Presentations Now Available from Ageing with A Disability Forum

The Futures Alliance  & The Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW Division) presented Ageing with a Disability Research, Policy & Practice Forum on November 21^st 2011. 

This was held in Blacktown and attracted about 100 attendees including the Minister for Ageing and Disability Services Andrew Constance.

The forum brought together a range of guest speakers who spoke on the topics below.

Please click on the title of the presentation to link to the power point slides. 

Panacea or Catalyst: Potential impact of the proposed National Disability Insurance Scheme outcomes for people aging with intellectual disability                                             

Professor Christine Bigby

School of Social Work, Latrobe University

Caring for Older Australians Productivity Commission Report

Paul Sadler

President The Australian Association of Gerontology (NSW), Presbyterian Aged Care NSW & ACT

Personal Support Networks and People with Intellectual Disability 

Assoc. Prof Roger Stancliffe                    

Faculty of Health Science, University of Sydney

Transition to retirement: The Active Mentoring model 
Assoc.Professor Roger Stancliffe

Faculty of Health Science, University of Sydney

Living with the Reality of Staying in our Own Home Longer with a Disability

John Morgan OAM

Project / Liaison Officer, Cerebral Palsy Alliance

An audience member, Tony Meli, who is an advocate for people who are both deaf and blind, wished to share his YouTube Video with the audience. It can be found by clicking here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/angieandtony100            

Thank you to all who presented and attended this forum. 

The Futures Alliance looks forward to continuing our work in this area in 2012.