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Rosemary Lawn, Managing Director of a Perth supported employment agency, discusses effective school to work transition for people who have high support needs. She presents thoughts by Barbara Wilcox, an American professor who visited Western Australia to help people really look at the issue of transition.
Read MoreThese notes were taken by Judy Ellis, a parent leader who attended the Citizen Advocacy Annual General Meeting where Wendy Richardson spoke as a parent and how she sees the role of citizen advocacy in the context of family. Keyword: Advocacy
Read MoreThis paper examines the correct practices of community management - it acknowledges some of the criticisms of community management but also recognises from first hand experience where it has worked.
Read MoreThis article details Project SHaRE (Source of Help Received and Exchanged) which was conceived in response to work with poor families and families with disabled members who had needs that went continually unmet. The project is based on 11 characteristics around community which should strengthen family functioning e. g.
Read MoreThis is a draft of a policy analysis of family support in the context of disability policy. It comprehensively focuses on the characteristics of family support programs, the goals, values and principles of family support, historical and policy contexts and barriers.
Read MoreThis paper argues that we have constructed a society in which the main burden of care has been placed on women and the burden of income-earning on men.
Read MoreThis study examines how parents felt about the way in which physicians informed them of their child's disability. The results are generally positive but this may be due to the passage of time and/or other factors.
Read MoreThe aim of this paper is to promote discussion and focus debate about the role and relevance of community management in the non government welfare sector.
Read MoreJudy Ellis, a parent leader from NSW, believes it is vital to understand the contributions the past has made before deciding what the future will be. "For the movement of parent and /or consumer groups to work well, it is crucial to build on the past".
Read MoreThis is a transcript of a speech by Irene Moss, the Race Discrimination Commissioner for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, at the first national conference on the impact of disability within ethnic communities in Australia.
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