Shared Visions

• About Shared Visions
• Regional forums
• 2006 Conference
  • Highlights
  • Conference report
  • Photo gallery
  • Speeches and audio
  • Presenter abstracts
  • Conference newsletter
• 2005 conference
  • Exploring the future for disability in Queensland
  • The visionary pod - our hopes for the future
  • Conference testimonials
  • 2005 Conference presentations

About Shared Visions

Participation was the word in the Sound Circles workshop at the 2006 Shared Visions conference

The Shared Visions initiative started in 2005 with a conference to explore the future of disability services in Queensland. The sector responded enthusiastically to this opportunity to share best practice, form networks and be part of a process for identifying strategies to create a positive future.

In 2006, a second conference, Shared Visions: Next Steps, further explored the themes raised by delegates at the 2005 event, including:

1. supporting inclusive communities
2. sustainable informal networks
3. enhancing service provision through technology and collaboration
4. emerging issues.

In 2007, eleven regional Shared Visions forums were held across Queensland between July and October. This allowed regional Queenslanders to showcase local initiatives and journey towards a better future for people with a disability.

The outcomes of the regional forums are helping to shape the next statewide conference to be held in 2009.

By bringing together people with a disability, people with a mental illness, their families and carers, service providers, government and corporate partners, Shared Visions is helping to build a strong and dynamic disability community in Queensland.