"Community for All"

by Dora Raymaker · 2009-05-29 16:00:00 UTC
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closeup of tools arranged in a circle, from top left and going clockwise, a tweezery thing, hex screw driver, three philips screw drivers in different sizes, two drill bits in different sizes, a ruler with a square on it, several flat pieces of metal (unidentifiable)"Community for All" is the name of the Center for Human Policy's online toolkit: resources for supporting community living. From the section "How to Use This Tool Kit"

This tool kit provides:

     * General information to strengthen real community inclusion.
     * Background information for advocates involved in campaigns to close institutions.
     * General information on community services, and resources for finding out more.
     * Material to counter arguments commonly used by pro-institution advocates.
     * Sample position papers, letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, and other materials that can be adapted for your own use.
     * Ideas for organizing and advocacy.
     * Information about policy and governmental action, and strategies that states can use in closing institutions.

The document was created in a collaboration between national disability rights, academic, service, and self advocacy organizations. It succeeds at being both thorough and readable. An excellent source of everything from background information to text to cite in public testimony or anything all else one might want to do with info on the community living issue.

Dora Raymaker
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