Date post: | 18-Aug-2015 |
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Participant ReadinessPeople with intellectual and learning
disability
An NDIS Participant Readiness activity funded by the Department of Communities,
Child Safety and Disability Services.
About Queenslanders with Disability Network
• QDN is a state-wide network of, for, and with people with disability.
• Focus on people with disability as empowered citizens
• The network regularly brings members together to provide policy advice about important issues that affect their lives.
Ready to go’s work
• Queensland - state-wide
• Helping people with intellectual disability and people with a cognitive impairment get ready for NDIS
Ready to go is aiming to…
• Develop peer leaders in their communities with regards to NDIS
• Increase the awareness, knowledge and confidence of people with intellectual disability to navigate the NDIS
The approach
• Co-design• Peer facilitation• Peer leaders• Interactive and accessible processes
Our observations of participants:
• Speaking up and having a voice
• Learning new things• Sharing hopes and dreams for
future
My life domains