Disability

What support and changes would make participation possible?

If this question concerns your own life, your account of what is helpful, frustrating or important deserves to be heard. Disability does not tell someone else how you feel about your life or what you want to do. Assistance should begin with asking and listening.

Access, autonomy and the design of environments matter. Employers, services and communities carry responsibilities for barriers they create or control. Support should respect the person's preferences and ways of communicating. We can recognise a need for assistance while taking the person's abilities, choices and whole life seriously.

A question to sit with (optional): What matters to me in this situation, and what would I like others to ask before offering help?