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Friendships Between Persons With and Without Developmental Disabilities

Interpersonal connections, friendships and belonging, play important roles in a person's emotional and physical well-being. However, recent studies reveal that persons with developmental disabilities often live with few connections and friendships within unwelcoming communities.

Joscelyn's Journey

In this video you are introduced to Joscelyn Sweeney, her family, school and friends. Joscelyn is in Year 6 at Lake Albert Public School in Wagga Wagga, NSW. She was the first child with significant intellectual disability to be educated in the regular class at this school.

Making Self-Employment Work for People with Disabilities

This handbook offers the practical support needed to help individuals with significant disabilities start and maintain a small business.

Like a sweet cup of tea: shared lives, neighbourhoods and communities

With the intention of encouraging a stronger movement in favour of authentic community living, and underpinned by a theme of reconciliation, this book provides stories of people with disabilities living ordinary lives, in valued roles, and in love relationships, and explores the ethics and practices that make this possible.

Ordinary Lives

Friendships Between Persons With and Without Developmental Disabilities

Joscelyn's Journey

Making Self-Employment Work for People with Disabilities

Like a sweet cup of tea: shared lives, neighbourhoods and communities

Perceptions Control Reality Our family’s journey to embracing an inclusionary vision

IQ Testing: A critique for parents of children with developmental disabilities

Night Life: Ten Years of Light in the Dark

Elvis Has Left the Building

Creating Positive Environments for Inclusion in Early Childhood Services and Primary Schools

Like a Family: Telling the Stories