https://www.jwire.com.au/mess-matters/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Wed, 06 Apr 2016 02:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.jwire.com.au/mess-matters/#comment-180109 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 02:29:12 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=61560#comment-180109 Melinda, this is a lovely article about the Friendship Cirlcle and the activity just happened to be run at Mess Matters at the time. Mess Matters has hosted the Friendship Circle on many occasions as ALL children are welcome there.

]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/mess-matters/#comment-177507 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:15:23 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=61560#comment-177507 It is a sorry statement about the state of inclusion in the Jewish community. Mess Matters has just found a new market – parents who are anxious about their children who have disabilities. A news story would have been about Ilan & Debbie who come to regular sessions during the week and are totally included despite their disabilities. The story is about how everyone there forgets differences between abilities and friendships are formed because the kids appeal to each other. A radical idea? Yes and no. Yes because the Melbourne Jewish community is 20 years behind where it was 20 years ago and has no idea how damaging exclusion and segregation is to children with disabilities. No, because there is plenty of evidence that inclusion works not just for the disabled individual but for us all.

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