{"id":269439,"date":"2025-10-08T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T02:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/?p=269439"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:50:17","slug":"outisme-hulpgroep-staan-ouers-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/outisme-hulpgroep-staan-ouers-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Outisme: Hulpgroep staan ouers by in eerste bewusmakingsessie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die Strand-gemeenskap het Saterdag (4 Oktober) die eerste stap geneem om kinders met outisme beter in te sluit deur &#8216;n bewusmakingsessie wat deur die Autism Parents Support Group aangebied is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-attachment-id=\"269441\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/outisme-hulpgroep-staan-ouers-by\/img_5654_03069\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5654_03069.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5654_03069\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lede van die Autism Parents Support Group wat die bewusmakingsessie georganiseer het, van links, is Lana Newman, Megan Meyer, Rahkeenah Peters, Aqeela Beckett, Mymoena Fanie en Soraya Canterbury.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lede van die Autism Parents Support Group wat die bewusmakingsessie georganiseer het, van links, is Lana Newman, Megan Meyer, Rahkeenah Peters, Aqeela Beckett, Mymoena Fanie en Soraya Canterbury.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5654_03069-1024x575.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5654_03069-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Lede van Autism Parents Support Group wat die eerste outisme-bewusmakingsessie georganiseer het.\" class=\"wp-image-269441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5654_03069-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5654_03069-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5654_03069-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5654_03069.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lede van die Autism Parents Support Group wat die bewusmakingsessie georganiseer het, van links, is Lana Newman, Megan Meyer, Rahkeenah Peters, Aqeela Beckett, Mymoena Fanie en Soraya Canterbury.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die sessie is by die Iqra-leersentrum in Hammondstraat gehou, met die doel om deelnemers &#8216;n oorsig van plaaslike ondersteuningsgroepe, terapiedienste en gemeenskapsprogramme te bied.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verteenwoordigers van Autism Western Cape (AWC), Ziyanda Runu en Roshanna Hugo, het &#8216;n inleiding tot outisme gegee en &#8216;n oorsig van die organisasie en hul dienste verskaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AWC poog om &#8216;n samelewing te skep wat individue met outisme aanvaar en insluit deur mense met outisme, hul families en die samelewing op te voed en te bemagtig.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Maak gerus gebruik van ons dienste by die AWC, want ons is daar om onder- steuning te bied aan diegene wat dit nodig het<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>het Runu ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" data-attachment-id=\"269440\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/outisme-hulpgroep-staan-ouers-by\/img_5652_03024\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5652_03024.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,674\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5652_03024\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sprekers wat by die outisme-bewusmakingsessie in Strand opgetree het. Agter, van links, is Megan&lt;br \/&gt;\nMeyer (Autism Parents Support Group), Ziyanda Runu (AWC), Lana Newman (Autism Parents Support Group) en Roshanna Hugo (AWC). Voor is Chanel Baumgarten (direkteur, Ernie Els vir Outisme), Rahkeenah Peters (Autism Parents Support Group) en Shelby Weyer (Et al Terapie- en Leersentrum).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sprekers wat by die outisme-bewusmakingsessie in Strand opgetree het. Agter, van links, is Megan&lt;br \/&gt;\nMeyer (Autism Parents Support Group), Ziyanda Runu (AWC), Lana Newman (Autism Parents Support Group) en Roshanna Hugo (AWC). Voor is Chanel Baumgarten (direkteur, Ernie Els vir Outisme), Rahkeenah Peters (Autism Parents Support Group) en Shelby Weyer (Et al Terapie- en Leersentrum).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5652_03024-1024x575.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5652_03024-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Verteenwoordigers van vier outisme-organisasies wat by die Strand-bewusmakingsessie gepraat het\" class=\"wp-image-269440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5652_03024-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5652_03024-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5652_03024-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5652_03024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sprekers wat by die outisme-bewusmakingsessie in Strand opgetree het. Agter, van links, is Megan \nMeyer (Autism Parents Support Group), Ziyanda Runu (AWC), Lana Newman (Autism Parents Support Group) en Roshanna Hugo (AWC). Voor is Chanel Baumgarten (direkteur, Ernie Els vir Outisme), Rahkeenah Peters (Autism Parents Support Group) en Shelby Weyer (Et al Terapie- en Leersentrum).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shelby Weyer, &#8216;n arbeidsterapeut by Et al Terapie-en-leersentrum in Somerset-Wes, was daarna aan die beurt. Sy het insig gegee in terapie\u00eb, intervensies en ondersteuningstrategie\u00eb vir kinders met outisme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die sentrum bied terapeutiese dienste aan kinders met outisme en hul families deur middel van &#8216;n interdissiplin\u00eare benadering.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ons kan nie verwag dat ons kinders aanpas by &#8216;n w\u00eareld wat nie vir hulle gebou is nie<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>het Weyer ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5647_03096.jpg\" alt=\"Arbeidsterapeut Shelby Weyer deel inligting oor outisme-terapie\u00eb by bewusmakingsessie\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shelby Weyer van Et al Terapie- en Leersentrum deel belangrike oorwegings vir die keuse van terapie\u00eb en intervensies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chanel Baumgarten, &#8216;n direkteur by Ernie Els vir Outisme, het onderwerpe soos outisme, gedrag, outisme in die klaskamer en insluiting behandel. Ernie Els vir Outisme fokus op die transformasie van lewens van mense met outisme deur lewenslange dienste en samewerkende vennootskappe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Outistiese kinders pas altyd in ons w\u00eareld in \u2013 hoekom kan ons nie in hulle s&#8217;n inpas nie?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>het Baumgarten gevra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"269443\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/outisme-hulpgroep-staan-ouers-by\/img_5668_03106\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5668_03106-e1759838578364.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"674,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_5668_03106\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Chanel Baumgarten (direkteur, Ernie Els vir Outisme) beklemtoon dat mense met outisme dieselfde begeer as neurotipiese mense: werk, verhoudings, onafhanklikheid en liefde.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chanel Baumgarten (direkteur, Ernie Els vir Outisme) beklemtoon dat mense met outisme dieselfde begeer as neurotipiese mense: werk, verhoudings, onafhanklikheid en liefde.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5668_03106-e1759838578364-575x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5668_03106-e1759838578364-575x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chanel Baumgarten van Ernie Els vir Outisme praat oor die behoeftes van mense met outisme\" class=\"wp-image-269443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5668_03106-e1759838578364-575x1024.jpg 575w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5668_03106-e1759838578364-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_5668_03106-e1759838578364.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chanel Baumgarten (direkteur, Ernie Els vir Outisme) beklemtoon dat mense met outisme dieselfde begeer as neurotipiese mense: werk, verhoudings, onafhanklikheid en liefde.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Megan Meyer en Lana Newman van die ondersteuningsgroep het die aanbiedings afgesluit. Hulle het oor hul geleefde ervaring as ouers van outistiese kinders gepraat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='421' height='750' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/YsN8GR19?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;persistVolume=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Die sessie is deel van die ondersteuningsgroep se missie om &#8216;n platform te skep waar families hul ervarings kan deel. Hulle kan bevestiging en ondersteuning vind en betekenisvolle verhoudings bou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rahkeenah Peters het n\u00e1 haar dogter se diagnose &#8216;n WhatsApp-groep in 2023 gestig. Sy het die groep begin omdat sy ander ouers in die Helderberg, wat op dieselfde lewensveranderende reis is, wou betrek. Dit is &#8216;n platform waar lede veilig en sonder oordeel ervarings, frustrasies en gedagtes kan deel.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"58938\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/mom-starts-autism-support-group-20230530\/88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca-683x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Rahkeenah Peters en haar dogter wat die stigting van die Autism Parents Support Group ge\u00efnspireer het.\" class=\"wp-image-58938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/88b80504b92b412298bf515c52c762ca.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rahkeenah Peters en haar dogter, Yasmeen, wie se outisme-diagnose die ondersteuningsgroep ge\u00efnspireer het.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die groep het die afgelope twee jaar uitgebrei. In April het hulle hul eerste pretdag vir kinders met outisme in Strand gehou, wat tot hierdie eerste werksessie gelei het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ek het besef dat die ouers baie afgesonder is en selfs in die groep nie met mekaar kommunikeer nie, dus wou ek almal bymekaarkry sodat ons mekaar kan ontmoet,&#8221; het Peters verduidelik.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Hierdie soort werksessies sal help dat die gemeenskap bewus word van outistiese kinders, wat tot meer insluiting sal lei<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Peters voeg by sy hoop om persepsies oor outisme binne die Helderbergkom te verander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp-groep wat in 2023 begin het, groei tot gemeenskapsinitiatief met eerste outisme-bewusmakingsessie by Iqra-leersentrum in 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