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  • Parent Advocacy: The Queensland Experience

    A paper presented in August 1986, at the 22nd National Conference of the Australian Group for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency (AGSSOMD) by Jeremy Ward, a parent leader from Queensland.

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  • Putting all kids on the map

    The authors describe the process of facilitating inclusion by a process known as MAPS (McGill Action Planning System), a collaborative process that brings the key actors in a child's life together to create an action plan to be implemented in a regular classroom setting.

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  • Reflections on the status of citizen advocacy

    This Canadian paper is based on a series of presentations given at events where the development of citizen advocacy was critically examined. It provides an historical reflection and an overview of the major theoretical determinants of advocate-protege pairing.

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  • The impact of Citizen Advocacy on me

    This paper provides an overview of Citizen Advocacy. It details the reasons for its inception in Sunbury, Victoria, and the prevailing negative attitude of the community. Comments are made by staff, committee member, advocate and partner which help provide an understanding of citizen advocacy. Keyword: Advocacy

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  • Citizen Advocacy: making a difference in people's lives

    This article contains the keynote address at a TASH conference in America by Frankie Lewis, who has helped many children leave nursing homes and enter regular homes. Her work epitomises the kinds of natural supports that make full inclusion possible.

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  • A lost generation of parents

    Note about language: This article was written in 1977 and as such uses language such as "he" and "him" as generic terms for children, professionals and parents.

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  • Viewpoint: A parent's perspective on self advocacy

    Louise Hackett, the parent of a son with autism, describes the National People First Conference she attended in Tennessee, America, and the issues which confronted her around independence versus protection for people who have disabilities.

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  • People with an intellectual disability can arouse repulsions

    This short paper raises questions which force people who do not have disabilities to ask, "What is wrong with us that makes us want to avoid those with intellectual disabilities?" Keyword: Attitudes

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  • Discrimination and intellectual disability: Selected case studies

    This paper uses selected case studies to portray discriminatory attitudes to people with disabilities. Situations include community attitudes, exploitation in employment and lack of recreational opportunities. Keyword: Attitudes

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  • Disability and community attitudes: A process of change

    Jitka Jilich, an educator, discusses the fact that for people who have disabilities their community seems to be restricted to those people who are some way personally involved in their care.

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