Acknowledgements

Life’s for Living wishes to acknowledge and thank the following family members, individuals and organisations for their participation and support for the ‘What I’d Like You To Know About Me!’ Project.

Family members

Family members who participated in the consultation phase of the project – thankyou for your enthusiasm, openness and vitality. You shared your stories with us and allowed us a glimpse into your world. We thankyou sincerely for giving us the opportunity to listen to the stories about your children
and families.

Family Advisory Group Members

We thank you for your ongoing commitment to the ‘What I’d Like You To Know About Me!’ Project and contributions to this resource.

Joylene Chilton
Sally Christopher
Alex Kinderman
Lyn Flink
Vivienne Hart
Jayne Lehmann
Jewels Smith
Laura Tanner
Sharon Wills

Organisations and individuals:

Government of South Australia Through the Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service Department for Families and Communities Department of Education and Children’s Services Intellectual Disability Services Council

Adelaide Bank Charitable Foundation Autism SA Can Do 4 Kids Townsend House
Community Lifestyles Down Syndrome Society of South Australia Inc Novita Childrens Services
Siblings Australia Inc Spastic Centres Of South Austalia Interchange - Enriching Lives
The Ian Potter Foundation V-media Pty Ltd  
     

Project Reference Group Members

Autism SA: Jon Martin, Chief Executive Officer
CanDo4Kids-Townsend House: Claire Cotton, General Manager (Community Services) and Hellen Riley, Family Support Worker
Community Accommodation and Respite Agency (CARA) part of Spastic Centres of South Australia: Barb Keen and Liz Wallace, Executive Managers (Accommodation and Respite)
Community Lifestyles Inc.: Sue Michael, Manager
Department of Education & Children's Services (DECS): Margaret Lynch, Manager (Disability Curriculum Policy and Research)
Down Syndrome Society of South Australia Inc.: Ann Squire, Senior Education Consultant
Flinders University of South Australia, Department of Disability Studies: Brian Matthews, Lecturer
Interchange Inc.: Carrie Quiqley, Teen Companion Program               
Novita Children’s Services: Sue Gibson, Research Physiotherapist and Project Officer
Intellectual Disability Services Council : Sue Deeprose, Regional Manager (Southern Suburbs)
Siblings Australia: Kate Strohm, Director
The University of Adelaide, Public Health Information Development Unit (PHIDU): Diana Hetzel, Senior Researcher

Other significant contributions from:

Carer Support and Respite Centre Inc.: Rosemary Girvan
Child, Youth and Women’s Health Service (CYWHS - Women’s and Children’s Hospital): Laura Tanner, Clinical Nurse (Research and Practice Development); Peter van der Linden, Senior Social Worker (Disabilities) and Judy Underdown, Community Participation Facilitator
Community Accommodation and Respite Agency (CARA): Brian East, Executive Manager (Policy and Strategy Development) and Frauke Husner, Acting Executive Manager (Accommodation and Respite)
Department of Education & Children's Services (DECS): Debra Kay, Manager (Interagency Health Care)
South Australian Community Health Research Unit: Catherine Hurley, Research Officer

Funding bodies

Adelaide Bank Charitable Foundation
Government of South Australia - Department for Families and Communities
The Ian Potter Foundation
Community Benefit SA
Booze Brothers Staff Charitable Fund

Life’s for Living’s board of management