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Low-Support Needs Clients: A Different Skill Set, Same Level of Care In the world of disability support, there’s a common assumption that clients with high-support needs demand the most attention. However, this isn’t the full picture. While individuals with low-support needs may not require constant physical assistance, they still deserve the same level of care and attention. What’s often overlooked is that low-support clients require a completely different skill set from their support workers. It’s not about doing less—it’s about understanding their needs, filling in skill gaps, and ensuring a high standard of care that’s tailored to their situation. A Different Skill Set for Low-Support Needs Clients Supporting a low-support needs client isn't necessarily easier; it’s different. Unlike high-support needs clients who may rely on physical or daily living assistance, low-support needs clients often need support in other areas, such as life planning, managing schedules, and personal ...

So this is a really interesting follow-up to how to not out someone with a hidden disability it is why, it’s important to not out them and I touched a little on this in the previous video but we see that there is a lot more behind the why and we see that people think that it’s ok to out people with a disability all the time, whether it’s through a casual breach of their privacy or it is more deliberate and targeted such as forcing someone to disclose personal information that they didn’t want to share to shut them up we see that this harassment does happen and we see a lot of talk about inclusion and diversity but when it comes to the disabled community it has been crickets, due to the complexity of the inclusions needed. We see that this is where the NDIS comes into it in Australia but it is incredibly hard to get onto and it is a constant and exhausting balancing act between, services and being self-reliant, we see that most people don’t see the benefits of it and this is a shame a...