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Tracy’s story “I just wanted to tell you a little story about our lovely journey. Gerard and I have been married almost 17 years on the 17th of April. During this time, we have been to hell and back trying to find an apartment to live in. We currently live in a group home. I …

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Jono’s story Jono’s living arrangements was less than ideal before moving into his SDA apartment. “I wasn’t satisfied with my place at the time, mainly the support workers situation. I wanted to hire my own. I wanted to live in the city but thought it was a pipedream. In 2016, I finally moved into my …

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Edwina's Story For Edwina, moving into an SDA apartment meant much more than just gaining her independence and privacy back. It’s enabled her to spend more meaningful time with her children and maintain her most important role of a mother whilst receiving the support she requires, to ensure her relationship with her children is optimised. …

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Samar's Story Prior to moving into her SDA apartment, Samar was living in a housing commission block, which was an extremely stressful environment for someone with disability. Samar endured 8 long years living there – everyday feeling scared and unsafe to go outside her unit. Samar then took steps to leave her inappropriate housing situation …

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Jason's Story Before moving into Chester and Ella, Jason lived in a group home – it was a time and place Jason and his family never want to re-live again. “It was a very stressful and challenging time for all of us. We had no say, no voice, it was a very controlling environment, the …

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Lisa's Story Lisa grew up in the Victorian bayside suburb of Frankston with her three children. Following an incident in 2012, Lisa acquired a severe brain injury. This resulted in her having quadriplegia and bulbar dysfunction and now requires a high level of assistance for all activities of daily living. After 7 long years of …

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