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Chris, featured in
"The Ties That Bind"
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Outreach to the Community
LifeSPAN and
the PLAN
Institute for Caring Citizenship for the Washington
hosted the
Reaching Out Tour...
Love
is a Dance of Holding On and Letting Go
Future Planning Workshop
November
4, 2006 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
University of Washington, Kane Hall Walker-Ames Room
More than 80 people attended the Reaching Out event on
November 4. Thank you for your support! In the next few weeks, we
expect to offer a new DVD with both
- “The Ties That Bind” by the National Film Board of Canada
- “Beyond The Ties That Bind” a production of KCTS Television
The price will be $30 (including shipping & handling). For more
information, contact the LifeSPAN office by phone at 425.883.9867 or
by email
life.span@verizon.net.
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Part I
* As seen on KCTS
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At 28, Chris, who lives with multiple
disabilities, longs for independence and dreams of the day when he
will move out of the family home, as he has watched his brother
and sister do. Chris is also determined to live apart from his
aging parents, Kathleen and Bill, despite still being deeply
dependent on them.
Most parents have mixed feelings when faced
with the prospect of their children leaving home. But Bill and
Kathleen are being called on to do something most families never
have to consider. They must intentionally build a long-term
network of support that may allow their son the stability to live
on his own; a circle of support that will eventually replace them.
In "The Ties That Bind," award-winning
documentary filmmaker John Ritchie takes a first-hand look at a
family's struggle to let go, when every instinct compels them to
hang on. Ritchie follows the Jordan family –Kathleen, Bill, Chris
and his two siblings – for almost three years. The result is an
extraordinarily intimate film that reveals, with raw emotion and
surprising humor, the complexity around one young man's transition
toward a more independent life.
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"Beyond the Ties That Bind" –
Award-winning KCTS moderator, Enrique Cerna, continues
the discussion with film participants, family members, individuals
with disabilities, and others from Washington state and British
Columbia.
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Part II
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The workshop will provide a forum for constructive discussion
around issues that surface in the film and will introduce concrete
steps to help families begin the process of planning a safe and
secure future – a good life – for their loved one with a
disability.
- Creating Your Vision
- Supported Decision Making
- You Are Not Alone
- Creating Your Will and Estate Plan
- Personal Support Networks
- Healthy Skepticism and the Struggle to Believe
- It’s Not Easy
- Seeing is Believing
- Contribution
- Housing
- Letting Go
- Securing Your Plan
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Lifetime Secure Personal Assistance Network (LifeSPAN) of
Washington is an independent non-profit that is affiliated with and
modeled after The Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) of
Vancouver, British Columbia. Representatives from both organizations
will lead the workshop.
Our two organizations are led by family members who have relatives
with disabilities. Our shared mission is to support families in
planning safe and secure futures for their relative with a disability.
In addition to future planning workshops, we help families build
social relationships and personal networks of support focused on
realizing the hopes and dreams of individuals with disabilities.
We would like to thank the following organizations for sharing news
of the workshop in the community. Note: Click on the name
to visit each organization's website.
We also thank the University of Washington Center on Human
Development and Disability for their support of this event and the
Washington State Division of Developmental Disabilities Region 4
for a grant to help cover expenses.
Personal Networks of Support work on many levels. We are pleased to
be an active part of a large and vibrant community of individuals and
organizations who strive to offer support from many perspectives to
those of us who have disabilities.
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If you have questions, contact us by phone at LifeSPAN 425.883.9867
or by email
life.span@verizon.net.
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