The Spastic Children Treatment Fund Committee was established on 17 September 1963 by the parents and friends of some children with cerebral palsy, then known as spasticity. Its purpose was to organise and fund treatment for the children. In 1970, the Committee became the Tasmanian Spastics Association.
The Tasmanian Spastics Association replaced the Spastic Children Treatment Fund Committee in October 1970. Its purpose was to organise and fund treatment for children with cerebral palsy, then known as spasticity. In 1978, it founded Rosebank Cottage for Disabled Children. The Tasmanian Spastics Association became the Cerebral Palsy Association of Tasmania in October 1996. The…
Rosebank Cottage for Disabled Children, run by the Tasmanian Spastics Association, opened in Moonah in 1979. It provided long and short term accommodation for up to seven wards of state and other children with physical disabilities aged between 6 and 16. Rosebank Cottage closed around 1994. Rosebank Cottage was located at 60 Central Avenue, Moonah….
The Miss Tasmania Quest was an annual competition designed to raise funds to help children suffering from cerebral palsy. By 1958, it had become so successful that it could provide funding to assist children with other kinds of disabilities. From then on, it shared its work with the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association as well as…
The Mental Health Association was established in 1945. It may have established Talire School.
Talire School opened in 1950. The Retarded Children’s Welfare Association ran it between 1952 and 1954 when the government took it over. It was a non-residential School which provided an education for day students with intellectual disabilities. Talire School closed during the 1980s. Talire School was possibly the first of its kind in Australia. It…
Veranto Lifestyle Assistance replaced Oakdale Services Tasmania in 2011. They run services for people living at home in the Hobart area. They also run Oakdale Lodge, a home for adults with disabilities. In 2015 Veranto Lifestyle Assistance merged with Liviende to become Liviende Verant. In 2016-17 the organisation was rebranded as Li-Ve. In 2023 Li-Ve…
Oakdale Services Tasmania replaced the Retarded Citizens Welfare Association in 1992.
The Retarded Citizens Welfare Association (RCWA) was originally the Retarded Children’s Welfare Association. When the children that the original Association had supported began to grow up, members realised that services would need to be developed for their adulthood. To meet these needs, they modified the objectives of the RCWA and changed its name. In 1992,…
The Retarded Children’s Welfare Association (RCWA) was established in Hobart in 1952 to raise funds for better premises for Talire, a volunteer run school for children with intellectual disabilities. The Association also aimed to set up more schools for children with intellectual disabilities and hostels to enable country children to attend them. The RCWA became…
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