About the DSNSG
How We Began
The Defence Special Needs Support Group Inc is a non-profit benevolent organisation established to assist Navy, Army and Air Force families with a family member with special needs.
The group was formed in 1994, the International Year of the Family, as a small group of Defence families brought together by a common bond - they all had a family member with "special needs" and they found it frustrating finding appropriate services due to being mobile. The families decided that it was easier helping each other out with information and support, rather than going it alone.
The Defence Special Needs Support Group Inc. has now grown into a well respected national organisation with many local support groups and several hundred families located both around Australia and overseas.
The group provides support, information, assistance and
advocacy for all ADF families who have a dependant (child, spouse or other
dependant) with special needs.
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How we began | What are special needs? | Objectives | Advocacy and Lobbying | Policy Development | Future Directions | Achievements | Services Provided | National Committee | National Patrons
