Family Advocacy

The purpose of life is a life with purpose: creating meaningful futures through valued roles.

‘Person Centered Practice’, ‘Self Direction’, ‘Community Inclusion’ and ‘Participation’ are words we hear all the time.

A Life Worth Living

As Fitzpatrick says, "Supported living is about complete lives". In this paper, Fitzpatrick outlines the principles of personalised supports to enable people with disabilities to live in, and participate in, the life of their community.

Juggling Family & Career - Tales from the Supernatural

This article highlights the experience of parents who have a child with a disability in relation to work. Some have undergone a career change in order to find the flexibility needed to successfully combine work and family life.

Reaching for Linda's Dreams

Linda is a young woman with autism whose challenging behaviour was increasingly distancing people from her. With the involvement of Linda's parents, key allies and Linda herself, a Personal Futures Planning meeting was held, with the idea of providing Linda the opportunity to take some control over her life.

Towards inclusiveness

This story tells of one of their daughter's journey towards a life of inclusion. It concentrates on Shawntell's giftedness, whereas professionals and those around her saw, and often still see, only a severe and profound disability.

Accommodation Network

This information kit on QPPD's accommodation network contains a policy on accommodation for people with disabilities, appropriately called "A House is not a Home". This policy is essential reading for all those seeking a good home environment and life for their family member.

Circles of Support

In order to assist her son to live a good life in his local community, Sally Richards utilised a strategy known as a 'Circle of Support', sometimes known as 'Circles of Friends' or 'Networks of Support'.

Valued Roles for All - The Keys to the Good Life Handbook

This handbook helps to explain one of the key concepts that are crucial to helping people who require support to have a good life in the community — the importance of valued social roles.

A Place Called Home

As a young adult, Alison Ouellette's son David showed that he was ready to move from the family home. In this short and honest book, Alison Ouellette traces her son David's life from birth to his finally moving into his own home in his mid-twenties.

QPPD Conference Report: Access '93 Inclusion in life

The convenor of the Queensland Parents of People with a Disability Conference in 1993 on "Inclusion in Life" provides an overview of the conference which was attended by Dr Marsha Forest and Mr Jack Pearpoint from USA (who ran workshops on Circles of Friends, a concept they developed in the...

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The purpose of life is a life with purpose: creating meaningful futures through valued roles.

A Life Worth Living

Juggling Family & Career - Tales from the Supernatural

Reaching for Linda's Dreams

Towards inclusiveness

Accommodation Network

Circles of Support

Valued Roles for All - The Keys to the Good Life Handbook

A Place Called Home

QPPD Conference Report: Access '93 Inclusion in life