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NDSC Position Statement on Prenatal Testing and Screening

This position statement covers: (1) Families' rights concerning pre-natal testing (2) What families need to make informed choices and (3) How society should address the issue of pre-natal testing and eugenics.

What Price Friendship? (extract)

A social worker tells the story of Stan Rivers, a man he supported who outwardly appeared to be an accepted and well-liked member of his community - he had joined a number of clubs, had friends and was generally widely known in his local area.

The McGill Action Planning System (MAPS): A Strategy for Building the Vision

The MAPS process is a way of putting into practice the assertion that 'all children belong in the school community'. This article provides a detailed description of the MAPS process including structure used, content covered and the underlying assumptions of process.

Open Employment

This brochure is designed to provide information to parents to help them plan for their son or daughter's future employment and to help their son/daughter develop a career path.

Supported Employment: A conceptual overview

This overview of supported employment looks at the move away from segregated services such as sheltered workshops to supported employment programs which emphasise integration.

My Life: Persistence, Patience, Self-Advocacy and a Little Help from My Friends

In reading this man's life story, the reader is able to grasp many of the changes in services and attitudes with regard to people with disabilities, and also the struggles and devaluation faced by such people.

From Sheltered Workshops to Supported Employment

In a short article the author, a former participant in a sheltered workshop. denounces sheltered workshops as 'institutions or warehouses'. He argues the benefits of true supported work inititatives.

Expanding the Job and Career Options for People with Significant Disabilities

The authors of this paper take a critical approach to the way most supported employment initiatives and programs are structured.

Changeover to Community Employment: The Problem of Realigning Organizational Culture, Resources and Community Roles

This paper provides information on the experience of organisations that serve individuals with very high support needs related to a total organisational change to supported employment.

New Hampshire Self Determination Project (Part 2)

This article looks more closely at the principles (see Part 1, File No. 10649) underlying the process of change to a community that includes people with disabilities in all aspects of community life. It also gives strategies to achieve these goals and honour the principles that underlie them.