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Supported Employment, A Focus on Job Coaching: The Untapped Potential

This USA publication is intended for those wishing to learn more about supported employment and job coaching, particularly people with disability and their families. Job coaching involves the provision of individualised assistance to people at the employment site in order to help them obtain, learn and maintain a job.

Guidelines for teachers and youth leaders: Including a child with Down Syndrome in your group

This booklet is designed to answer any questions teachers, group leaders and youth workers may have with regard to school age children they meet in the course of their work who have Down Syndrome. Keyword: Inclusion, School age

Latino parents and practioners welcomed at CAL-TASH

This article describes the California TASH chapter's efforts to include Latino people at their recent conference. Twelve parents and caregivers attended. This was an outcome of a deliberate commitment to involve more people from different ethnic backgrounds in TASH events.

Natural ties teach full citizenship

This short article describes one aspect of Jay Turnbull's life, a young man who has developed friendships with fraternity members who are part of his supported employment program within the University. The fraternity members describe what knowing Jay has meant to them. Keyword: Friendship

The gift of hospitality: Opening the doors of community life to people with disabilities

This comprehensive paper describes people's fight to be part of their communities. The author believes that while "the iron fences of the institution may be coming down, the walls of the service world are still firmly in place".

Shock and Panic

This is an excerpt from a book which describes the various stages of adjustment parents of children with disability usually go through. It quotes other parents and discusses the emotions with sensitivity and understanding.

A study of the range and variety of postschool options for people with disabilities

This comprehensive study examines the post school options for people who have disability in NSW.

Ethics: Genetic counselling

This brief paper discusses the ethics of selective abortion and raises some of the issues which should be thought about, such as doctors, the media and society promoting the view that "imperfect products should be discarded". Prospective mothers are often presented with no other option but termination.

Disability Discrimination Legislation

This brief paper describes the background and content of the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Legislation which was passed by Parliament in 1992. Keyword: Government

The Meares Oration: Leaving the bridge: The journey into citizenship by persons with disabilities

This report is aimed at raising community awareness on disability issues, with emphasis on new concepts and introducing challenging and progressive ideas. It is based on experiences of service brokerage and individualised funding observed in Canada and stresses the role of citizenship.