Events: Tue 27 Mar 2018 - ONE OF THE KIDS

Making the program work: Professional skills and family concerns. Understanding ethnic differences: Responding to the family and child with appropriate expectations

This is a very valuable article on a subject not discussed very often - disability issues in different cultures. Hinley describes some of the cultural differences which may have important implications for professionals/workers/advocates working with families in which there is a child with a disability and attitudes towards professionals.

Discrimination against women with disabilities

Cooper, a woman with disabilities and a feminist, presents the argument that women with disabilities are not protected by either the Sex Discrimination Act or the Disability Discrimination Act.

Influencing change through political action

This article describes the work of the Canadian Association for Community Living which is a Canadian advocacy organisation.

Independence and group home living: Is there such a thing?

Written by a former resident of a group home, the author describes how he managed to get out and live in a flat with one other person (although he does make the point that although he gets on well with his flatmate he was never really given a choice about...

An interview with Linda Till

Linda Till, the mother of Becky a young woman with disabilities, describes her experiences of advocating on Becky's behalf, firstly to get her out of the nursing home in which she resided and secondly to get her included in the local school.

The Aboriginal community - fostering links with the community welfare sector

A really powerful article concerning Aboriginal people and the mainstream community welfare system.

In your entourage

The most important point that this article makes is how understanding of 'advocacy' has changed in the last two decades or so. Richler uses the work of the Canadian Association for Community Living to illustrate this.

Queensland employment service: a good act to follow

Employment training initiatives devised by the Queensland Spastic Welfare League get high praise from the federal government and this author for their leading edge work in placing people with disabilities in real jobs. Keyword: Employment

Brendan's story

Another story by a parent about the decision that their son would "live his life to the full" starting with his education at both pre and school age levels.

The road less travelled....in search of positive inclusion of children in local, home schools

Darrell Wills presents some interesting thoughts about the possible detriments of using legal strategies to include children in their local schools.

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