April 19, 2011: Presentation to "Walking In My Shoes" - Social Services to Social Change by Keenan Wellar, Co-Leader, LiveWorkPlay.ca

CHANGE
Risk
Learn
Expect To Fail
Expect To Succeed

Social Services
Social Change
Not about fixing people with
intellectual disabilities
Exclusion is everyone’s issue
we must all work to change it
Our motivation to transform from social services to social change through citizen engagement, social capital, and community capacity: putting
the social in our services!
(Or, creating developments in developmental services!)

The small picture andthe big picture: why developing relationships (social capital) withthe community isimportant from themicro and macro perspective!People | Systems(see Al Condeluci)

We don’t want to be the one star in your sky!

We want you to have a whole universe of stars!

Social Services
Social Change
A Transformative Journey
Decisions = Paid Staff and/or Family
Education = Day Program/Special Ed
Recreation = Segregated Program
Employment = Sheltered Workshop
Home = Institutional Setting
Relationships = Paid Staff and/or Family
TRANSFORMATION
Decisions = Self-Directed
Education = Learning In Community
Recreation = Playing In Community
Employment = Authentic Work/Volunteerism
Home = House or Apartment
Relationships = Family, Friends, Lover, Neighbours
Unpaid Support, Paid Support

A merger
of equals!
Not pity
Not charity
Not paid

Making a One-On-One Connection Changes TWO Lives, Not One!

“Ottawa's Race Weekend (May 28th - 29th) is a popular event
each year (http://www.ncm.ca/). Andrea and I are interested in
training with a team of LiveWorkPlay members to participate in this fun
event - either by walking or jogging the 2K, 5K, 10K, or half marathon.”

The best insurance for the
future is a robust network

Ryan Nevitt
A
Short
Story
Of
My
Life
Today

How our Community Connections are Expanding!
If you invite them (properly) they will come!

Waiting List Statistics in Ontario (2011)

Waiting lists for services that support people with intellectual disabilities are plaguing communities all across the province.

In Ontario nearly 23,000 people are on waiting lists. Many years of insufficient fundingof the developmental services has left many children and adults who have an intellectual disability waiting.
Here’s the breakdown:
- More than 12,000 people are waiting for support to live in a decent home.

- 7,000 families on a waiting list for Special Services at Home (SSAH). The current funding results in an average allocation to families of only $4,200 a year. That translates into $350 per month or about 8 hours of support a week.

- 4,000 people on a waiting list for Passport funding. This funding is vital to assist those who need support to overcome isolation and be involved in their community.

In a random sampling of ridings across Ontario, over 1,450 parents over the age of 70 are still providing primary care to their adult child or family member.

Guilty of
a crime
Still Going Strong?!
Guilty of a
disability 
Some Are Speaking Up!

Is a comparison to prison unfair? There is a lot
about life in the systems world of developmental
services that strongly resembles prison.

Caroline’s
New Life
Beautifully
Messy

The movement for inclusive
communities will never be
successful until people with
intellectual disabilities find
their voice and others
respect their citizenship
Most developmental services
agencies say they support
inclusion but they do little
to support the leadership
of self-advocates

THANK YOU
keenan@liveworkplay.ca
613-683-8007
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April 19, 2011: Presentation to "Walking In My Shoes" - Social Services to Social Change by Keenan Wellar, Co-Leader, LiveWorkPlay.ca

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