Choice & Self-Determination
American Association of People with Disabilities
CMS Issues Final Rule to Empower Medicaid Beneficiaries to Direct Personal Assistance Services
A final rule that would allow more Medicaid beneficiaries to be in charge of their own personal assistance services, including personal care services, instead of having those services directed by an agency, has been issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The final rule becomes effective November 3, 2008.
Information and technical assistance on community inclusion, supported living and choice.
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.
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.
Independent Living Research Utilization (ILRU)
Institute for Community Inclusion
Publications on supported employment for people with disabilities, including information on participation in the One-Stop Center System.
International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
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.
Focus on promoting the integration of all individuals, including those with disabilities, into all aspects of school, work, family and community life.
National Organization on Disability (NOD)
National Rehabilitation Information Center
Information on federally-funded research projects including projects on self-determination.
National Research Center on Supported Living & Choice
National Youth Leadership Network (NYLN)
An innovative competency-based leadership training program for adults with developmental disabilities and parents of young children with disabilities.
Person-Centered Principles Training Manuals
Self Advocacy Leadership Network
Self Advocates Becoming Empowered
Self-Determination Synthesis Project
Reviews and synthesizes best practices related to self-determination and self-advocacy.
Self-Empowerment for Young People
Fact sheet from the National Council on Disability designed to help young people with disabilities make decisions about their future. This link opens a Word document.
Voters with Disabilities Deserve the Opportunity to Vote Privately
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.
World Institute on Disability (WID)
International public policy center dedicated to carrying out cutting-edge research on disability issues and overcoming obstacles to independent living.