Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

Employment opportunities for all - practical ideas and examples

Below are examples of people with disability who have really thought about finding employment opportunities that have suited them and all of these began with having high expectations from families and having a vision.

Making the most of NDIS funding - WAGGA WAGGA

This workshop will cover the key components of self-managing an NDIS package. Come and hear from two families who have over 10 years’ experience in supporting their family member with disability to self-manage their plan.

Making the most of NDIS funding - TAMWORTH

This workshop will cover the key components of self-managing an NDIS package. Come and hear from two families who have over 10 years’ experience in supporting their family member with disability to self-manage their plan.

Supported Employment Services

An information paper - one of a series - which clarifies and explains that class of services defined in the Disability Services Act as Supported Employment Services.

The Home School: Why students with severe intellectual disabilities must attend the schools of their brothers, sisters, friends and neighbours

While this article does not attempt to discuss the pros and cons of special classroom education versus regular classroom education, it focuses on the move from segregated special schools and clustered schools (where more than a natural proportion of children with disabilities are placed) to regular schools.

Two approaches to seeing people with disabilities

This study tests the theory that attitudes towards people with disabilities can be divided into two types: attitudes at a societal level and attitudes at a personal level. The implications suggest that it would be fruitful to improve attitudes at a societal level through media campaigns.

Living proof of what love can do: A father's story

People and the media have often portrayed people who have disabilities as "dangerous" and say that they should not live in the community. This newspaper story tells how one family was affected by this.

The Professional Problem

In this paper, John McKnight (who was the founder of the Centre for Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University, Illinois) argues that there are now signs that "client populations" are beginning to wonder whether they are really the problem or is the problem now really the "professional problem"?...

Summary of "On Death and Dying" by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

This article describes the five stages of adjustment which most terminally ill patients go through and which their families usually share. It suggests that at some stage all patients use denial - either for themselves or those around them- and at some time, they all need to face reality.

The killing thought in the eugenic era and today: A commentary on Hollander's essay

This paper was written as a response to "Euthanasia and Mental Retardation: Suggesting the Unthinkable" by Russell Hollander (File Number 10345) and should be read in conjunction with File numbers 10347 and 10348.

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