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Download New
Fact Sheets on Mental Health and Self-Determination by Tom
Nerney of the Center for Self-Determination:
Fact Sheet #1, A Shift in Power,
Fact Sheet #2, From Values to Policy
(RTF), and
Fact Sheet #3, From Policy to Practice.
Self-Determination: What Is It? Why Is It Beneficial? How Is
It Best Taught? - This FOCUS on Results document
examines the value and impact self-determination can have on
the lives of persons with disabilities. Self-determination is
the understanding and ability to act on personal strengths and
limitations.
Lost Lives:
Why We Need A New Approach to Quality (PDF) - In this
thought-provoking paper, Center Executive Director Tom Nerney
proposes that the purpose of public funding must move to a
more noble goal of assisting individuals achieve lives of high
purpose deeply embedded in their communities, engaged in
meaningful relationships and pursuing both economic and
spiritual goals.
Featured Website:
The Center for Self-Determination -
The Center for Self-Determination is not a place. It
is a highly interactive working collaborative of individuals
and organizations committed to the principles of
self-determination. Hosted by Community Living Services of
Wayne County, Michigan, the Center is composed of two
inter-related initiatives: a grassroots movement to promote
the principles of self-determination across the country and a
training and technical assistance center.
Featured
Website:
The Center
for Personal Assistance Services -
The Center for Personal Assistance Services provides
research, training, dissemination and technical assistance on
issues of personal assistance services (PAS) in the United
States. Personal assistance services (PAS) refer to help
provided to people with disabilities to assist them with tasks
essential for daily living. These tasks include bathing,
dressing, getting around, toileting, eating, shopping,
remembering things, and other activities. PAS, along with
assistive technology such as wheelchairs, text readers, and
hearing aides, help people with disabilities to participate in
activities at home, at work, and in the community.
Microboards and Microboard Association Design, Development and
Implementation by David and Faye Wetherow, August, 2003 - In
recent years there has been an increasing interest in the prospect of
establishing ‘Microboards’ for developing personal support services
for individuals with disabilities, for obtaining and managing direct,
individualized funding, and for engaging members of the larger
community in purposeful personal support networks.
Self-directed Support
Corporations (SDSC) and Microboards (PDF; size=101k) - What A
Difference a SDSC Can Make: Joshua’s House Incorporated! by Jackie
Golden "Self-directed Support Corporations (SDSC’s) and Microboards
share the same philosophy. Simply put they are a small legal provider
for one person with a disability, but then again, they are much more
than that. Both the SDSC and the Microboard put control and direction
of supports back in the hands of the person with the disability
needing the supports." Read this article to learn more about this
exciting concept.
Inclusion
Daily Press - Your quick, once-a-day look at disability rights,
self-determination and the movement toward full community inclusion
around the world.
Self-Determination Technical Assistance:
Creating A Learning
Community - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's National
Program on Self-Determination, March 1997
Self-Determination and
Young Adults: Seeking a State of Mind - Parents of and
advocates for children with disabilities know from experience how
important it is to prepare their child and to help their child plan
for the transition from childhood to adulthood.
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