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 ...View Details
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Archive for the 'Inclusion' Category
Jan 31st, 2019
#056: How To Create The Good Life, with Genia Stephen
Here is the secret.... it is to start with developing valued roles. What is a valued role? A valued roles is the answer you give to the question 'Wha...View Details
Dec 11th, 2018
#054: Ben Drew’s Mission to Fight Oppression and Create Ordinary Lives for People with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities
Learn about the Open Future Learning training resource for supporters of people that have an IDD, & how Ben Drew is fighting the oppression of peo...View Details
Nov 29th, 2018
#053: Personal Support Networks, with Rebecca Pauls
In this episode, you will learn all about Personal Support Networks! You might have heard of support circles, circles, microboards, or aroha's (there...View Details
Learn how people with disabilities have lived, how they are living, and what we have learned from renowned consultant Michael Kendrick. [4-minute r...View Details
May 23rd, 2018
#045: Uncovering the Truth: We are Oppressing People with Disabilities, With Lynne Seagle
Guest Lynne Seagle shares how her organizaton was oppressing people with disabilities, and what they did about it. This week’s guest is Lynne Sea...View Details
Apr 25th, 2018
#043: Building Relationship and Inclusion, with Nick Maisey
Guest Nick Maisey, founder of Befriend, shares his insights on building relationships and creating more inclusive cultures. Nick is an Occupational Th...View Details
Dec 14th, 2017
#041: A 4-Stage Framework to Build Relationships, for People with Disabilities, with Al Condeluci and Keenan Wellar
Al Condeluci provides us with a 4-stage framework to build social capital (meaningful relationships) for people with disabilities. Keenan Wellar also ...View Details
Nov 16th, 2017
#037: Redesigning the Disability Service Organization
In 1995, Patti looked to redesign the disability support organization, moving away from the norm, and she co-founded Neighbours Inc.; an organizatio...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...View Details
Learn what intentional community is, and the building blocks to build your own intentional community. This week, I am re-sharing an important conversa...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 le...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 d...View Details
Aug 16th, 2017
#024: Breaking Down Stigma, with Jackie Goldstein
In my conversations with people with disabilities, their families, and supporters one of the biggest dreams they have is social acceptance. This blog ...View Details