Creating Inclusive Communities: Pathways to the Vision
Embracing inclusion means recognizing our interconnectedness and uniqueness, fostering participation, upholding equality, and nurturing relationships to create a society where everyone's contributions are valued and rights are upheld.
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Creating Creating Inclusive Communities: Inclusive Communities: Pathways to the Vision Pathways to the Vision
Inclusion entails recognition of Inclusion entails recognition of our universal oneness and our universal oneness and interdependence. Inclusion is interdependence. Inclusion is recognizing that we are one even recognizing that we are one even though we are not the same. though we are not the same. Shafik Asante
Participation Participation Place Place Choice Choice Relationships Relationships
Community Community- -based Public Policy Public Policy Practice Practice Least Least Restrictive Restrictive Mainstreaming Mainstreaming Legislation Legislation Litigation Litigation Transformation Transformation based
Equality Equality Accommodation Accommodation
Relationships Relationships Friendships Friendships Home Ownership Home Ownership Real Jobs Real Jobs Spiritual Fulfillment Spiritual Fulfillment Personal Choice Personal Choice
All people are unique All people are unique Everyone can learn and grow Everyone can learn and grow Everyone has gifts Everyone has gifts Everyone desires to make Everyone desires to make contributions contributions
Vision Vision
Open and accessible for all Open and accessible for all Each member takes active part Each member takes active part Safe and empowered Safe and empowered Voices are heard Voices are heard Contributions acknowledged and valued Contributions acknowledged and valued Rights and responsibilities Rights and responsibilities Unique strengths, resources, abilities and Unique strengths, resources, abilities and capabilities capabilities
Typical community activities Typical community activities Agencies Agencies
Self contained service programs Self contained service programs leaves people wandering in a blind leaves people wandering in a blind alley alley
Inclusive communities directs Inclusive communities directs attention to the network of streets attention to the network of streets and roads that can lead to and roads that can lead to opportunities for better lives for opportunities for better lives for everyone. everyone.
Live Live Work Work Grow Grow Play Play
Strength, beauty, Strength, beauty, courage and inherent gifts inherent gifts without disabilities without disabilities works, leisure and worship works, leisure and worship courage and Classrooms with children Classrooms with children Choose where one lives, Choose where one lives, People belong People belong Part of a family Part of a family Adults who nurture them Adults who nurture them Regular schools Regular schools Regular school activities Regular school activities Community recreation activities Community recreation activities Spiritual activities Spiritual activities
Pathways Pathways
Shift in focus of planning from Shift in focus of planning from deficiencies and needs deficiencies and needs to capacities to capacities
People who know and love the People who know and love the person best should be involved person best should be involved
The role of Direct Support The role of Direct Support Professionals needs to move Professionals needs to move from skills from skills developer to community connector to community connector developer
Organizations need to recognize Organizations need to recognize that they serve a role in connecting that they serve a role in connecting people and their communities. people and their communities.
Conduct research on ways to Conduct research on ways to support people to become support people to become contributing members of their contributing members of their communities. communities.
Develop more affordable and Develop more affordable and accessible housing options in the accessible housing options in the community. community.
People should have opportunities to People should have opportunities to Earn a living wage Earn a living wage Acquire benefits Acquire benefits Advance their careers Advance their careers Plan for retirement Plan for retirement
IDEA should be fully IDEA should be fully implemented implemented
Reallocate federal resources from Reallocate federal resources from segregated habilitation to segregated habilitation to individualized supports individualized supports
We must promote the values of We must promote the values of acceptance and hospitality for all acceptance and hospitality for all people. people. If we don t, how can we If we don t, how can we expect it of others? expect it of others?
AAIDD should be at the forefront AAIDD should be at the forefront in promoting promising practices in promoting promising practices in the crafting of inclusive in the crafting of inclusive communities. communities.
Acceptance of all people Acceptance of all people Full citizenship Full citizenship Deeper relationships Deeper relationships Cooperation and collaboration Cooperation and collaboration Diverse community options Diverse community options
A Better World A Better World
The beloved community is not a The beloved community is not a utopia, but a place where the utopia, but a place where the barriers between people gradually barriers between people gradually come down and where the citizens come down and where the citizens make a constant effort to address make a constant effort to address even the most difficult problems even the most difficult problems of ordinary people. of ordinary people. Rev. Jim Lawson
