Episode Details

What does it really mean to put people at the center of the support they receive?

On this episode of Waves of Awareness, Amanda Brewer from the Person Centered Practice Unit at the Tennessee Department of Disability & Aging joins us for a conversation about person-centered support, choice, self-advocacy, and the importance of listening to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Amanda shares insight into what this approach looks like in everyday life—not just as a concept, but as a way to help people have greater choice, control, and opportunities to shape their own lives. Along the way, she shares lessons she's learned from the people she supports and one important idea she hopes everyone remembers about person-centered support.

Waves adults John and Jeni join Waves CEO Staci Davis as co-hosts. Jeni also shares an exciting new opportunity with Backlight Productions as she prepares for the upcoming production of Newsies, while John talks about some of his summer highlights and what he's looking forward to this fall.

Hit play for a thoughtful conversation about person-centered practices, meaningful choice, and what can happen when we truly listen to the people we support.



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