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When they play minecraft and roblox with me
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When they play minecraft and roblox with me

Shared by: Person with disability

→ Empathy → Active Listener → Understanding → Compassion
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→ Empathy → Active Listener → Understanding → Compassion

Shared by: Disability worker

Care
6

Care

Shared by: Disability worker

Happy 🙂
9

Happy 🙂

Shared by: Person with disability

- Awareness to needs of the individual they are supporting  - Active care  - Working towards supporting goal development.  - Avoiding making assumptions around capacity  - working with the supporting  team :)
4

- Awareness to needs of the individual they are supporting - Active care - Working towards supporting goal development. - Avoiding making assumptions around capacity - working with the supporting team :)

Shared by: Disability worker

I Love you Kuromi 2020 much  kuromi
2

I Love you Kuromi 2020 much kuromi

Shared by: Person with disability

→ Responsible → Kind → Inclusive → Respectful
2

→ Responsible → Kind → Inclusive → Respectful

understanding their client and supports with their choice
0

understanding their client and supports with their choice

Shared by: Disability worker

IDK
1

IDK

Friendly  Reliable  Communicates well. Flexible.  Caring.
4

Friendly Reliable Communicates well. Flexible. Caring.

Shared by: Disability worker

EinD
1

EinD

Wanting to give back! Compassion  Empathy  Communication ❤️
3

Wanting to give back! Compassion Empathy Communication ❤️

Shared by: Disability Worker

- Takes initiatives  - sets good boundary’s  - kind & reliable
2

- Takes initiatives - sets good boundary’s - kind & reliable

Shared by: Person with disability

- Flexibility   - Empathy  - Understanding the participants needs - caring for them personally.
1

- Flexibility - Empathy - Understanding the participants needs - caring for them personally.

Shared by: Disability worker

Supports you with living independently supports you with decisions that you make
3

Supports you with living independently supports you with decisions that you make

Shared by: Person with disability

PATIENTS. UNDERSTANDING. GET ALONG
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PATIENTS. UNDERSTANDING. GET ALONG

Rubi helping people
1

Rubi helping people

Shared by: Family and Friend

caring  sympathetic  good listener
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caring sympathetic good listener

FRIENDLY CALM HAS EMPATHY FLEXIBLE
2

FRIENDLY CALM HAS EMPATHY FLEXIBLE

Shared by: Disability worker

- on time   - understanding   - caring
1

- on time - understanding - caring

- Genuine Care  - Passionate  - Friendship  - takes time to learn what participant likes & plans day based on that
1

- Genuine Care - Passionate - Friendship - takes time to learn what participant likes & plans day based on that

empathy understanding listening to the person
0

empathy understanding listening to the person

Shared by: Disability worker

reliability  flexibility  adaptability  teachable  capacity to put others 1st  FUN  non-judgemental
1

reliability flexibility adaptability teachable capacity to put others 1st FUN non-judgemental

Someone who makes one comfortable and listens actively
0

Someone who makes one comfortable and listens actively

Shared by: Disability worker

*Compassion  *Paitence  *Understanding
2

*Compassion *Paitence *Understanding

Shared by: Family and Friend

Someone who genuinely cares.
3

Someone who genuinely cares.

Keep off their phone!
2

Keep off their phone!

Someone who cares, listens and loves what they do. everyone deserve love & care no matter what & who they are. ❤️
1

Someone who cares, listens and loves what they do. everyone deserve love & care no matter what & who they are. ❤️

Shared by: Disability worker; Family and friend

Care
2

Care

Be kind and happy
3

Be kind and happy

Shared by: Person with disability

Someone who cares and has a lot of passion!

2
Someone who smiles :)
3

Someone who smiles :)

Shared by: Disability worker

They give a damn
4

They give a damn

Shared by: Disability worker

Caring Loving
1

Caring Loving

Working with a compassionate heart towards them, consistency

0
Respecting Individul Choices
0

Respecting Individul Choices

Shared by: Family and Friend

Kind, generous, goes over and above, always aware, always there, loving, caring, takes time out for me, understanding

1

Someone who cares, someone you rely on and someone who loves you for you

0
EMPATHY  KIND   SUPPORTIVE
2

EMPATHY KIND SUPPORTIVE

Shared by: Disability worker

Friendly, helpful and a great listener

1
Be passionate to assist individuals to enhance their capacity to live a quality filled life
1

Be passionate to assist individuals to enhance their capacity to live a quality filled life

- When they help with bags - look after me at home
2

- When they help with bags - look after me at home

Shared by: Person with disability

Someone who builds trust. A good mentor. Someone who can keep the client safe & happy :)
2

Someone who builds trust. A good mentor. Someone who can keep the client safe & happy :)

Shared by: Disability Worker; Family and Friend

Someone who helps me do the things I want to do, not just doing it for me!
3

Someone who helps me do the things I want to do, not just doing it for me!

Shared by: Person with disability

Taking the time to get to know the participant. EMPATHY
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Taking the time to get to know the participant. EMPATHY

Shared by: Disability worker

Someone who is kind and is their for the person
0

Someone who is kind and is their for the person

Passionate caring genuine listens to family’s needs.
2

Passionate caring genuine listens to family’s needs.

Help me go on the train myself
1

Help me go on the train myself

Shared by: Person with disability

Rubi helping people
1

Rubi helping people

Shared by: Family and friend