Download December Newsletter This year has been an odd one and what we have seen from our membership has been nothing but astounding as they rallied together, very early on, to compile a useful, relevant set of COVID-19 resources. The small Jedi (working group) who came together quickly and fercely to achieve this knew intrinsically…
By Bernadette Melder Renato is an NDIA participant who suffers from 5 different types of seizures and a mild intellectual disability. Renato is 56 years old, still lives in the family home he lived in with his father, which he now owns himself, and over the years, his fine motor skills have gradually deteriorated.…
Permission has been given to use *Matthew’s real name Michaela from the Jeder Institute started working with *Matthew in 2017, when he was 17 years of age. He had a plan allocated, with a poor budget and no support coordination, so Michaela initially came in to help the family sort that out. Matthew loves…
Download Newsletter We have some super exciting news to share with you. At this month’s ABCD Institutes Board meeting in Chicago, USA, our very own Dee Brooks was voted onto the board. Dee becomes the first international member to be elected on to the board and we are extremely proud of her achievement. Keeping the…
Download October Newsletter We are excited to see COVID-19 restrictions lifting across Australia to our new COVID normal. Our NDIS team have done an amazing job at supporting NDIS participants navigate our new COVID world from providing virtual support through to helping people access PPE to ensure people could still participate in community in a…
Download September Newsletter Spring has Sprung!! and we are feeling full of energy. Whilst COVID is still impacting the way we live and work across Australia, our teams have become very resourceful in supporting individuals and communities. In the last few weeks, our Community Building team, (Dee, Fiona and Michelle) has been having lots of…
Download Lessons from a Pandemic Author: Dee Brooks & Michelle Dunscombe Publish Date: 11th September 2020 It’s a brave, new world! Some of us were already offering online versions of our work, some of us were dabbling in what we might do, in the future, others were thrown into a pivot that made our heads…
Download An influential overview By Dee Brooks & Judi Geggie The following paper has been written from the perspective of two former staff members from the Family Action Centre (FAC), University of Newcastle; a strengths-based centre that was an early adopter and pioneer of ABCD work in Australia. The authors have both since left the…
Download August Newsletter Wow! It’s almost spring. The glorious sunshine is bringing a renewed sense of hope and action for the remainder of 2020. Our teams have been doing an amazing job of adapting and pivoting to continue to work with communities and individuals from Tasmania to Queensland; Western Australia to New Zealand. We hope…
