field – Self-directed Funding Blog

Choices, choices, choices – everyone has choices! So do the concepts of “disability” and choice go together? Is the ability to steer one’s life in the direction one wants still a foreign concept to people with disabilities – maybe for some, but not for other people with disabilities and their families? In recent years people [...]

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Hi everyone, I am interested in finding out what is really happening out there for people with disabilities and self directed approaches?  There is a lot of reading material out there telling us what this model is and how it will give us more control in our lives.  I have spoken to a few people [...]

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Hi everyone, As you know field has been trying to find out what peoples’ experiences have been around deciding to take on or taking on self-directed approaches i.e. self directed planning; self directed funding, self directed support. We are interested in finding out what reading material, resources or websites you may have used which were [...]

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Last Sunday(9.05.10) the Age ran an article entitled “A long road to life beyond lockdown.” This article illustrated how the lives of people with disabilities can change and improve when they are treated with respect and the effects of a disability are managed in a positive way so the person can start living their lives [...]

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Hi, would you be interested in sharing your experiences / stories around being involved in setting up your self-directed approach? We are trying to set up an information page on our website around people with disabilities experiences and stories (good or bad) of setting up their own self directed approaches, whether they be self directed [...]

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Field’s SELF- DIRECTED APPROACHES FORUM  FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER, 2009 This forum explored the change that self-directed approaches will mean for the disability sector in both the reorientation of services and self directed funding / approaches. This has created opportunities to strengthen the sector as well as created challenges in the provision of service to people [...]

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 THE   GREAT DEBATE, 2009 Have services improved for people with disabilities?  WEDNESDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER 2009 Well, the Great Debate has come and gone!  What did we learn?  Have services improved for some people with disabilities and their associates, and not for others?  Why is this so?  Is the way people go about getting services effective [...]

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