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General Meeting
Date : 30th
May 2009
Time : 2pm
Location
: Skin and Cancer
Foundation
80 Drummond St
(cnr Queensberry St),
Carlton, Victoria
Our special
guest for the day will be Sebastiana (Seba) Biondo who is a Clinical
Psychologist who has great experience with dealing with patients who have
Alopecia.
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Victorian Bushfires
AASA
would like to express our sympathies to all those affected by the recent
bushfires in Victoria.
We offer our thoughts and prayers to all our members, and their family and
friends.
For
any of our members who are directly affected and are in need of a wig, send
us an email at aasavic@iprimus.com.au
and we may be able to offer some assistance
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To those of you who have
been personally affected, the following notice will be of benefit.
Aids and Equipment
Program's (A&EP) response to the weekend bushfires.
Prioritising clients who
have been affected by the bushfires.
The Department of Human
Services is directing Aids and Equipment Programs Issuing Centres to assist
people who have been affected by the Bushfires by prioritising replacement
of items of aids and equipment as 'no wait'.
The Department of Human
Services will waive the subsidy gap for any new item of aid or equipment
for people who have lost or require A&EP as a result of the bushfires
and where a suitable replacement item cannot be issued.
If this applies to you,
please contact your A&EP Issuing Centre direct with your request.
If assistance is required
to identify Aids and Equipment Programs Issuing Centres, please contact AQA
on (03) 9489 0777 or FreeCall 1800 999 128 (Regional Victoria and Tasmania only). If email is more convenient, you can
email info@aqavic.org.au.
In addition to this, the
Department of Human Services website http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/emergency/current-events/bushfire
provides information on how to access a range of support services offering
accommodation, personal, emotional, psychological and financial help to
those affected.
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Lobbying for GST
Removal on Wigs
In
the November 2008 newsletter, we asked for our members to write a letter to
the government to remove the GST on the sale of wigs. Unfortunately, the
response hasn’t been too great. We do understand that it may be hard
for you to put your feelings down to pen and paper, so we’ve setup a
template letter for you to start with.
Download
here : Alopecia Letter
Feel
free to use this as your own letter, or to use it to give you some idea of
what to put in your letter.
Once
complete, send them to :
AASA,
PO Box 89,
Camberwell, Vic, 3124.
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AASA on Facebook!
There
is now an AASA facebook group available, to allow members and supporters to
interact with each other.
To
join the group, type in “Alopecia Areata Support Association”
in the search bar. You should see the AASA logo in the results.
You
can also add AASA as your friend. Type in
“aasavic@iprimus.com.au” and again you should see the AASA logo
in the results.
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Christine Head Scarves
 As mentioned in the November 2008
newsletter, Christine are a new range of fashion head scarves for women to
use as an alternative to wigs. Download the Info Sheet for more
information, or read the article in the newsletter.
Christine Info Sheet
Christine Order Form
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Open Day 2008
A
big thank you to all those who were able to come to the Open Day this year.
From the feedback received, everyone had a great time. A full wrapup of the
Open Day will be included in the November newsletter. Keep your eyes
posted!
If
you have a suggestion for what you’d like to see for Open Day 2009,
let us know! We very much value your opinion.
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An important message:
Do we have your current email address?
Please let us
know if you have a new email address!
If you have given us an email address, we send you a notification that
the latest newsletter is available for download rather than posting you
a copy.
Quite a few emails are 'bouncing'.
We want to tell you what's
happening, let us know your new address!
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BECOME A MEMBER
Our
new membership form is here (25Kb pdf)
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Thinking about
participating in a research project?
Current Research Projects
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Aids and Equipment
Program Documents (for wig cost subsidy)
Brochure 580
Kb pdf file (4 pages)
Guidelines 195 Kb pdf file (71 pages)
Application Form 280 Kb pdf (4 pages)
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