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  • You and I

    This brief prose, reprinted from the Values into Action newsletter, emphasises the difference between people's interpretation of the life of a person with a disability and a person without a disability.

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  • Head Out on the Highway

    This is the story of Don Cecconi and his son Neil's adventures together on their motorcycle.

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  • The Tie That Binds

    Aishling writes about her unique friendship with Sue, a 25 year-old woman with autism. Their friendship formed in a high school English class and has been life-long, with Aishling playing the role of support worker and friend.

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  • Clarity of Vision: A compass for the Journey

    This presentation was delivered by Wendy Stroeve at Family Advocacy's 2007 Odyssey Conference.  

    In this presentation, Wendy talks about the importance of having a vision, that is, a clear idea and some positive dreams about the kind of life a person with disability wants to achieve.

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  • Leisure

    Although this booklet is 12 years old, it was obviously quite groundbreaking for its time, for it begins like this "Any discussion of the leisure life of mentally handicapped people must be placed in the context of the leisure life of ordinary typical citizens" (p.

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  • Disability and the family: Life-style not life-sentence

    This article focuses on the belief that persons with disabilities contribute positively to their families, their communities, and society. Traditionally our society has focused on the burdens families face when one of their members has a disability - here we learn a little about the strengthening effects disability has.

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  • A Bed in a House is not a Home

    QPPD's policy embraces the right of all adults with disabilities to be able to live and be supported in a home that reflects their individual wants and needs.

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  • Some of the universal "Good Things of Life" which the implementation of Social Role Valorization can be expected to make more accessible to devalued people

    The article begins by looking at some of the challenges people make to Social Role Valorisation (SRV).

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  • If only I'd known

    This is an excellent story by an older parent. She talks about what she and her partner went through 20 or more years ago when they first discovered their child had a disability. It was quite different to what happens now.

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  • Choreographing Life

    How authority and responsibility can be delegated and shared in right relationship in the lives of people with a disability when they use services that support daily life
    This document was an initiative of the Stewardship Group associated with Homes West, with its content facilitated at a Family Day workshop and written by Jan Dyke....

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