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Building communities where everyone belongs

As part of the Right Future Project (see File No.
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Mainstreaming that works

This article highlights and gives examples of thoughtful measures taken by teachers and other school administrators around curriculum adaptation and co-operative/group approaches to learning that mean that integration and inclusion practices actually work. Keyword: Education, School age
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Gunnar Dybwad Keynotes: Autcom National Conference

Conference notes from the keynote speech by Professor Gunnar Dybwad, outlining a short list of services for people with intellectual disabilities in the USA. The speaker is a well known human rights advocate and he provides a passionate defence of facilitated communication in the last half of the speech.
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A Proud Label: exploring the relationships between disability politics and gay pride

The author shows that the links between disability politics and gay pride are strong - the beauty and dignity of difference, the celebration of diversity and the pride in a valued identity.
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From rage to reform: What parents say about advocacy

This is an excellent article on parent advocacy and why it is such a powerful role/task. One of the main sources of this power is anger and using anger as a positive force for change; as one parent says ". .
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My world now: Life in a nursing home, from the inside

This article is extremely powerful for one main reason. It is written by an 'insider' about her life experiences within this service system.
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No Pity: People with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement

During the past 25 years, people with disabilities along with their parents and families have set about to quash all the old stereotypes and images (from tragedy and burden to heroic) that helped cause people to lose their freedom and humanity.
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Case management - The dream and the reality

While this article specifically deals with 'case management' with regards elderly people, it has direct parallels to the 'boom' in case management for people with disabilities.
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Parents on the team

This article gives a number of reasons why parents are so important for the working and outcomes of an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) (the author specifically discusses this with regard to very young children).
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HEAD START: Committed to inclusion

Head Start is a pre-school program in Washington which is part of a larger service called NORWESCAP. The first article (see also File No. 10553) is a really positive article of a mother's commitment to inclusion for her child.
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