When we get innovative in human services, sometimes we end up with the equivalent of a car with square wheels!

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If people with disabilities are enjoying lives pretty much like other citizens, in terms of work, education, home life, participation in the community and so on, then you would have to say that is a huge improvement in quality of life. You judge it by the outcomes in the lives of the people.

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Trump says that while families can be “terrified” by the transition, residents are often elated by the opportunities. “They ask questions like: ‘Can someone help me go to the bank?’ or ‘Can I work during the day and go out at night?’” she says. “It warms our heart that we are making a difference by teaching families that anyone can live in the community as long as they have the right support.”

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Community ConnectionsIt’s All About Relationships!

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The way systems respond to a person with labels like those carried by Royce is almost always reactive in nature: an increasingly restrictive approach that medicalizes unmet human

needs as “behaviors.” This approach tends to feed on itself by increasing thelikelihood and intensity of challenging behaviors.

Royce is now 23 and wants to live on his own, says his father, Ralph.

But the family has been told he needs constant care, and that there are no resources available to meet his needs.

The reality is, developmental services agencies tend to be not very skilled or practiced inthe art or science of relationships. Traditionally, their talent lies in creating and managingprograms and infrastructure. We need a different theory to get us where we need to be as facilitators of relationships for the people we are trusted and honoured with supporting.

Friendship does not just happen…

Phil and Catherine

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