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Our 23rd Annual General Meeting, was held on 13 September 2019, at the Webber Wentzel Office Tower in Cape Town. As part of the programme, two of our facilitators were leading the group activities. In attendance, was Cindy Rutter, Principal of the Dominican School for the Deaf - Wittebome. She gave the audience a lesson in Sign Language as well as how to sign #Am I Next #Am I Included, as part of the "Am I Next" movement taking place in cities across our country. Melanie Andrews, owner of Cuddles and Care Centre in Atlantis had this to say of our AGM : What I appreciated most was that it was very informative as to what inclusive education was really about. The videos especially before the formalities started made things…

In the light of applications being given in and most parents having heard back from schools, parents of first-time school-goers will be thinking through preparing their children not only for school but the actual school environment.  This is especially difficult if there is a barrier to learning.  We therefore take this opportunity to share one of our past articles written by Angela Hutchison, a family counsellor. There’s a big difference between being school-ready and being ready for school. School-readiness covers whether a child has the capabilities to work within the environment we choose for that child, which says little about the child’s inherent capabilities, and a lot about whether he can mould himself sufficiently enough to work within a chosen environment. This is not to say the environment is bad, but more adaptation happens from the child’s side than the environment’s But being…