Of late I have spent a lot of my time “noticing”. It has always been something I have done and use it as a skill in my life and work. I see possibilities in places others don’t and I can make connections and grow them. I have been imbedding practices into my daily life, for…
Download PDF Version Written by Olga Shared by Margaret Henville We have some lovely pictures of my daughter Alexia, enjoying the sun and her outings with Manaia Assist. She get’s to go out every day and experience something new. The best way to learn about the world as a Deafblind person is through touch and…
Download Jeder’s Asset Mapping Atlas was only so named because we wanted to avoid the idea of levels of hierarchy or areas of importance. The concept behind this is most clearly stated by ABCD co-founder, John McKnight, who says, “Every single person has capacities, abilities and gifts. Living a good life depends on whether those…
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 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…
