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Virginia ADA
Coalition Presents:
Virginia's Third Annual
Ask the Experts Video Conference
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more information
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Date: April
30, 2008 |
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Community
Integration Training
Sessions
Is an overview
of Money Follows the
Person Demonstration Project and
Olmstead Strategic Plan
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for more information |
Dates: April
24 & May 15, 2008
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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"Opening Doors To Opportunities With
The Disability Community"
What is
Independent Living?
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What is Independent Living? Essentially, it is living just like
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everyone else having opportunities
to make decisions that
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affect one’s life, able to pursue
activities of one’s own
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choosing—limited only in the same
ways that one’s non-
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disabled neighbors are
limited.
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Independent Living should not be defined in terms of living on
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one’s own, being employed in a job fitting one’s capabilities
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and interests, or having an active social life. These are
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aspects of living independently. Independent Living has to do
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with self-determination. It is having the right
and
the
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opportunity to pursue a course of action. And, it is having the
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freedom to fail—and to learn from one’s failures, just as non-
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disabled people do.
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Items Of Interest
- Money Follows the
Person
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Virginia launches
website describing community living choice project for seniors and
individuals with disabilities.
PIER Meetings
PIER is part of the
Hampton Roads Coalition
for People with Disabilities
FREE Online Course
on the
American
with
Disabilities Act
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