van familie en vriende maak ’n groot verskil in die behandeling van skisofrenie.
Kundiges word versoek om na vore te kom met inligting oor hoe om mense wat met die toestand gediagnoseer is, suksesvol in die breë gemeenskap in te skakel. Dit is uiters belangrik om die gemeenskap in te lig oor die uitdagings wat met skisofrenie gepaardgaan.
Vir verdere inligting kontak die Vereniging vir Persone met Gestremdheid, (VPG) Limpopo Provinsie.
Casual Day 2010 photos
The Associatioon for Persons with Disqability, (APD) Limpopo Province would like to thank every person who supported us in our 2010 Casual Day campaign. Thanks to you we were able to raise much needed funds.
We would like to have some pictures of what the Polokwane community looked like on Casual Day. Please send us photos for our scrab book. Photos can be send to apdeve@we4bmail.co.za or apdjohnny@gmail.com.
Once again thank you so much for your support.
WAT BEHELS PARAPLEGIE EN KWADRUPLEGIE