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Welcome to the
Idaho State Independent Living Council (SILC) Home Page. This service is
provided to acquaint the disability community and service providers to our
organization, which advocates for equal opportunity, equal access,
self-determination, independence and choice for people with disabilities.
The focus of the SILC is to maximize opportunity and to incorporate people
with disabilities into all walks of life by empowering them. The Idaho
SILC provides leadership development opportunities to empower grassroots advocates, who, in turn, will develop
systemic changes in public policy to positively impact people with
disabilities. Read about
successful legislation, developed and sponsored by the Idaho SILC,
which has led to decisive change for Idahoans with disabilities.
The
Independent Living
Movement stems from a philosophy which states
that people with all types of disabilities should have the same civil
rights and control over choices in their own lives as people without
disabilities. The SILC, therefore, works to change societal attitudes about people with
disabilities away from a patronizing, pitying medical model towards
empowerment, independence, home- and community-based services, and
integration as fully contributing, valued members of society.
We invite you
to explore our site to learn more about our work in Idaho, and to check
other links that may be of value. If you'd like to receive additional
information through the mail, including hard copy of reports or survey
results with footnotes, graphs and detailed statistics,
please contact Executive Director
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere...Martin Luther King,
Jr.
2007 Hall of Fame inductees with National Spinal Cord Injury
Association leaders. Back row, from left: NSCIA board president, Pat
Maher, NSCIA executive director and CEO, Marcie Roth, Dean Kamen,
Diane Korman, Conrad Ricketts, Ron Cohen. Front row, from left:
Renee Tyree, Gary Karp, Mark Johnson, Michael Collins, Kim Anderson,
Chris Canales, Kelly Buckland and Chris Skinner.
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SILC STAFF:
Ginny Pollock, Administrative Assistant
Jackie Beverage, Administrative Assistant
Kim Steinberg, Program Director, Accessible Transportation Grant
Jim Liddell, Development Specialist
Robbi Barrutia, Project Director
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