As part of their IA Award, my son & his friend are helping James Masterman, ESSE football coach, on a Saturday morning, running a football coaching session for children with Downs Syndrome. Its a fun hour for all involved, with everyone coming away with a smile on their face. Chatting to one of the mums this morning, she takes her son to an art group for special needs children during the week at Jam Jar, and on Sunday mornings another group go sailing at DOSC.
"Sadly," she explained,"for the many special needs children in Dubai there is a wide programme of activities available, but their parents choose not to bring them, keeping them behind closed doors."
As a mother of three very fortunate able-bodied children who enjoy such a complex array of afterschool activities we have charts in the kitchen and bedrooms so as not to miss anything, how sad that these kiddies don't get to enjoy the fabulous opportunities that Dubai has to offer.
Hats off to James, to Heta and to DOSC for launching these initiatives. I would like to collate information about groups offering activities for special needs kids for www.ExpatWoman.com so that others may find them. These few groups here I can follow up on but if you are aware of any others, please do drop me a line to Jane@ExpatWoman.com.
Have a good week,
Jane
Thanks Jane - My son, aged 21 yrs is a quadraplegic - I'd be happy to know of more details of sports facilites or extra curricular activities for my son - he is a sports lover and loves football. My son is now on a wheelchair and homebound. Glad to see your blog and look forward to more of such info that can help my son. My coordinates : 0503409010, email : jennifer@ae.gbm.ihost.com
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