One area that requires particular sensitivity is communication with persons with disabilities. Closed Captioned for the hearing impaired. It gives a voice to young people with disabilities, their parents and caregivers and emphasizes recognizing abilities rather than disabilities. Authentic and richly informative, this production highlights the importance of emotionally responsible caregiving in family homes, group homes, schools and treatment facilities. The video is accompanied by a handbook.
Training workshops are available.
The video examines what service providers can do to ensure a higher quality of life and how service providers can assure quality for people with developmental disabilities. The video, guide and workbook were developed with the help of parents, advocates, people with disabilities, employers, supported employment professionals and government workers. The video is primarily aimed at people with a developmental disability who may have limited literacy skills, minimal education and little exposure to videos addressing them directly. The video's primary purpose is to inspire enthusiasm for the future to show how goal setting, planning and enlisting the support of other people can help a person achieve their goals. It is accepted that not every viewer will have the level of potential to understand the processes we will explain, however, they will come away from the video knowing that they have the power to improve the quality of their lives.