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This article presents what is known about the features of quality employment approaches for people with significant disabilities and the changes needed to promote integrated employment outcomes.
Read MoreThe self-determination movement does not mean that service providers will not be required anymore. Instead service providers will be required to take a major shift in how they do business.
Read MoreCircles of Support' illustrates the impact that friends and family can have on the lives people with disability. The DVD follows two adults, Dave and Rebecca, as they gather their friends and family together to create a 'circle of support' to help them achieve their hopes and dreams.
Read MoreThis article provides an overview of the inclusive education vs. segregation debate, and discusses the role education plays in creating inclusive communities. It references studies that demonstrate that inclusive education provides real advantages for students without disability.
Read MoreAlthough this paper is written for a North American audience, it does contain some valuable concepts about attitude and expectations.
Read MoreThis DVD profiles 55 people with a range of disabilities who are succeeding in open employment. Today,it's more a question of what skills does the individual bring to the position. These are just some of their stories.
Read MoreIn this paper, Dr Jackson analyses the cluster housing model. He examines the concept of cluster housing and whether it is likely to meet the needs of people with disability.
Read MoreThis presentation was delivered by Meg Sweeney at Family Advocacy's 2007 Odyssey Conference. When her daughter Joscelyn was born, Meg Sweeney realised that Joscelyn would need help to achieve a sense of personal security and acceptance in the local community.
Read MoreThis is the story of how Ray Browning, a man with high support needs, moved out of the nursing home where he had lived for 14 years, to a place of his own.
Read MoreThis article reviews the current and changing patterns of residential supports for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It defines and examines four major trends in those supports:1. decreasing use of larger institutions and increasing use of community housing; 2. decreasing size of community settings; 3.
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