The Samuel Morris Foundation supports children that have a wide range of disability as a result of brain injuries. Living with a child with a disability has a wide range of effects on the child, parents, siblings, extended family members and extended community networks. Most people simply have no clue about the myriad of challenges that living […]
Five near drowning events in one hour
In response to a spate of near drowning incidents on New Years Day the Samuel Morris Foundation issued the following media release in relation to drowning prevention and awareness. Samuel Morris Foundation Managing Director, Michael Morris, said “The near drowning of a one year old boy at Melinga on the NSW North Coast and the […]
The Inevitability of tears
Grief, anger, frustration, holding on, struggling to keep moving forward… they are all part of the grieving process and happen at different times for different people. We have previously written here about the process of grief in caring for a child with complex medical problems. But whether a child (or any family member) has died, […]
