Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

One student's experience with college life

This is an article about how one young woman with an intellectual disability went to university. Specifically it details how the particular university was decided upon, how the supports and schedules were arranged, who is involved in this woman's support and what their roles are.

Helping individuals with severe disabilities find leisure activities

A rather technical piece, this article provides some really good guidelines for selecting leisure activities for individuals with high support needs.

Information needs of siblings

This short article provides parents with ways they can inform sons and daughters at different ages about their brothers'/sisters' disability.

Promoting a culture of inclusion

There are a number of levels at which true inclusion in Australia must occur - the author chooses to focus on iniatives around people with a disability from non English speaking backgrounds (NESB) at a Federal Government level.

Assuring quality in supported employment

The concept of supported employment encompasses the belief that work should promote the dignity of an individual and enhance his or her role in society.

Integration Means All our Children Belong

"This book is intended to open a window on New Brunswick schools [to see] how a social change - integration [inclusion] - has moved a province. You will read what teachers, students and parents have to say about their experience. . . "(p. 2).

Religious participation for all

A collection of articles concerned with ideas about and strategies for inclusion in religious services. There are a number of stories about children and young people who have been included in various religious communities, for example Sunday School, religious education classes, prayer groups and bar mitzvah's. Keyword: Inclusion

Hey, We're Getting Old

While this is quite an old monograph, most of the issues and ideas it presents are relevant today (although the statistics are not!!).

Sterilisation and other medical procedures on children

This report by the Family Law Council (FLC) details its recommendations and general discussion around the issue of sterilisation (which most commonly involves young women with intellectual disabilities - the gender dimension of the issue also needing to be taken into account) to the Attorney General.

Who Will Be There When I'm Gone? Women's experiences as primary carers of their sons and daughters with intellectual disabilities

An innovative and confronting piece of research focussing on 17 women and their stories as mothers and primary carers.

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