Thanks to everyone who sponsored me for the Swim4Autism Challenge held on Sunday March 24, 2013 at the Andrew Boy Charlton Pool in the Domain. It was a wonderful day and a great community event.
If you didn’t sponsor me, but would like to, please click here, and use the drop-down menu to select my name and go for it. Donations are tax deductible.
Giant Steps Sydney is a centre of excellence for children with autism. Through it’s multifaceted approach it aims to ensure that each child is given the opportunity to reach their full potential.
A registered charity, Giant Steps receives only partial government funding, relying on corporate and personal donations and the success of parent driven initiatives such as the Swim4Autism Challenge to help raise the more than $2 million dollar annual shortfall.
Giant Steps’ trans-disciplinary approach to education, combining music, occupational and speech therapy delivered across the programs offers a unique learning environment for students, staff and professionals alike.
Every day at Giant Steps, teachers therapists and educators work intensively on the children’s individualised goals within a caring and supportive environment. Programmes are offered from the age of 2 and they also have Primary and Secondary programmes.
Giant Steps is proud of it’s inclusion programme integrating students into 22 mainstream primary schools and 14 pre schools across Sydney.
Providing quality, appropriate education and intervention to as many children with autism as possible is one of the biggest challenges facing Giant Steps. Through the generosity of individuals, corporate donors and community, more and more children with autism can be helped to achieve wonderful things.
