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INCLUDE
• to make/welcome someone as a part ofa group, community, or society
EXCLUDE
• to prevent or restrict someone from
participation or consideration as a part
of a group, community, or society
WHYa charitable organization
for people withintellectual disabilities???
?
So why should people with intellectual disabilities…
All live together?All work together?All play together?
(Adapted from hope-house.org)
If you have an intellectual disability,it’s not such a good thing to be "SPECIAL"
SPECIAL PEOPLEStigmatized. Pitiable.
SPECIAL PROGRAMSLimited. Dream-Crushing.
SPECIAL PLACESIsolated. Segregated.
VISION: A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS.
MISSION: HELPING OUR COMMUNITY WELCOME PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY AS VALUED CITIZENS.
CORE VALUE: PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES ARE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO THE HUMAN FAMILY.
EXCLUSION INCLUSION
What’s OurInvestment?
Thank you for choosing Acme Support Services, where we proudly facilitate inclusion and individual independence through person-centered planning!
Getting It WrongStarts With TheCore Dishonesty
Called “Planning”
Now, let me start by reviewing the listof fixed choices available to you!
INCLUDE
• to make/welcome someone (as a) part ofa group, community, or society
EXCLUDE
• to prevent or restrict someone from
participation or consideration as a part
of a group, community, or society