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Independant Living / Moving On.
This is a new project, which has been up and running since August 2000,
thanks to funding from the NLCB. It is the result of a previous project
entitled Young GAD, which fulfilled the role of a pilot project examining
the areas in which young disabled people need support. The Young GAD project
met with young disabled people and provided advice and guidance through
group work. This consisted of a regular youth group with school-leavers
and explored the young people's visions of life and offered appropriate
support and advice. After this initial project, the new Moving On project
will look at the following aspects and issues based on those identified
by the Young GAD project.
- Support for young people leaving special schools, who feel unprepared
for the working world.
- To provide support, information, training, etc., for the transition
to adulthood.
- Advocacy for disabled young people leaving institutional living.
- Support for young people to acquire more self-confidence and a positive
image of themselves.
- Encourage young disabled people to develop their own systems of peer
support.
- Become more involved in GAD.
- Provide information, advice and training on employing a personal assistant.
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