DisabilityInfo.gov: Community Life: Choice & Self-Determination

Cross-disability member organization dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for Americans with disabilities.

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A collaboration of individuals and organizations committed to the principles of self-determination to help all persons create the lives they want, connected to and with their communities and pursuing long term relationships and economic futures.

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Information and technical assistance on community inclusion, supported living and choice.

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Information on New Freedom Initiative efforts from the White House Web site.

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Materials from a symposium that brought together policymakers, program administrators, consumer advocates, service providers and researchers to identify ways to deliver effective consumer-directed services for the elderly and people with disabilities.

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Promotes the opportunities of persons with disabilities to gain more personal and political power, self-determination, full participation and equality through information, training materials, consultancy and technical assistance.

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A program of The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, ILRU provides information, training, research and technical assistance in independent living.

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Publications on supported employment for people with disabilities, including information on participation in the One-Stop Center System.

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Public policy center that works to increase opportunities for people with disabilities by identifying barriers to participation in society and promoting best practices and universal design.

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Focus on promoting the integration of all individuals, including those with disabilities, into all aspects of school, work, family and community life.

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A Web site by and for young people with disabilities.

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Practical information and resources for consumers and survivors with psychiatric disabilities.

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Expands the participation and contribution of those with disabilities in all aspects of life.

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Information on federally-funded research projects including projects on self-determination.

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Funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (U.S. Department of Education), the National Resource Center promotes the full inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in community life.

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Works to promote youth leadership and education and teaches young people with disabilities to be advocates.

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Full text of President George W. Bush's New Freedom Initiative, which addresses assistive and universal technologies, educational opportunities, homeownership, integration into the workforce, transportation options and full access to community life.

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An innovative competency-based leadership training program for adults with developmental disabilities and parents of young children with disabilities.

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Facilitator's training manuals for person-centered planning for people with developmental disabilities.

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An innovative resource on "person-centered" services and supports for people with developmental disabilities.

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Provides leadership training, information and resources for people with developmental disabilities and other self-advocates.

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A national organization for self-advocates with developmental disabilities and their family members.

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Reviews and synthesizes best practices related to self-determination and self-advocacy.

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Information from the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) on how voters with disabilities can vote privately and independently thanks to newly available technologies and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.

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A nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting greater access for people with disabilities, including veterans and military persons with disabilities.

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International public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.

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