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Richard Woolrych describes how the use of Photovoice has enabled a group of people with intellectual disability to comment on their lives, accommodation and future hopes. Individuals were given a camera and the opportunity to talk (on tape) about the photos they had taken.
Read MorePeople with an intellectual disability often have multiple undetected health problems. Often behavioural disturbance are perceived as the primary problem while the underlying medical disorder is ignored. This short article stresses the importance of regular, comprehensive physical assessments. Keyword: Health
Read MorePermanency planning involves family preservation, family reunification, and finding alternative families for children who cannot remain with their birth families.
Read MoreWhile there is increasing international commitment to inclusive education, as outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), many children remain excluded at school. One marginalised and frequently excluded group of people are people who experience disability.
Read MoreThis report is the result of research undertaken in the various States of Australia to identify a) what they
Read MoreRather than using the medical paradigm (a paradigm which sees people with disability as 'problems'), Reinders looks at the issue of genetics and prevention from the perspective of people with disability themselves.
Read MoreThe Institute on Disability (IOD), formed in 1988, promotes the inclusion and productivity of people with disability and their families. This has involved working to change the existing systems and providing support for those changes.
Read MoreWhile some see prenatal testing as a logical extension of good prenatal care, such tests arguably reinforce discrimination against, and misconceptions about, people with disabilities.
Read MoreThis book captures the experiences and insights of a number of families who have had the courage to bring into the public domain the intensely private pain that they have lived with for many years following the institutionalisation of a family member in Challinor Centre, Qld.
Read MoreThis book is not about what the author refers to as 'Values with a capital V', that is, over-arching values such as normalisation, self-determination and inclusion; rather, the book is designed to act as a guide for providing culturally appropriate services and to designing successful, respectful programs and supports for...
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