Do you want your family member to have a meaningful life with a deeper level of belonging in their community? Come along to this workshop ready to explore the interests of your family member so you walk away with new ideas and pathways to get started.
Explore typical adult opportunities by considering the individual interests of your family member! We will look at strategies for helping a person with disability to have a good life and provide the advocacy tools to make this happen.
Guest Speaker - Meg Sweeney
Meg is our guest speaker for this workshop and has a great deal of knowledge and expertise discussing strategies to obtain typical adult opportunities for people with developmental disability. She is the proud mother of three young adults, one of whom has an intellectual disability. Meg has been assisting her daughter to forge her adult life including getting a job, volunteering, expanding her networks and moving into a home of her own.