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stories.
Australian stories
Planning for Mena
Margaret tells about the early planning that went
into Mena moving into her own home. From the time Mena
was quite young, her family, with the help of a
support 'circle' has thought about how they could
achieve work, relationships and a home for Mena. At
28, Mena has now lived in a home of her own, with
support, for 9 years.
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David's home
David, now 43, acquired a brain injury 20 years
ago. After attending a workshop and thinking about the
material it presented about social roles, Brenda had a
bright idea. "We'll build him a house", she decided.
With very little funding, no knowledge about building
and not much of an idea how they were going to achieve
this outcome, they set out nevertheless. They received
assistance in realising the dream from the Community
Living Project and David now lives in his own mud
brick house.
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