QASA is a co-ordinating, policy-making, governing and supporting organisation. The Association strives to prevent spinal cord injury, as well as protect and promote the interests of people with mobility impairments by formulating a national policy and strategy, to develop and ensure the full potential and quality of their lives.

The Western Cape Cerebral Palsy Association - Cerebral Palsy is a disorder of voluntary movement and co?ordination due to the imperfect development of, or damage to certain areas of the developing brain that control the functioning of the muscles.

Cape Mental Health was founded in 1913 following an international wave of developments in mental health care and a dramatic change in the treatment of mental illness. Historically, people with mental disabilities were treated with fear and loathing. They were kept in chains; thrown into prisons with lepers, criminals and murderers; subjected to corporal punishment, shock treatment, bloodletting; or hidden away by families who considered them a shameful secret. (Read More) The mental health wave gradually shifted from hospitalisation and institutionalisation to today's model of encouraging those with mental disability to function within the community through counselling, support, and rehabilitation. As the oldest mental health organisation in South Africa and a founding member of the World Federation for Mental Health (formed in London in 1948) , Cape Mental Health is proud of the ground-breaking work it has done in the past 106 years, especially in poorly resourced ...

The Western Cape Branch was established in 1969 in response to the need identified by people living with and affected by epilepsy.

Welcome To Tygerberg Association For Persons With Physical Disabilities See More Slider Title Short Excerpt See More The Tygerberg APD team is dedicated to serving people with physical disabilities from all walks of life. Our social services are available to anyone between 0 and 60 years of age. Our services extend to the Northern [... ]

Work creation for the physically disabled.