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This comprehensive manual was designed to take adults with developmental disabilities and their families through the general steps involved in selecting and purchasing a home of their own.
Read MoreProject MESH (Making Effective Schools Happen for all students) is based on the experience of two schools in establishing an inclusive education environment. These inclusive programs are based on strong values that were clarified during the planning stage of the project.
Read MoreLorraine Bartlett writes of her daughter Tracy's experiences after leaving high school. Tracy and Lorraine have been supported by a voluntary team of people who came together to find ways of meeting Tracy's needs as she grows and develops.
Read MoreCommon questions regarding Citizen Advocacy are answered, including how people with disability are recruited to the programme; how Citizen Advocates are recruited; matching of Citizen Advocates and people with disability; training and support; and legal status of Citizen Advocates.
Read MoreMaking leisure available to people with disability involves promoting the idea of inclusive/integrated leisure to clubs, organisations and groups. It also involves offering people with disability themselves an opportunity to discover what activities they may want to become involved in.
Read MoreWhile service providers' main focus on consumers is service/consumer related, consumers' interests are broader: they are concerned with rights, empowerment and appropriate support to meet people's needs. This article considers why people with disability are under-represented in the running of services and the implications of that.
Read MoreThis article helps us understand why advocacy is - and will always be - important in the lives of people with developmental disability. While people with developmental disability share the same vulnerabilities as everyone else in our society, they have even less power to deal with them.
Read MoreThis article is the outcome of research into a community programme established in 1985. The programme recruits volunteers and matches them on a one-to-one basis with people with varying degrees of intellectual disability.
Read MoreReading this overview of life for people with disability in Australia in the 1990's, it is clear that they are a long way from being considered as citizens.
Read MoreThis Australian video shows children with cerebral palsy participating in regular school life with their peers and teachers. It discusses the causes and types of cerebral palsy and demonstrates how teachers and therapists work together to achieve positive outcomes.
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