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A
good life, an ordinary life: A collection of writings from CRUcial
Times (Vol 1)
by Community Resource Unit Inc
This
collection of writings comes from the periodical, CRUcial Times,
which is published quarterly by Community Resource Unit.
Authors include people with disabilities,
family members, service providers, and advocates for change.
The magazine-style book is divided into six sections, offering
articles that provide some insights into how a person with a
disability might be supported to get and enjoy a good life.
The sections are: Through a sense of belonging; Through relationships;
through dreams and aspirations; Through collective action; Through
struggle; Through good service support.
Published 2001, paperback, 90 pages.
$20.00
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Community Conversations:
A Collection of Writings from CRUcial Times (Vol 2).
by Community Resource Unit Inc
Community
Conversations is the second published collection of articles from
CRU's periodical, CRUcial Times.
Community Resource Unit believes that it is vitally important
for us to keep having conversations with each other - conversations
about our beliefs, our hopes and our ideas for enhancing the
lives of people with disabilities and others who are vulnerable
in our
communities.
The articles in this book enrich our sense of community, whether
this is through a stronger sense of everyday lives in our neighbourhoods,
or by contributing to the strengthening of a community of people
who are struggling to achieve better lives for people with disabilities
- lives that are meaningful, with strong connections to others.
The articles have been written by a variety of contributors including
people with disabilities, service workers, parents, scholars and
community members. The sections include: being part of a vital
community; identity and roles; being in life, not a system; and
challenges and strategies for services.
Published 2003, paperback, 94 pages. $20.00
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Relationships
& Everyday Lives: People With A Disability And Vital Communities
by Community Resource Unit Inc
This
collection expands our thinking about relationships and community,
offering examples from the lives of those who have dared to believe
that people with disability can experience positive, reciprocal
relationships, sustained and developed over time. It will be an
important resource for people with disability, their families
and all who join the contributors’ vision of lives lived
in relationship and community.
Published
2003, paperback, 172 pages. $32.50
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Gathering the
Wisdom - Changing Realities in the Lives of People with Disabilities
by Community Resource Unit Inc
Published
by Community Resource Unit, the book offers a deep insight into
some of the changes that have shaped many disability issues in
Australia.
The book contains chapters by individuals who have been involved
in creating legislation to those affected by it; from those who
have received services to those providing them; and from those
fighting society's dominant paradigms to those responsible for
making change at all levels of society including the closure of
large institutions, inclusive school practices, and strengthening
the roles of ordinary citizens.
A depth of experience enables this book to explore methods of
change. It discusses theory and reality, the struggle and emotions
in the lives of people with disabilities, and suggests how a desirable
future may become a reality.
Published
1999, paperback, 250 pages. $27.50
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Telling the
Untold: Families, Disability &Institutions - stories of banned
and unrequited love by Community Resource Unit Inc
Written by Beverley Funnell and
published by Community Resource Unit, this book draws on the narratives
of families who had sons or daughters, sisters or brothers living
in Challinor Centre, a large state-run institution for people
with disabilities located in the southeast corner of Queensland.
Sections of the book include such topics as:
Recollections of family life; the unrewarding search for support;
'Mother blame'; the impact of institutionalisation on all members
of the family; families kept in the background; the role of professionals
and the service system; life after the institution; the power
of the storyteller; a transformed relationship between parents
and professionals; and the characteristics of helpful professional
practitioners.
The book is essential reading for those who support people who
have left institutions for life in the community and for those
whose work is to support families who have sons or daughters with
disabilities.
Published 2001, paperback, 110 pages. $20.00
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Like a Sweet
Cup of Tea: Shared Lives, Neighbourhoods and Communities
by Community Resource Unit Inc
With the intention of encouraging a
stronger movement in favour of authentic community living, and
underpinned by a theme of reconciliation, this book provides
stories of people with disabilities living ordinary lives, in
valued roles,
and in love relationships, and explores the ethics and the practices
that make this possible
Published 2004, paperback, 187 pages. $32.50
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Leisure, Integration
and Community (2nd edition) by Peggy
Hutchison and Judith McGill
Written
by Peggy Hutchison and Judith McGill, and published by Leisurability
Publications, this book is an essential reference for all those
who seek to support people with disabilities as fully participating
members of the community. The authors are highly experienced in
supporting people with disabilities to gain access to valued leisure
roles that contribute to strong ties to the community. In great
detail they describe the process of dramatically changing how
individuals with disabilities think about themselves, and are
defined by others.
The book provides a wealth of practical material on how to build
roles and relationships, and an integrated life in the community
for people with disabilities. Easily accessed by readers, this
valuable book deals with such topics as:
Leisure and community; leisure connections; life experiences;
being seen as a unique individual; good role models; rich learning
experiences; friendship as a core element of integration; barriers
to friendship; planning for change; creating a vision of a desirable
future; parallels between leisure and person-centred approach;
ways of understanding community; adopting changing roles; and
community as a social network.
Published
1998, paperback, 361 pages. $66.55
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A Good Life
for You and Your Relative with a Disability
by Al Etmanski
Parent and
author, Al Etmanski, describes what is truly important when contemplating
the future of a person with a disability. Full of practical ideas,
this 330-page book is positive and inspiring.
Published 2000, paperback, 328 pages.
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Developing
Leisure Identities
by Judith McGill
The author, Judith
McGill, is an energetic community organizer and educator. Her
focus is on helping people to take a clear look at the assumptions
behind their day-to-day practices when they are supporting people
with disabilities to become actively engaged in the life of their
community.
The book is based on the belief that through leisure involvement
we gain a stronger sense of who we are, and our sense of belonging
is strengthened. It is a resourceful book that covers such topics
as: How leisure roles change and evolve throughout life; exploring
a leisure identity; developing visual maps of the role and identity;
role of family, friend and support worker; leisure as an event,
diversion or treat; leisure identities involve a strong perception
of risk; and relationship building.
Published
1996, paperback, 110 pages. $30.25
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Daring To Dream:
Stories of Parent Advocacy in Queensland
by Jennifer Barrkman
Rich with the collective wisdom
of people who promote, protect and defend the rights of vulnerable
people, this book includes help on how best to deal with inflexible
systems, and the many different roads that have led people to
collective action of systems advocacy.
Published
2002, paperback, 171 pages. $20.00
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A brief introduction
to Social Role Valorization as a high-order concept for structuring
human services
by Wolf Wolfensberger
This
monograph serves as an initial orientation to Social Role Valorization
(SRV) theory and to some of the major subtopics of the theory,
including: the reality of societal devaluation; the dynamics of
role expectancy; the power of social roles; the combination of
image-enhancing and competency-enhancing strategies in a human
service; and the importance of personal social integration for
people at risk of social devaluation.
Although the book has a lot to say about human services, the principles
of SRV are equally applicable to many decisions and activities
that are made outside of formal human service organisations: in
ordinary lives; interpersonal relationships; and informal ways
of helping or relating to people with a disability.
Published 1998, small paperback, 139 pages.
$28.50
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The Future
of Children with Significant Impairment, What Parents Fear and
Want, and What Others May Be Able to Do About It by Wolf
Wolfensberger.
The material in the book is divided
into three parts. "What will happen to my handicapped child
when I am gone?" " Thoughts on parental responsibilities
when ones child is impaired." "Common experiences of
parents of impaired children."
Published 2003, paperback, 120 pages.
$25.00
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The Origin and Nature of
Our Institutional Models
by Wolf Wolfensberger (1975) $17.60
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The new genocide of handicapped
and afflicted people
by Wolf Wolfensberger
This monograph, written in 1987 by Wolf Wolfensberger, is a somewhat
prophetic writing, given the unchecked excesses of genetic technology
today and the threats to people with disabilities, before and
after birth. The author stresses that nothing comes out of nothing:
if society kills some of its members, then certain developments
must have occurred previously so as to dispose that society into
such an action. A large portion of the monograph is spent explaining
how people in any society become devalued; how being devalued
and rejected can jeopardize a person's life; and how devalued
people are at risk of being made dead in a systematic fashion.
Published 1987, photocopied, 113 pages.
$15.00
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Finding People
To Be There: Rebuilding a Sense of Belonging
by Neil and Penny Barringham
Drawn from
the experience of working with people who are isolated and vulnerable,
this resource offers helpful ideas and strategies for responding
to people's expressed need to belong. It focuses on how opportunities
for relationships can be increased, and on the importance of the
ordinary.
Published 2002, paperback, 60 pages. $15.00 |
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Night Life:
Ten Years of Light in the Dark
by Jan Dyke
This
book is about a small community-based service - governed by the
people themselves - that assists people with disabilities in a
personalised way in their own homes at night. The uplifting story
has lessons not only about service provision, but also about life.
Published 2002, paperback, 121 pages. $16.50
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A Place
Called Home
by Alison Ouellette
This small book is the story
of creating an independent lifestyle and home for a young man
called David, whose family and their plans, were inspired by Nicola
Schaefer.
Published 2002, paperback, 54 pages. $15.00
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Changing
Lives, Changing Communities
by Harriet Ziegler.
An excellent plain-English description
of Social Role Valorisation.
Published 2004, paperback, 12 pages. $8.00
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Like
a Sweet Cup of Tea: Shared Lives, Neighbourhoods and Communities.
by Community Resource Unit Inc
With the intention of encouraging
a stronger movement in favour of authentic community living,
and underpinned by a theme of reconciliation this book provides
stories of people with disabilities living ordinary lives, in
valued roles, and in love relationships, and explores the ethics
and the practices that make this possible.
Published 2004, paperback, 187 pages.
$32.50 |
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Movement
Differences and Diversity in Autism/Mental Retardation
by Anne M. Donnellan, PhD and
Martha R. Leary, MA, CCC-SLP
Appreciating and Accommodating People with Communication
and Behavior Challenges
Published 1995, paperback, 103 pages.
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CRUcial Times