Life in the Community – Family Advocacy

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  Who We Are
  
  Family Advocacy is an independent, impartial advocacy organisation that supports families across New South Wales to promote and defend the rights and interests of people with developmental disability. The organisation is managed and staffed by parents and allies of people with disability, who recognise the issues that people with disability and families face and who can assist in strengthening the advocacy and capacity of families.
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  - Management Committee
  Social Role Valorisation
  
  Resourcing Inclusive Communities
- Employment Opportunities
  - Inclusion Collection Volunteer
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What We Do
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  What We Do
  
  Family Advocacy is an independent, impartial advocacy organisation that supports families across New South Wales to promote and defend the rights and interests of people with developmental disability. The organisation is managed and staffed by parents and allies of people with disability, who recognise the issues that people with disability and families face and who can assist in strengthening the advocacy and capacity of families.
- Systemic Advocacy
  Building Capacity
- Advocacy & Leadership Development
  - Leadership Training for Families
  Community Stories
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  Advocacy in Action
  
  Advocacy sharpens our ability to recognise what is just or unjust in our communities and to foster necessary social change.
- Early Childhood
  School Years
- Employment for All
  Creating a Home
  - Housing Support
  - Supported Living Stories
  Navigating NDIS
  
  External Complaint Bodies
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  Get Involved
  
  Advocacy sharpens our ability to recognise what is just or unjust in our communities and to foster necessary social change.
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Life in the Community

Resulting from a 21 state, 5 year study, this important text reports on innovative community integration efforts around the USA. Comprehensive case studies around three themes – families and their children; housing homes and support for adults with disabilities; and the role of community and society in integration – provide the reader with practical ideas, applications, and strategies to promote successful community integration for people of all abilities. Keywords: Accommodation, Community Development, Inclusion

Author

Taylor, Steven et al

Publisher

Paul.H.Brookes Publishing Co., Baltimore

Publication date

1/01/1991

Origin

United States

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