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What Are We Learning About Circles of Support?

This book explains what Circles of Support are, how they work and the positive influence they have in the lives of people with disabilities.

Dare to Dream: An analysis of the conditions leading to personal change for people with disabilities

"The formation of a dream is often central to personal and social change". So begins this book, in which the personal stories of 4 people serve to illustrate ten conditions that increase the probability of significant change in a person's life.

Unfolding Capacity: People with disabilities and their allies building better communities together

Another excellent paper by the O'Brien's, this one focussing on the idea of 'community building' - that is, the intentional creation of relationships and social structures that extend the possibilities for shared identity and common action among people - especially as it relates to people with very high support needs.

Unlikely Alliances: Friendship and people with developmental disabilities

This is a very rich and potent paper by the O'Brien's. Using a concept of friendship that contains 4 elements - attraction, embodiment, power and community - they then relate these specifically to the dynamics of friendship that involve people with disabilities (exposing many myths in the process).

The Full Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in American Society

Contrary to the title, this monograph is relevant to Australian society. It addresses the question of inclusion for persons with disabilities across the life span (including those who are deaf and hard of hearing). Education, social and employment environments provide the contextual framework for the discussions. Notable Chapters include:,1.

Willing and Able: P.E. and Sport for Young People with Disabilities, An Introduction to Inclusive Practices

Willing and Able is a joint project from the Aussie Able program and Aussie Sport. It is the first of the Willing and Able resources and is also the core resource for the project.

Co-operative learning: A never-ending story

This is a personal reflection by an Australian teacher, Joan Dalton, on her journey with co-operative learning in the classroom and the growth of co-operative learning in Australia as it is recognised as a major tool in inclusion.

Parental empowerment: an achievable outcome of the National Disability Service Standards

This article looks at parental empowerment in terms of the national Disability Service Standards.

Multicultural life skills assessment of individuals with severe disabilities

This article provides a sound introduction especially for teachers to the importance of a multicultural perspective in the process of assessment of students and its importance in planning the student's educational needs and outcomes.

Housing for Tim: Supporting Independent Living

Louise Hackett, parent of Tim, describes the process by which he moved out of home into a place which he rented and shared with another man.

Ordinary Lives