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Innovative support for people with disability

The aim of this booklet is to provide information and promote discussion about supports that have been effective in meeting the needs of people with disability and families through the transfer of control and funding to the people whose needs they are designed to meet.

More than getting through the Gate: the involvement of parents who have a disability in their children's school education in NSW

This report is written from the perspective of parents with disabilities. It records the experiences of parents with disabilities who have been prevented from participating in the education of their children.

Positive Rituals and Quality of LIfe

Michael Smull stresses the importance of rituals in our lives. Smull points out how rituals ease us through our days, and add to our quality of life.

The Foundations of Inclusive Education

This book brings together current research on inclusive education for students with more significant disabilities. These articles were originally published in JASH (the Journal of TASH). It covers both the conceptual underpinnings of inclusion as well as the strategies that have proven effective across USA.

An Introduction to People with Intellectual Disability & their Association with the Law

In the context of the criminal justice system, people with intellectual disability lead a vulnerable life: a life of risk that they become a victim, witness, suspect or offender.

Social Justice and the Changing Directions in Educational Research: the Case of Inclusive Education

Inclusive education has established itself as an important element within the general field of educational research.

Accessible Homes mean Barrier-Free Friendships

The title of this article says it all. Hershey makes a passionate plea for private housing to be accessible. Hershey, who uses a wheelchair for mobility, rejoices in the opportunity to visit friends in their own home.

The Differing Values in Parts of Client-Land

This article underlines the importance of checking out what people with intellectual disability are communicating through unusual behaviours (such as head-banging). Gill Levy stresses that the reasons may be due to physical problems. Levy illustrates her article with examples. Keyword: Health. Searchword: Attitudes

Outcomes and costs of community living: A matched comparison of group homes and semi-independent living

This article outlines research comparing group home living with semi-independent living, using individuals who had been matched. Research revealed that most outcomes did not differ significantly by group.

Making Inclusion Happen

This article consists of notes taken by a participant at a workshop for families presented by John O'Brien & Connie Lyle O'Brien. The participants considered the question