Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

You Know She's Going To College

This short article describes a real situation of a parent confronting a high school meeting in which they recommend the "functional skills classroom" for her daughter, a student with disability who has been fully included from pre-school.

My Life Beyond The Walls

Tom Ferguson, who has a disability, lived in institutions until his adulthood. In his article "My life beyond the walls" he describes how life in institutions was for him and how his life completely changed when he moved into his own unit.

Promoting Friendship through Best Buddies: A National Survey of College Program Participants

A survey conducted in the United States reveals how the Best Buddies College Program -designed to enhance the lives of college students with intellectual disability- proved to be a success.

2-BOOKLET KIT: "A Vision of Opportunity" and "Opportunity Resource: A Guide for Business Hiring, Training, and Supporting Employees with Disabilities"

The booklet "A Vision of Opportunity" presents the experiences of 10 youths and adults with significant disabilities who worked toward and achieved career goals using innovative natural support approaches.

2-booklet kit: "Building Relationships, A guide for planning natural job supports"and "Getting There From Here, A guide to developing natural job supports"

"Building Relationships. . . " is a guide to help close allies work together to create opportunities for the future.

3-BOOKLET KIT: "Toward a Home of One' Own. A Workshop for Families on the Journey", "Early Examples of Home Ownership" and "A Report on Legal and Financial Planning Issues in the 'Home of Your Own' Project"

This 3-booklet kit includes a manual for a workshop that was developed by people with disability, parents and members of the 'National Home of Your Own Alliance', designed to assist parents, siblings and people with disability through the process of moving out into the world to develop an independent support...

Listening to the Experts. Students with Disability Speak Out

Students with a wide range of disabilities give readers a rare inside look at their past and present school experiences, both in self-contained classrooms and in inclusive environments.

Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership,

Taking up three urgent problems of social justice neglected by current theories and thus harder to tackle in practical terms and everyday life, Martha Nussbaum seeks a theory of social justice that can guide us to a richer, more responsive approach to social cooperation.

Working Together

This article shows how a "team effort" can lead to positive results when planning and facilitating the inclusion of children with disability in mainstream schools.

Inclusion of Individuals with Disabilities Makes us a Richer Society

Anita Lane is the mother of a nine month old son who has Down syndrome. In this article she explains how Inclusion is beneficial for all involved and how individuals with disability living and deciding their own life are a source of inspiration.

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