Events: Tue 27 Mar 2018 - ONE OF THE KIDS

Personal Relationships between People with and Without Disabilities

In this article, Zana Lutfiyya asserts that while it takes effort to establish connections between people with and without disabilities, there are ways that such relationships can be encouraged.

Research, Advocacy, and the Making of Public Policy

This article outlines the involvement of the University of Washington Center for Disability Policy & Research (CDPR) in developing effective public policy around people with developmental disability and their families. The authors encourage researchers, policy makers and consumers to work together to influence public policy.

Healthy Sexuality: Attitudes, Systems & Policies

People with disability are often not given the opportunity to express their sexuality. Sexuality, however, is part of what it is to be human. To deny sexuality often results in repression or inappropriate behaviour.

Matching a Thinking System to a Student

Sue Rubin explains how, lacking a way of communication as a child, she was assumed to have intellectual disability. All this changed when Rubin, who has autism, was introduced to facilitated communication.

Let's look outside the Service System to give People a Real Choice

People with disability are often offered service solutions which do not meet their needs - leading to the offers being rejected. In this thought-provoking article, David Hanman challenges service providers to find out what people actually want.

How parents can use their experience to change problem behaviour

Siobhan O'Rourke describes a way that parents can use their own skills and knowledge of their child to overcome problem behaviour. Gentle teaching provides a positive framework to help parent and child work together to develop more harmonious relationships. Keyword: Families

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Personal Relationships between People with and Without Disabilities

Research, Advocacy, and the Making of Public Policy

Healthy Sexuality: Attitudes, Systems & Policies

Matching a Thinking System to a Student

Let's look outside the Service System to give People a Real Choice

How parents can use their experience to change problem behaviour

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Working with Hannah

Delicate Threads

Making the Best of a Hospital Experience