Celebrating Abilities

Meet Sid – “With Dundaloo staff support I have learnt skills that help me maintain my independence and do things I want to do at home and in the community.  I have been supported to budget, which has given me the opportunity to purchase a new flat screen smart TV, along with getting the internet connected; plus buying new games to keep me occupied when I want to just stay home and chill. I have purchased a new top quality mountain bike to get around the community independently.

Meet Duschka – “I like cooking for my housemates,  I talk to my housemates and go through recipe books to choose meals.  I like to try new dishes and try different things.  I like to feel independent and I do the shopping and all the planning myself with the support of staff”.

Meet Alan – “With Dundaloo staff support I have learnt skills to do everyday things for myself.   I make my own appointments to get my haircut.  I am becoming very confident in my community. I choose where I would like to go for lunch and what places in the area I would like to visit.  I enjoy my supported cooking times twice a week and I am becoming very confident in the kitchen, I will choose what I would like to cook, I am also supported to write a shopping list and then go to the shops to buy the ingredients and then I am supported to cook a meal for myself and my wife.   I really enjoy cooking meals for my family.

Meet Teila – “As I prepare to compete internationally at the Special Olympics World Summer Games I am showing that I have the ability to achieve success and personal dreams.  I train and work hard to make my dreams a possibility and I know in Abu Dhabi I will be celebrating achievement and inclusion with 7000 international athletes”.