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IFIF – – The Challenges The Challenges AheadAheadFundamental & irrevocable
power shift with enormous implications
for all of society
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Individuals, Individuals, families/networksfamilies/networks
Embrace the role as critical centreRediscover the power to choose & dreamAbandon attitudes of dependency/passivityOvercome cynicism/weariness /despair
IF goes nowhere without the passionate, articulate leadership of individuals & families
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GovernmentsGovernments––limited limited resourcesresources
Re-think citizenship - right to self-determination
Accountability / cost effectiveness / value for $
Resistance to reform - expect foolproof solution/proposal from IF advocates
Entrenched, defensive bureaucracies
Limited resources? Why? Who benefits now?
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Service ProvidersService Providers Power shift - to user-driven model
Logistical, practical problems– Unbundling block $ arrangements– Core services– Multi-person arrangements– Specialized services
Transition protections & incentives Remind reluctant SPs who service is for!
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Professionals/social Professionals/social workersworkers Redefined roles & new roles as support
– Gatekeeper/manager/decision-maker roles– Professional vs amateur mentality– Listeners who enter into our lives– Represent after deep involvement– Practical accountability
Opportunity to do what first attracts most professionals to the field!
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Working conditions-Working conditions-unionsunions Context of misinformation & mistrust
Pro-active re: working conditions, security, wages, benefits plus new flexibilities
Plans will require/create /redefine roles/infrastructure new arrangements/jobs
Fundamental issue of priority: for whomdo these services exist?!
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Community Community confrontation !confrontation ! Not ready for people with disabilities
coming into the community in numbers
as equal participants
No longer able to ignore/avoid
Underlying negative attitudes exposed
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Egocentric worldview Egocentric worldview – – thethe enemy withinenemy within (person + disability = nonperson)
= burden
(person + disability) + institutionalization or death = freedom & return to normalcy... For whom? Who is central to this view?
Current flawed standards for personal worth—appearance, ability, $, achievement, status, etc.
Entrenched habit of manipulating relationships vs. interacting for mutual benefit / support / enrichment
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Courage plus vulnerabilityCourage plus vulnerability Understand & articulate exactly what
IF is and is not... facts / understanding
Communicate the citizenship vision vulnerably with all stakeholders – develop partnerships
Deal with underlying negative attitudes courageously but compassionately