Events: Tue 27 Mar 2018 - ONE OF THE KIDS

What if.......? A Plea to Professionals for Consideration of the Risk-Benefit Ration of Facilitated Communication

An article which raises some of the controversies surrounding facilitated communication (FC). These involve the potential implications of this technology for people with disabilities, their family members, workers and carers.

When values come from policy instead of people's lives

A story of how a person who had developed a strong sense of values was able to support and enhance the life of a man with very high support needs in the community.

Building a community to suit your dreams

A short article on the issue of co-housing as a way of providing some alternatives to those seeking to build "villages" for people with disabilities. The concept of co-housing includes having a range of people with maybe one or two families and people with a disability. Keyword: Accommodation

Clinical assessment of psychiatric symptoms in mentally retarded individuals

This is a medical model psychology article which very clearly and humanely points out major areas of neglect in mental health care for people with intellectual disability. Keyword: Health

Community workshops challenge traditional approaches

This article describes workshops for professionals, advocates (self and otherwise) and family members held across the Canadian province of British Colombia who were dedicated to the vision of extending "ordinary considerations" for people with disabilities in the community (if the goal is to lead ordinary lives).

Ensuring Excellence

Errol Cocks explores theories around the workings of bureaucracy and service provision in the lives of people with disabilities, arguing that services cannot by themselves ensure excellence in the lives of people with disabilities.

Does she boil eggs? Towards a feminist model of disability

"Even if we can't lift an egg (it is assumed that) we can boil an egg". This quote is used to encapsulate the discrimination which women with disabilities experience as both people with physical and intellectual disabilities and as women.

When words get in the way: has terminology gone too far?

This is an article which discusses the negative effects of politically correct language; that it can end up obscuring a person's condition, that it can conceal the reality of disability, and most importantly it trivialises the argument that appropriate terminology is extremely important in helping to shape attitudes and promote...

Ethical guidelines for professionals in supported employment

This is an excellent list of guidelines both trainers of staff and staff themselves involved in supported employment need to follow if they are to positively impact on the emergence of inclusive communities.

What Inclusion Means to Children.....

A set of 6 overhead type sheets stating clearly the benefits of inclusion for children, what inclusion means to both children and parents and how families and schools can support inclusion.

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