Family Advocacy

Disability and discrimination

Moira Rayner, Victorian Commissioner for Equal Opportunity, discusses the issue of disability and discrimination and the law in Victoria. She looks at discrimination in education and employment, and instances of both direct and indirect discrimination. Keyword: Government

Disability Services Bill 1993

The detail of this legislation (Disability Services Bill 1993) includes all amendments as passed by both Houses of Parliament in this its second print. The final print is called The Disability Services Act, 1993 and commenced in April 1993. Keyword: Government

The impact of disability on the family...Are existing support services enough?

Fawcett describes the impact of disability on the family. She calls for an improvement in services for families which acknowledges the emotional upheaval involved for the whole family.

Group action planning

Anne and Rud Turnbull of the Beach Center on Families and Disability at the University of Kansas have a child with a disability. Their article includes a quote by Margaret Mead - "never doubt that a group of committed people can change the world.

Family support coalition

This article describes "family support" as a legitimate policy and explains the reasons for such a policy which include current practices of funding expensive but outmoded services and the need by families for more choice.

Reflections on a support group

This article is by a group of people who have supported many families to secure and maintain their children in neighbourhood schools.

Paper presented to parent workshop

This paper was presented by Peter Mason to a Parent Workshop during the 1986 AGSOMD Conference in Sydney. Mason spent many years in institutional settings and is now living in his own flat.

Co-operative housing

The paper discusses the philosophy of inclusive co-operative housing, where every inclusive co-operative is an experiment in community - building. It explains basic guidelines such as the necessity of a high ratio of non disabled people to people with disabilities and the importance of building on capacities, not disabilities.

Home is where the heart is

This paper was written following the author's attendance at an Accommodation seminar by Michael Kendrick, the Director of the Institute for Leadership and Community Development, Massachusetts.

On being returned to the community: Imposed ideology versus quality of life

The central argument of this paper is that more attention must be paid to providing accommodation options with a concern for each individual's quality of life. It takes the closure of St. Nicholas Hospital in Melbourne as an example.

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

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Disability and discrimination

Disability Services Bill 1993

The impact of disability on the family...Are existing support services enough?

Group action planning

Family support coalition

Reflections on a support group

Paper presented to parent workshop

Co-operative housing

Home is where the heart is

On being returned to the community: Imposed ideology versus quality of life