Grappling in the Dark
I have officially just gone one month out of the nursing home, and it has been very much an experience of finding my feet. It’s like trying to find your feet at the end of your body when you haven’t’...
View ArticleStories…they grow Understanding.
“Having a yarn…it’s deadly. And storytelling, well, it’s like weaving a basket – you know – joining us.” The storyteller lifted her arms up from the controls of her electric wheelchair and wove her...
View ArticleSummer in Hunter
Hope and determination are some of the key themes I have taken away from my first 3 months of speaking to young people living in nursing homes in Hunter Region of NSW. To kick things off, I...
View ArticleThe value of my life…
My case was one of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was assaulted for money, but I didn’t have any. What they did to me was cowardly, there were five of them and one of me. I was thrown...
View ArticleHousing and Disability: Where do we want to be in 10 years?
A free Public Forum facilitated by Stella Young A panel of experts will discuss the issue of housing for people with disability, challenging thinking with ideas about what it should look like in ten...
View ArticleThe Advantage of Collaboration to Build Technology Solutions for Young People...
At the end of September, Tom Worsnop and I participated in Telstra’s inaugural Vantage conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. At the opening of the conference, we provided...
View ArticleHousing & Disability – The Next 10 Years
“Group homes are great for parents but they don’t have to live in one” – one of the insights shared by Dr George Taleporus (Youth Disability Advocacy Service – YDAS) at the Summer Foundation forum on...
View ArticleNew research shows that Australia is not yet an inclusive society
Compared with the average Australian, people with disability are over four times more likely to experience reduced social and economic participation. This startling fact highlights the importance of...
View ArticleA reflection on the past week…
Over this past week, the Summer Foundation conducted four workshops around Victoria and New South Wales. In these workshops we have been working with young people in aged care, those who have left aged...
View ArticleOpportunity to hear the voices of an isolated and forgotten group
The Summer Foundation welcomes the Senate Inquiry into ‘Adequacy of existing residential care arrangements available for young people with a severe physical, mental or intellectual disabilities in...
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