Family Advocacy

Training staff to integrate educational and therapeutic approaches for the client with developmental and psychiatric disabilities

This article argues that people who have a mental illness in addition to a developmental disability are usually served in programs which were not designed to meet the needs of individuals with psychiatric disability.

Media Empowerment

Our attitudes, about ourselves and others, are shaped by our experiences, and are influenced by what we see and read in the media.

Sterilisation

This short article argues that too frequently sexuality is construed as being inexorably tied to child-bearing and that performing sterilisation procedures will decrease sexual vulnerability or activity.

Community treatment orders, community counselling orders and modecate police

This paper describes Community Treatment and Counselling Orders (CTO's) and objections by mental health nurses to enforcing 'treatment' without the client's consent and subsequently taking away civil liberties on the grounds that the client may become a danger to themselves or others.

Social unit identification

This paper is the description of the 'Social Unit Identification Policy' adopted by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation. It is designed to recognise and ensure a continuity and stability of important relationships between people and staff who are being moved from institutions. Keyword: Individualisation

Stop the reforms, Calvin wants to get off

This article discusses the impact of integrated schooling on one young man. It highlights the possibility that education reform may lead to more segregation of pupils who have disabilities.

New disability payments

This is an information paper on the Disability Support Pension which in 1991 replaced the Invalid Pension, Sheltered Employment Allowance, Rehabilitation Allowance and Incentive Allowance. Keyword: Government

Public Trustee and the management of funds

In South Australia, a Public Trustee may be appointed administrator or manager of the financial affairs of a person found incapable of managing their own affairs. Other States and Territories have a similar arrangement in place.

Behind the word - 'Equal'

This brief article doesn't attach much importance to the use of empty service jargon, but it argues that "equal" is very different - though carelessly used, it stands for very important ideas. The article discusses our use and misuse of the notion of "equal". Keyword: Attitudes

The BHP Programme Agreement

The BHP Agreement is an agreement whereby BHP gave a commitment to Essential Personnel in the Illawarra that a number of positions within its workforce would be specifically available to people with disability.

We work with families in NSW to defend and promote the rights and interests of people with developmental disability

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Training staff to integrate educational and therapeutic approaches for the client with developmental and psychiatric disabilities

Media Empowerment

Sterilisation

Community treatment orders, community counselling orders and modecate police

Social unit identification

Stop the reforms, Calvin wants to get off

New disability payments

Public Trustee and the management of funds

Behind the word - 'Equal'

The BHP Programme Agreement