Relationship and connection for people with disability can be treated as an optional add-on after all other ‘care’ is provided rather than a fundamental human need.
The stories shared in this workshop from CRU’s Building Capacity for Lifelong Inclusion event in 2025 showed people both preventing and remedying isolation, and the intentional strategies that have helped people move from isolation to more connected lives.
Learning Objectives
The presentations in this workshop will:
- Build capacity and life skills, or support others to build capacity and life skills to develop, sustain and improve relationships.
- Develop capacity including through peer learning, drawing from the experiences of people with disability and families around building connections and relationships towards greater, lifelong independence in the community.
This session includes presentations from Dr Lisa Bridle, Jenny Smith and Katrina Fredberg. Click here to access the Playlist or view the presentations below.