This two-day event gathered and connected people with disabilities, family members, friends, workers, and allies to focus on building our capacity for lifelong inclusion.
We live in challenging times as we navigate the path to achieving good lives for people with disabilities. It’s important that we come together to share real stories of what can be achieved for everybody – from young children to mature adults.
Through this event and in these recordings we promise you inspiration, encouragement and stories illustrating hopeful possibilities. This will also be a chance to reflect on what gets in the way of a good life and what we need to do to claim and create a positive future. There will be time to connect with friends and opportunities to meet new allies for change.
Dan Read
Presenting: Take the Notes but Make Your Own Music
Professor Bruce Bonyhady
Presenting: Reflecting on Change – twenty years investment in the NDIS
Dan & Samuel Habib
Presenting: Our Family Journey (joining us online from New Hampshire USA)
Assoc. Professor Lorna Hallahan
Presenting: For sale in a market: what protects my dignity?
Thomas Mayo
Presenting - Collective Acts of Commitment: Maintaining Hope in Challenging Times
Friday Workshop Presentations
From the Friday workshop sessions two were recorded including a collection about employment and the other about supported decision making. To read more about the presenters and these sessions you can review the presenter guides linked below:
Getting a Job – stories of where to start and what it takes!
Workshop Presenters - Helen Neale, Rohan & Jenni Pidgeon and Dr Jenny Crosbie
Voice, Rights and Risk: Exploring Supported Decision-Making
Workshop Presenters - Dr Michelle Browning, John Chesterman and Taylor & Hazel Lloyd
Saturday Workshop Presentation
From the Saturday workshops, one session was recorded covering the topic of friendships and the power of freely given relationships. To read more about the presenters and these sessions you can review the presenter guides linked below:
Friendship, Connection & Importance of Freely Given Relationships
Workshop Presenters - Dr Lisa Bridle, Jenny Smith & Katrina Fredberg