International Day of People with Disability is Tuesday 3 December and is a day to recognise and celebrate people living with a disability. At YPRL we are acknowledging the day across all branches and exploring what the day means and what you can learn from people living with disability through some fun events!
Check out what’s happening around YPRL in the coming weeks:
Art is for Everyone
Join art therapist and artist Rachel Holland for a 2-hour workshop.
Celebration and Activities
Whittlesea Library on Tuesday 4 December, 9.30am to 11.30am
A morning of celebration to help families connect with each other and community organisations including: Sensory Storytime, craft, dance class, handball activities and even fire truck, police car and seeing eye dog in training visit. This event is in partnership with DPV Health and City of Whittlesea. All are welcome.
Relaxed Storytime and Sensory Play
Mill Park Library on Saturday 7 December, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Join us for a supportive, fun, interactive Storytime and celebrate diversity, followed by a nature-based sensory play session from Wapaya Wuurrk.
International Day of People with Disabilities: Toddler Storytime with Auslan Interpreter
Ivanhoe Library on Tuesday 3 December, 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
Come along to a special Toddler Storytime with an Auslan Interpreter to celebrate International Day of People with Disabilities. We will read stories and sing songs themed around accessibility and acceptance.
Morning Tea and Guest Speaker
Thomastown Library Monday 2 Dec 2024, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Connect with your community and enjoy a delicious morning tea while listening to a different guest speaker each month. This month we will have Lovleen from ADEC (Action on Disability within Ethnic Communities), who will give a talk about the NDIS for multicultural communities.
This event runs on the first Monday of the month. In partnership with Thomastown Neighbourhood House.
The Yarra Birrarung Project
In addition to the great things happening across our branches, in 2024 Yarra Plenty Regional Library has launched a new project called The Yarra Birrarung Project which invites people with disability to create art based on the theme Yarra Birrarung.
If you live, work or play in Banyule, Nillumbik or Whittlesea, you can submit written work, poetry, or visual art through this online form. These will then be displayed at Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub and other YPRL branches, so get creating!
Get Reading!
Come Over to my House- AUSLAN Edition
AUSLAN edition. A delightful picture book that explores the home lives of children and parents who are d/Deaf or disabled.
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Matt Formston : Surfing in the Dark [Braille]
Matt Formston always dreamed of becoming a professional surfer. But by the time he was five years old, he was almost completely blind. Matt never let that stop him. Now he is a record-holding cycling Paralympian and a world champion surfer. Discover how being vision impaired has made Matt who he is today.
Included : A book for all children about inclusion, diversity, disability, equality and empathy
Jonathon's home was not a happy one. But hope soon arrived when Auntie Edie came to stay. This beautifully illustrated book was written to provide children in family violence homes with a sense of hope and to lessen the traumatic effects of their living situations. As Jonathon knows, there is always hope that things might change.