Cornerstone Change Makers

John O’Brien & Connie Lyle O’Brien

Weaving Lives of Possibility

A Tribute to John O’Brien (1946–2025)

John O’Brien and his wife and partner Connie Lyle O’Brien have been in the forefront of thinking and creating precedent setting innovations that helped to created full lives for people with disability labels the world over. In addition to developing many of the planning systems used internationally, training thousands of facilitators and human service workers, they have also been writers with enormous insight and sensitivity. Below are some of their books that Inclusion Press has been privileged to publish.

A selection of O’Brien works follows. It is a history of the policies, practices and possibilities on our journey to inclusion.

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This insightful document, Members of Each Other by John O’Brien and Connie Lyle O’Brien, explores...

This document explores PATH (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope), a dynamic tool designed to foster...

Understanding Supported Living: A Guide to Empowering Lives This document explores the transformative concept of...

Discover the Power of Person-Centered Planning This insightful booklet, authored by John O’Brien and Herbert...

Embracing Ignorance, Error, & Fallibility: Competencies for Leadership of Effective Services ​ This insightful document...

What’s Worth Working For? ​ Leadership for Better Quality Human Services explores how human services...