When families begin exploring disability support options, they’re often handed a list of services, rosters, and programs designed for the masses. While these can work for some, many families quickly realise that these systems weren’t built with their unique child, teenager or adult in mind — nor with their family’s rhythms, values and wellbeing at the centre.
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Empowering Your Child with a Disability: Celebrating Strengths and Building a Bright Future
As parents, we all want the best for our children. We dream of seeing them thrive, succeed, and lead fulfilling lives. For parents of children with disability, this desire is no different. However, the journey can often come with unique challenges and uncertainties.
Customised Service For One: Why it works
Creating a customised service-for-one isn’t just about doing things differently—it’s about doing things with purpose, clarity, and heart. It’s about building a life around a person, not a person around a system.
When Does a Service for One or Customised Supports Not Work?
A Service for One or customised support model can offer incredible benefits — flexibility, person-led design, and greater alignment with individual goals and family values. But like any approach, it’s not a magic fix. Here’s a look at when a customised support model might not work — and why.
What is a Service for One?
A Service for One is exactly what it sounds like: a completely individualised support arrangement, built around one person. But it’s more than a funding model or an administrative setup — it’s a values-driven approach to designing a good life.
Why You Need a Clear Vision Before You Start Your Service for One
Have you ever jumped into a project or big decision without being quite sure what you wanted the end result to be? Maybe it was renovating a room, planning a holiday, or even just heading to the shops without a list. Chances are, it took longer, cost more, or left you feeling unsure if youContinueContinue reading “Why You Need a Clear Vision Before You Start Your Service for One”
It’s Okay Not To Be Okay: Why carer-parents don’t seek support for their own wellbeing
Carer-parents have stress levels that can be equivalent to that of combat veterans. Yet it is seen as a group who just need to get on and do what they need to do. But it doesn’t mean we are okay.
Building resilience and courage by changing how you think
Your thoughts matter. The way you think about an event, matters. Whether you interpret an event as stressful or not, will determine how you are able to cope with it. Whenever something happens in our lives, we assess it based on our own view of the world and ourselves.
A 100 Year Journey to Family Partnerships
My grandmother was raised in poverty. Her story convinces me we must do things differently to break the cycle, and make the systems work for us.
The Carer Cognitive Load and How Employers Can Support
The carer role is hard. It takes your attention, focus and emotional energy, often with little or no return. But what about juggling work as well?
