Disability Connect

Our Vision: By 2022, we envisage occupational therapy as an integral, evidence-based and relevant force meeting society’s occupational needs in partnership with key stakeholders and the public. Our Goal and Aims: .OTASA’s main goal is to further the practice of Occupational Therapy, and we take pride in representing the profession and all occupational therapy professionals […]

Oasis began as Oasis Special School in 1952, providing education for learners with intellectual disability who were excluded from mainstream schooling. As the children grew older, there was the challenge of where they would be able to work, with many failed attempts to place them into the formal job market. In response, we opened the

The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA)is a non-governmental, registered non-profit organisation with a footprint throughout South Africa with nine Provincial Associations for Persons with Disabilities (APDs)with numerous projects and branches serving persons with disabilities at grass root level. Contact number: 011-452-2774Email Address: nationaloffice@ncppdsa.org.zaWebsite: www.ncpd.org.za

The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa assists affected persons and their families by: Providing access to international information regarding specific dystrophies, Hosting informative workshops about muscular dystrophy, Providing referrals to health facilities and professional counsellors, Assisting with specialised disability equipment, if funding is available, Providing access to social service professionals for emotional support, Facilitating support

The Lusito Association was established in 1979 by a group of Portuguese parents who found a need for a school for the differently abled within the Portuguese community. The Lusito Association started the first Lusito School under the auspices of the Mental Health Society of the Witwatersrand and has subsequently grown with the school.The Lusito

Headway Gauteng, is a registered non-profit organisation that offers a variety of support programmes to adult survivors of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) as well as support services to their families and caregivers. The vast majority of our injured members have sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as a result of a motor vehicle, pedestrian vehicle

EyeBanks are registered non-profit organisations authorized by the Dept. of Health to obtain and distribute eye tissue to Surgeons for transplant purposes in order to restore or improve the sight of persons who are blind or partially blind.An eye bank is a non-profit agency staffed with trained medical professionals who recover, process, and distribute eye tissue for surgical,

As the official voice of DeafBlind people in South Africa, DeafBlind South Africa has been formed to provide support services to DeafBlind individuals, their families, caregivers and friends, as well as any other persons closely involved with their day-to-day activities. It serves DeafBlind individuals of all ages, with all conditions of DeafBlindness, regardless of the

The Deaf Federation of South Africa (DeafSA) acts as the national research, information and community action organisation on behalf of ± 1.5 million South Africans that are culturally and linguistically Deaf , hard of hearing and Deafblind. DeafSA is also the coordinating, umbrella organisation that facilities services to the South African Deaf, Deafened and hard

The Summerstrand Cheshire Home, situated in Gomery Avenue, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth, was opened in 1975 by the late Professor Jan Christiaan Barnard.  The Home caters for chronically physically disabled adults who come to live their lives there, either by choice, or because of circumstances beyond their control.  Our residents range from the ages of 18