Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

The Long Journey Home

Lee Keatch is the mother of Natalie, a young woman with severe intellectual and multiple disabilities.

The General Practice Care of People with Intellectual Disability: barriers and solutions

This article is based on responses to a random sample of general practitioners (GPs) surveyed throughout Australia.

Oliver's Story - Team work, resources and innovation turn a life around

Oliver is a young man with autism who has challenging behaviours and who spent many years in an institution. Upon rejection from a group home, his parents and some staff members worked on providing him with a service that was tailored to his needs.

Justice for People with Disabilities: Legal and Institutional Issues

The values underlying the delivery of services to people with disabilities have changed so that today people with disabilities are required to be treated as full citizens with the same rights of other citizens. This book deals with the nature of the change and its legal and institutional ramifications.

Money for Life - A Guide to Financial Management Options for Older People and People with Disabilities

This practical and user-friendly guide provides clearly set out information about the formal and informal ways a person may be involved in making decisions about someone else's finances.

Inclusive Education - A Parent's Perspective

Wendy Stroeve, a parent and teacher, reflects on the far-reaching impact of our school years, an impact which goes beyond educational goals.

Ten Ways to Support a Person with Challenging Behaviour

This fact sheet is taken from an article by David Pitonyak which appeared in The Community Journal. 'Imagine living the person's life,' Pitonyak wrote, 'and view the following list as the first steps to building a more effective behavioural plan. ' Keyword: Individualisation

The Special Educator and Inclusion: A new Reality

Where and how does the Special Education teacher fit into the inclusive schooling model? This article stresses that the Special Education teacher has a new and important role which involves providing support to the classroom teacher through working with them either directly or indirectly.

Quick-Guides to Inclusion,

This well-laid out manual focuses on the topics most essential to successful inclusion: Including students with disabilities in the classroom; Building partnerships with parents; Creating partnerships with paraprofessionals; Getting the most out of support services and Creating positive behavioral supports.

Forging Independent Links between Community Members: our role in attitude change

In this article, reprinted in the DSA of NSW Newsletter, Deborah Fullwood talks about the attitudes which are commonly shown towards people with a disability and the implications of those attitudes.

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