The Disability Information and Resource Centre » physical activity http://www.dircsa.org.au Information to Empower and Educate Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Information to Empower and Educate The Disability Information and Resource Centre no Information to Empower and Educate The Disability Information and Resource Centre » physical activity http://www.dircsa.org.au/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.dircsa.org.au “Walk & Roll” tennis tournament http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/%e2%80%9cwalk-roll%e2%80%9d-tennis-tournament/ http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/%e2%80%9cwalk-roll%e2%80%9d-tennis-tournament/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:14:26 +0000 admin http://www.dircsa.org.au/?p=5010 Participants with a physical disability will play doubles with an able bodied person. Team up with a family member or a friend and take on a new concept of wheelchair tennis.

Sunday 10 April 2011, Broadview Tennis Club (Myponga Tce, Broadview).

RSVP before Friday 8th April 2011 to Louise Woods at Wheelchair Sports SA, email: membership@wheelchairsports-sa.org.au or telephone: 8234 1533.

Cost: $10.00 per doubles team incl BBQ.

Participants with a physical disability will play doubles with an able bodied person. Team up with a family member or a friend and take on a new concept of wheelchair tennis. Sunday 10 April 2011, Broadview Tennis Club (Myponga Tce, Broadview).  RSVP before Friday 8th April 2011 to Louise Woods at Wheelchair Sports SA, email: membership@wheelchairsports-sa.org.au or telephone: 8234 1533. Cost: $10.00 per doubles team incl BBQ.
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]]> http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/%e2%80%9cwalk-roll%e2%80%9d-tennis-tournament/feed/ 0 Yoga from a Chair http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/yoga-from-a-chair/ http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/yoga-from-a-chair/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:41:47 +0000 admin http://www.dircsa.org.au/?p=4909 Janet Coutts is running a course which is “aimed at helping those who are markedly restricted in their lower-body movement, to improve their physical and mental health and well-being; by using the tools of YOGA in an appropriate way.”

It’s a 5-week course costing $70.00 on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:30pm, beginning next week Tuesday, March 15th.

If you wish to talk to the teacher, or to register for the course, please contact: Janet Coutts at: Ph. (08) 8332 8801. She’s at Norwood Yoga House, 73 Kensington Rd, Norwood.

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]]> http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/yoga-from-a-chair/feed/ 0 Free Seminar – Teenagers with Cerebral Palsy http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/free-seminar-teenagers-with-cerebral-palsy/ http://www.dircsa.org.au/blog/free-seminar-teenagers-with-cerebral-palsy/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:58:23 +0000 carolyn http://www.dircsa.org.au/?p=1359 “Using the internet to increase physical activity in teenagers with cerebral palsy – are you kidding?” by Dr Carol Maher, is the third lecture in the Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation’s 2009 New Science Seminar Series.

The free session, to be held on Wednesday 22 July at 10.30,  goes for about an hour and will include a light morning tea and an opportunity for Q & A.

The presenter is a 2008 Young Investigator Awards (YIA) finalist. The presentation will be a snapshot of her research findings in everyday language.

Queen Victoria Lecture Theatre
Ground Floor of the Queen Victoria
Building at the Women’s & Children’s
Hospital, 72 King William Rd, North Adelaide
Gold coin donation appreciated
For more information contact:
rani.clark@wchfoundation.org.au
or phone (08) 8464 7900

RSVP’s are not required.

Invitation flier (pdf)

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