Parent to Parent

Empowering families and whanau of people with disabilities and health impairments through support and information

Caring for a family member who has a disability is an experience few parents anticipate or plan for, and one that can bring strong emotional challenges in day to day living.

Families must not only manage the typical demands of everyday life but must also learn the languages of the medical, financial, legal and special education worlds. Parent to Parent is here to support families through this journey.

Parent to Parent is a nationwide, not for profit organisation; formed in 1983 by a group of parents and professionals who believed in the value of parents supporting parents when faced with the challenge of parenting a child with a disability or health impairment.

Parent to Parent connects parents with trained volunteer Support Parents who have a child or family member with a similar disability, health impairment or are experiencing a similar issue.

Our Information Service provides printed information on more than 3600 conditions – researched and put together especially for you.

Parent to Parent’s training programmes have been designed especially for families and whanau, and are delivered nationwide by specially trained facilitators.

SibSupport NZ is our sibling support programme. The programme is designed to provide an experience that will help siblings cope with the challenges of living with a brother or sister who has a disability or health impairment. The SibSupport NZ programmes are delivered in a one-day workshop, or a weekend camp.

Altogether Autism is a national information and advisory service for people on the Autism spectrum, their families, whanau and professionals working with people on the Autism spectrum.