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DESIGNING YOUR FUTURE
Helpful Links, Tools and Resources 

Thank you for watching and participating in our DESIGNING YOUR FUTURE: A FRAMEWORK FOR PLANNING  Webcast. Below is a list of links and resources relevant to the topics discussed.  We hope you find this information useful. 


Planning Network Resource:

Action Guide: Planning for the Future You Want
A practical guide to assist parents and caregivers in planning for the future for a loved one with a disability. 


Action Guide: Using Passport To Your Advantage
Learn about how to maximize your Passport funding to connect to your community and build a secure future.

Independent Facilitation:  A Powerful Tool for Change
Independent Facilitation is an ongoing process that guides and supports individuals to take up their full citizenship.

Passport Funding
Learn how Passport Funding can open the road to personal choice and options. 

Dreams Change Lives
A tribute to activist, speaker, author and disability advocate Judith Snow

Safe and Secure: 7 Steps for Creating a Good Life
Think of Safe and Secure as your manuscript for the future, designed specifically with and for your loved one with a disability – so that together you can begin building your son or daughter's very own "everyday life" and safeguard their future. Order or download your copy HERE

Family Network Map
Many parents have told us that their best source of information and ideas is other families. Families across the province are connecting with each other and forming Family Networks for this purpose.  The Planning Network's Family Network Map lists over thirty networks across the province.  


Professional Services Directory 
Many families have told us about their difficulty in accessing qualified professionals to handle disability-related issues. In response P4P has developed a province-wide, online Professional Services Directory.


Articles and Websites:

Planning for a Good Life in an Uncertain Future
Al Etmanski's article on planning for a good life and using thinking strengthened by innovation, resilience and abundance.

Taking Charge of Your Life
Developed by the Brockville and District and Association for Community Involvement in partnership with Partners for Planning, this tool can be used by facilitators and families to gather and hold conversations that will allow individuals to dream big, imagine new opportunities and take charge of their lives.

Judith Snow: Advocate for inclusion was ‘visionary’ 
Although Judith Snow suffered from a condition that eventually denied her all movement below the neck, she had a full life as a writer, actor, artist, Communist, educator, nature enthusiast and an internationally renowned champion for inclusion.

Social Role Valorization framework
Author and Legacies Founder, Janet Klees's ideas from the Social Role Valorization framework.


Ontario Independent Facilitation Network (www.OIFN.ca)
OIFN is a growing community made up of independent facilitators, people with developmental disabilities, family members and others across the province. OIFN is dedicated to the development and preservation of independent facilitation, which assists people to live everyday, ordinary lives as full citizens.  


Empowering Abilities Academy
Led by Eric Goll, Empowering Ability Academy, we help families overcome the worry of an uncertain future by creating a customized plan with strategies and support to build an ordinary everyday life, and create peace of mind for the future.