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This article highlights the experience of parents who have a child with a disability in relation to work. Some have undergone a career change in order to find the flexibility needed to successfully combine work and family life.
Read MoreThis book makes an excellent introduction for people interested in how to really embed people who have traditionally been excluded, in the life of their community. The authors argue that simply receiving an accommodation or employment service in a community (that is, the 'place') does not constitute 'community life'.
Read MoreA powerful little book that tells the story of a Canadian woman, Judith Snow, and her circle of friends she dubbed her 'Joshua Committee' - "for blowing down the walls of the world so she could get in".
Read MoreThis book is about links, particularly the links between theory and practice. Hevey, photographer and author, exposes the links between 'disability imagery' (e. g. through charity advertising) and broader societal thought. 'Disability imagery' both mirrors and feeds dominant thought - for example, a segregationist approach.
Read MoreIn a world increasingly dominated by economic rationalism and corporate interests, good advocacy is more and more vital, because good advocacy is concerned with social justice and social change. In this sense, it is both very ordinary and very extraordinary; it stands against the current tide.
Read MoreThe authors suggest that preparation for higher education for students with disabilities should be based on the 'Higher Education Model'. This model incorporates psychosocial preparation, academic development (including goal setting and learning strategies) as well as college/community orientation.
Read MoreThis article shows how behavioural support can be used to bring about positive change in students' behaviour. At nine years of age Samantha Fake's challenging behaviours were putting her at risk of being excluded from her regular classroom.
Read MoreTwo parents, Anne and David, speak about their feelings and experiences at the end of their son Stephen's first year of junior high school.
Read MoreThis paper draws attention to the lack of uniformity and inconsistencies existing between various state laws and the commonwealth law governing the sterilisation of children in Australia. A summary of the recommendations in the Family Law Council's report on sterilisation of children is given.
Read MoreThis case study describes 30 months in the life of Emma, a young woman with a history of severe problem behaviours, who moved from a large public institution into the community. While still experiencing times of major regression, her general behaviour and improved.
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