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This is an excellent article for professionals involved in research around issues that affect the lives of people with disabilities. It is an article that plainly presents what research should be about - that is, it is an article concerned with ethical professional practice.
Read MoreThis booklet contains two keynote speeches by John McKnight and Judith Snow. The last 'chapter' is a summary of McKnight's speech. McKnight gives a broad overview of the differences between, and definitions of, 'communities' and 'service systems'. Snow illustrates these differences perfectly through her own personal story.
Read MoreThis group of papers includes letters, press releases and newspaper items pertaining to the 1990 "Marion" case in which the Family Law Court of NSW allowed the involuntary sterilisation of a teenage girl, and 2 years later its decision that only the authorisation of the Family Court can make such...
Read MoreThese notes were taken by Wendy McGlynn, a parent who attended a seminar by Bruce Uditsky (an educator who has worked extensively with families, individuals with disabilities and organisations).
Read MoreThis booklet describes the development of a model for providing excellent educational practices for all learners with severe disabilities within their own local schools.
Read MoreThis paper describes the experiences of Canadian families who were provoked into action with the closure of the institution their son or daughter had been living in.
Read MoreWhile this article is more than 10 years old, it is a highly informative paper for parents because it lists some of the issues to be aware of and questions to ask when considering pre-school enrolment for children who have a disability.
Read MoreWolfensberger (the Director of the Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership and Change Agentry at Syracuse University, the developer of Social Role Valorisation and the founder of citizen advocacy) writes this scathing attack on community attitudes and barriers towards people who have intellectual disabilities, to raise questions about why...
Read MoreThis is an interesting story about a family's decision to adopt a newly born baby who has Down Syndrome. The mother describes her and her family's dreams for her son, as well as his own dreams.
Read MoreThis excerpt from the author's book, Taking On the World (we have this on our book shelves) gives a brief insight into dealing with the bureaucratic world, beginning with bureaucratic responses designed to put parents off.
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