Young people with cognitive disability: relationships and paid support

该项目旨在通过探索他们与付费支助人员的关系和互动，改善认知障碍青年的权利和福祉。国家个性化资助和支持的引入是澳大利亚残疾政策的一个分水岭。迫切需要了解有偿支助在这些年轻人正在进行的身份发展中所发挥的作用，以实现国家政策对残疾人权利、选择、包容和独立的期望。利用社会地理学和认知理论，该项目希望围绕有偿支持关系如何在年轻人生活中的关键时刻培养相互关心、尊重和价值，提供新的理解和改进的实践。

This project aims to improve the rights and wellbeing of young people with cognitive disability by exploring their relationship and interaction with paid support workers. The introduction of national individualised funding and support is a watershed in Australian disability policy. Understanding the role that paid support plays in the ongoing identity development of these young people is urgently needed to realise national policy aspirations for people with disability of rights, choice, inclusion and independence. Using social geography and recognition theory, the project expects to deliver new understanding and improved practice around how paid support relationships can foster mutual care, respect and value at a critically important time in young people’s lives.