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2010 Annual Bow Tie Campaign
20-28th February 2010

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Bow Tie Campaign

9 July 2009: Our members area is now available!

This is where you can view the draft agreement between the branches and the Association.

Muscular Dystrophy Association of NZ Inc would like to thank the following sponsors and supporters:

Useful Websites / Links

Neuromuscular websites around the world

The home of MDA Australia - http://www.mda.org.au/

The UK Muscular Dystrophy Campaign - http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/

The home of MDA USA - http://www.mda.org/

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease – http://www.cmt.org.uk/

The Foundation To Support Those Living With Charcot-Marie-Tooth - http://www.hnf-cure.org/

The Friedreichs Ataxia Research Alliance - http://www.curefa.org/

Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation - http://www.myotonic.org/

Networks and research sites

TREAT NMD is a network for people with neuromuscular diseases and professionals working in the field - http://www.treat-nmd.eu/home.php

Support

Provides answers on a broad range of disability topics www.yesdisability.org.nz

Empowering parents, caregivers and whanau who have children with disabilities, health impairments or special needs through support and the provision of information - http://www.parent2parent.org.nz/

Supporting the specific needs of siblings who have brothers or sisters with special needs - http://www.parent2parent.org.nz/start.htm

A Presbyterian Support-facilitated community initiative that offers respite and day activities for younger people with chronic, degenerative neurological conditions - http://www.thebeacon.org.nz/

StarJam offers young people with disabilities the opportunity to stand proudly in the performance spotlight. They get a kick out of it, we get a kick out of it and we promise you’ll get a kick out of it as well! - http://www.starjam.org/

At Diversity New Zealand, we take a unique approach to diversity, seeing it as a means to create healthy, effective change, not an end in itself. We believe in its power to evolve humanity. - http://diversitynz.com/

Sport

Offering people with disabilities the same outdoor pursuit opportunities as people without disabilities www.backup.org.nz

Giving people of any disability the chance to experience a safe surfing and beach experience www.disabledsurfers.co.nz/

Sailing, enriches the lives of people with any type of disability, the elderly, the financially and socially disadvantaged - http://www.sailability.org/nz/newzealand/

Adaptive Snow Sports is about adapting equipment and lessons and providing accessible support systems to allow people with a wide range of disabilities to take to the snow and experience the freedom of snow sports - http://www.disabledsnowsports.org.nz/

Inspire and enable Harbour People to enjoy regular sport & physical activity - http://www.harboursport.co.nz/Information/Disability+Sport/People+with+disabilities.html

General Information

Accessible travel www.enabletravel.biz

Disability Information web site www.weka.net.nz

Your guide to accessible accommodation, activities and products in New Zealand - http://www.accomobility.co.nz/Home.html

The HDC Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights Regulation 1996 - http://www.hdc.org.nz/theact

Suppliers of home care equipment

There are many suppliers of home care equipment; here are just a few examples:

Invacare - http://www.invacare.co.nz/index.cfm/1,77,0,33,html

Allied Medical - http://www.alliedmedical.co.nz/

Morton Perry - http://www.mortonperry.co.nz/

Medix 21 - http://www.medix21.co.nz/

This is not a definitive list, if you have a website that you think others should know about let us know at Info@mda.org.nz