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Breakthrough UK Ltd.Breakthrough UK Ltd.

Including disabled people

Being in control

Independent Living, Choice, and Employment

Lorraine Gradwell MBE: Chief Executive, Breakthrough UK Ltd

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Breakthrough UK Ltd.Breakthrough UK Ltd.

Including disabled people

1. What is Breakthrough?2. What do we do?3. Why are we different?

About Breakthrough

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Barriers? What barriers?Expectations

Education & Training

Transport

Housing

Information

Peer support

Expectations!

Who helps? Advocates / self advocates

Families (sometimes)

Social Services (sometimes)

Employment organisations (sometimes)

The government (sometimes)

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Who’s in the way?Families (sometimes)

Social Services (sometimes)

Employment organisations (sometimes)

The government (sometimes)

Ourselves (sometimes!)

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IDEAS?How to get past people who may be

“in the way”?

1.Families?

2.Social worker?

3.Employment support workers?

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The future?

• Independence and control are the same thing really

• “Right to Control” covers employment

• What can you do?

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