Community Services Welfare.

The chosen agency:ACES ________________________________________________________________ Brief Description of Service ACES is a support service for people with disabilities who have moderate to high support needs where the focus is on one-to-one support. To be eligible to access this service the consumer has to:- ·be an intellectually disabled adult with moderate to high support needs ·have access to funding ACES currently has 30 service users with a wide range of disabilities. Their needs are very different and …

…given the opportunity to be educated in the understanding of people with a disability and see that they are not to be feared or shunned - but accepted, encouraged to "join in" and included in conversation. When the general public have positive experiences with disabled people the "unknown fear factor" towards someone who is "different" will hopefully be eliminated. Bibliography ·Adult Community Education Service (ACES) - handout brochure ·Integrated Care Management Learning Material - Disability 2000