Enabling Good Lives
The principles of Enabling Good Lives are firmly integrated into who we are as an organisation and everything we do.
We believe that people with disabilities should have choice and control over their own lives. Enabling Good Lives is not just a catch-phrase with us, it underpins our whole philosophy and approach to supporting people with disabilities.
When people come to us, we see it as an opportunity to work with them to do just that: lead good lives. It all starts with partnering with individuals to envision their own idea of what that looks like. We work with them to create a personalised Focus Plan that outlines the kind of life they want to live, their goals, support requirements, hobbies, and where they want to live and who they want to be surrounded by.
The eight enabling good lives principles are as follows:
Self-determination
Disabled people are in control of their lives.
Beginning early
Invest early in families and whānau to support them; to be aspirational for their disabled child; to build community and natural supports; and to support disabled children to become independent, rather than waiting for a crisis before support is available.
Person-centred
Disabled people have support that is specifically tailored to their individual needs and goals, taking a whole of life approach rather than being split across programmes.
Ordinary life outcomes
Disabled people are supported to live an everyday life in everyday places; and are regarded as citizens with opportunities for learning, employment, having a home and family, and social participation - like others at similar stages of life.
Mainstream first
Disabled people are supported to access mainstream services before specialist disability services.
Mana enhancing
The abilities and contributions of disabled people and their families are recognised and respected.
Easy to use
Disabled people have supports that are simple to use and flexible.
Relationship building
Supports build and strengthen relationships between disabled people, their whānau and community.
To find out more about Enabling Good Lives, visit the EGL official website.
To find out how we can support you through the principles of Enabling Good Lives to live your own good life, contact us today.
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