Jun 12th, 2019
Taking Charge of Life, with Libby Ellis
Separated from her brother at childhood, Libby shares her journey of supporting her brother to create a great life. Enjoy this conversation with Li...View Details
Jun 12th, 2019
Separated from her brother at childhood, Libby shares her journey of supporting her brother to create a great life. Enjoy this conversation with Li...View Details
Don is one of the world’s leading experts on siblings, and has supported siblings for the last 35 years. Don Meyer, Director of the Sibling Support Pr...View Details
Nov 16th, 2017
In 1995, Patti looked to redesign the disability support organization, moving away from the norm, and she co-founded Neighbours Inc.; an organization ...View Details
Discussing bio medical (non-medical) approaches to well-being for people with disabilities. This week’s podcast/ blog is a rebroadcast from Episode #0...View Details
This week’s guest on the podcast/ blog is David Hasbury. David shares the history of disability, and disability services to help us understand how we ...View Details
Oct 19th, 2017
Learn how the OPZ family care system works, and hear Toni Smit's foster family experience. Also, hear the benefits and drawbacks of being a foster fam...View Details
Siblings supporting their brother's and sister's on friendships, dating, and dreaming big, with Melissa Janson Today, we are kicking off our second ...View Details
Oct 3rd, 2017
Jessica and I discuss her approach to helping families create a home, lessons learned from the Be At Home Creative Housing Supports project , innovati...View Details
Sep 26th, 2017
In this podcast, we discuss the most common question Brendon is asked by families, which is: 'How do I secure the future for my loved one with a disab...View Details
Bill Hiltz shares his story of how he was mistreated and caged in an institution as a toddler, freed by loving people, and how he has grown into a lea...View Details
Sep 12th, 2017
Parenting author, Ann Douglas, discusses parenting a child with a mental illness /disability, and practicing self-care so we are available as care-giv...View Details
In this week’s podcast/ blog our featured guest is Jeff Dobbin, Executive Director of Partners for Planning (P4P) in Toronto Ontario. Jeff and I discu...View Details
This is the story of Michael Mainland’s incredible ordinary life. Michael is 38 years old, works at Boston Pizza, has his own house, lives with a room...View Details
Aug 3rd, 2017
Hear the story of the Rougemount Housing Co-operative & the Deohaeko Support Network, learn what intentional community is and how to build it, lea...View Details
A sibling care-giver tells her story of becoming her brother's go to person after her parents passed sooner than anyone expected. This podcast is impo...View Details
Apr 17th, 2017
Social Enterprise that is Empowering Growth and Inclusion, with Karen Chambers of Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf What you will learn in this ...View Details
Apr 10th, 2017
#006 - Social Capital; Building Relationships to Improve Well-Being, with Al Condeluci & Keenan Wellar What you will learn in this episode: - D...View Details
Apr 3rd, 2017
Families Supporting Families, with Sue Simpson of the Waterloo Region Family Network (WRFN) What you will learn in this episode: - Discover family ...View Details
Mar 27th, 2017
#004 - Employees with a Disability and Employers Collaborate for Workplace Success, with Laura McKeen, of Cohen Highley LLP Lawyers What you will le...View Details
003 - Independent Facilitation and Support Circles Enriching Lives, with Joanna Goode, Director of Facilitation Wellington Dufferin What you will ge...View Details