Parent To Parent New Zealand Inc

It can happen to any family at any time – suddenly faced with rethinking their world when a medical professional delivers news that their child has an intellectual disability or behavioural issue, a health condition or physical impairment.
The nationwide not-for-profit was started in New Zealand 33 years ago by parents of children with disabilities and health professionals to help families feel empowered through knowledge, understood and enabled.
With 11 branches nationwide, it provides free, confidential, tailor-made information on a child’s condition and related issues, from birth and lifelong; up-to-date information on over 3600 conditions in plain language and in most languages. 
Workshops for parents new to disability aim to give them hope; to not allow the disability block a great future and life for their child and family. It then connects them with one of its 650+ trained support parents nationwide – someone who has a child with the same condition/s. Support parents are further enough along the journey to feel confident to give back to new parents. Their lived experience offers invaluable support. 
Its camps and programmes for siblings of kids with disabilities acknowledge the extra effort their home life demands, and give them the chance to talk about issues such as feeling left out or bullying.
Its Second Generation course helps aged parents pass the baton of care/advocacy on to younger family members. Other services include Altogether Autism and Care Matters. http://www.parent2parent.org.nz.