Disengaged

When people are not doing anything, are bored, or isolated they are disengaged. When people with cognitive disabilities are disengaged, it is not through their own choice, but because the assistance they need to participate in activities is unavailable. When a person is disengaged they may pace around, or engage in various types of self-stimulatory or challenging behaviours.

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Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First has been developed by La Trobe University Living with Disability Research Centre and supported with funding from the New South Wales Department of Family & Community Services.

The purpose of this website is to provide a source of reference for those wanting to engage in risk enablement in disability support work.

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Bigby, C., Douglas, J.M., & Vassallo, S. (2018). Enabling Risk: Putting Positives First. An online learning resource for disability support workers. Retrieved from www.enablingriskresource.com.au