Center for Independent Living (CIL): Disabled People Take the Lead for Full Community Lives.

Autor/in	Racino, Julie Ann
Institution	Syracuse Univ., NY. Center on Human Policy.
Titel	Center for Independent Living (CIL): Disabled People Take the Lead for Full Community Lives.
Quelle	(1991), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adults; Advocacy; Attendants; Attitudes; Community Programs; Counseling; Decision Making; Disabilities; Housing; Human Services; Independent Living; Job Development; Program Development; Social Services; Social Support Groups; Training; Transitional Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialanwaltschaft; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Counselling; Beratung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Handicap; Behinderung; Unterkunft; Humanitäre Hilfe; Selbstverantwortung; Programmplanung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Ausbildung
Abstract	The Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Berkeley, California, is described as a mecca for the disabled since 1972, when a coalition of severely disabled people founded the Center with the goal of integrating disabled people into the community-at-large. The CIL's mission is to create and maintain independence for disabled people through providing services, advocating for the rights of disabled individuals, and nurturing a system of support in the community. CIL is a membership organization with over 500 members who elect a governing board made up of a majority of individuals with disabilities. Services include housing, attendant referral, independent living skills training, youth services, peer counseling, job development, benefits counseling, blind services, and deaf services. Six major areas of concern to people in the developmental disability field are discussed: choices and decision making, peer support, working with attendants, disability awareness, advocacy and services, and transition and independent living. The report also discusses individual and system advocacy and acceptance of the CIL within the Berkeley community. (JDD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC