Start: Wed 30 Oct, 2024 09:30 End: Wed 30 Oct, 2024 17:00
Location: 59 Cameron Ave Conference and Event Centre, Level 11/59 Cameron Ave, Belconnen ACT 2617
An in-person full-day workshop exploring individualised and innovative ways that people with a disability have used to create their own homes while getting the support they need.
- Wednesday, 30 October 2024
- 9:30 am – 5.00 pm
What this workshop is about
Home is a vital part of our lives. It provides us with security, privacy, comfort, and control. It also reflects our identity and adulthood, giving us a deep sense of who we are and how we connect and belong in our neighbourhood.
Yet for many people, particularly those with intellectual disability and Autism, home is designed by others. Individuals are left with little control over the decisions that most people take for granted. Some families wonder if it’s even possible for their family members to live in their own homes.
In this practical and interactive workshop, we will explore individualised and innovative ways that people with disability have used to create their own homes while getting the support they need.
Guest speaker – Katrina Sneath
Katrina is a passionate self-advocate and wants to advocate for other people with intellectual disability.
As a child, Katrina lived in England and, for a time, in France, attending the local schools.
Katrina has previously worked as a legal aid, interviewer, co-researcher, and advocate. She currently works as a project administrator for 3DN at the University of New South Wales, helping to support the health and well-being of people with cognitive disability. She enjoys public speaking and has presented at many conferences, including the World Down Syndrome Congresses in Glasgow and Brisbane.
Katrina moved to Sydney nearly six years ago and loves living there. She lives independently in a private rental one-bedroom flat, while her parents live in New Zealand and her siblings in Queensland. Katrina enjoys travelling independently on public transport and national and international air travel. She dreams of going to New York one day.
In her spare time, Katrina enjoys diamond painting, cycling, singing, dancing, and watching movies. She hopes to learn to play the ukulele.
What we will discuss in this workshop
- What it really means to have your own home
- The essential elements that make a person’s home their own
- How to find the inspiration and certainty that a person with disability can have their own home
- Creating and holding a personalised vision for home
- First steps to consider when creating a home of your own that’s unique to you
- How to test ideas to live in your own home and how to implement the ones that work
- A range of home options and creative supports
- Working collaboratively to address common barriers, challenges and fears
- The concept of Home as a part of having a good life within a community and neighbourhood
- Setting up for long-term safety and success
- Stories about people living in their own homes with a range of support.
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop will be relevant to people with developmental disabilities, their families and supporters as they think through how they might move into and thrive in a home they can call their own.
How to register
Registrations close: Wednesday, October 23 2024, at 5:00 pm AEDT
Register for the My Home My Way workshop in Canberra
Accessibility
We aim to ensure that people have equal access to our events. If you need alternative formats or other reasonable adjustments, please contact us by email: anne(at)imaginemore.org.au with your request by Monday, October 21, so that arrangements, where possible, can be made.
This workshop/webinar is brought to you by Imagine More as part of the My Home, My Way initiative by the National Alliance of Capacity Building Organisations (NACBO).
It was financially assisted through an Information, Linkages and Capacity-Building Grant from the Department of Social Services,
Resources about Home developed by NACBO partners
My Home, My Way website
This website contains many resources, often written or produced by people with a disability and their supporters. These resources will assist in holding a vision for each person, no matter what their needs, to live in their own home with a range of personally tailored supports.
My Home, My Way podcast
This podcast contains information and stories from people with a disability and their supporters.
ILO (Individualised Living Options) Toolkit
A Toolkit to support people with disability who are interested in pursuing an Individualised Living Option (ILO) through the NDIS. To get support with ILO arrangements, please reach out directly to your local NACBO organisation.