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Feature Issue on Consumer-Controlled Budgets and Persons with
Disabilities
From the Editors
Nearly 150 years ago John Stuart Mill, in “On
Liberty,” made the simple observation that “liberty
consists of doing what one desires.” In a
nation founded on the promise of securing “the
blessing of liberty” for all, people with disabilities
have found themselves often forced to exchange
their personal freedoms for the services
and support they need. Unwilling to accept
that the need for support is incompatible with
personal freedom, growing legions of individuals
with disabilities, their families, advocates,
public officials, and service providers have developed
and promoted new ways of increasing
the control that people with disabilities have
over their own lives and futures.
This issue of Impact focuses on various
aspects of and experiences with supporting
personal freedom through self-directed supports
and individually managed budgets. It includes
articles from policy, service, and individual/
family perspectives illustrating what is
possible when self-determination guides
service provision. While control over one’s own
services and supports and the resources that
finance them does not directly and unequivocally
yield liberty, in these pages readers will
find evidence of the enormous contributions
that such approaches to human services can
make to lives of greater independence and
personal satisfaction.
What's Inside
Overview Articles
My Life and Consumer-Directed Community Supports
The Impact of Self-Determination on Services and Supports
Individual Budgeting, Control and Support: What Systems Need to Tell People
Pointers for Families and Individuals Who Want to Manage Their Own Services
Finding, Keeping, and Training Staff When Individuals and Families Control the Budget
Program Profiles
Choices and Connections Via the Web - www.LifePages.org
Self-Directed Support Corporations: What a Difference They Can Make
Joyful Care, Inc.: Tennessee's First Microboard
Beyond Traditional: The Arc of North Carolina's Employer of Record Service
An Alternative to Traditional Community Support: My Experiences with The Arc of NC
QualityMall.org: Offering Free Resources on Consumer-Directed Supports
Listening, Learning, and Leading: Community Involvement Programs
Consumer-Directed Community Supports: A County Perspective on a New Service Option
Fighting for Richard: A Mother's Story
The Vermont Way: Evolution of Consumer-Controlled Budgets in Vermont
What Lisa Wants (sidebar)
The Role of Community Living Facilitators in British Columbia's System Change Initiative
Resources
Resources on Supporting Self-Determination
Resources on Systems Change Supporting Consumer Control
Resources on SDSCs and Microboards
Publication Information
Managing Editor: Vicki Gaylord
Issue Editors:
Chas Moseley
National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
Charlie Lakin
Research and Training Center on Community Living
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
Amy Hewitt
Research and Training Center on Community Living
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
Impact is published quarterly by the Institute on Community Integration
(UCE), and the Research and Training Center on Community Living, College
of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota.
This issue was supported, in part, by Grant #90DD0579/01 from the Administration
on Developmental Disabilities, US Department of Health and Human Services;
and Grant #H133B031116 from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research, US Department of Education.
The opinions expressed are those
of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute,
College, University, or their funding sources.
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Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
612/624-4512
icipub@umn.edu
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