5 Ways to Get Inclusion Started at Your Organization

Are you a support provider who wants to move authentic inclusion forward in your organization? Are you hoping to foster a shared understanding of inclusion? Are you looking to support people to live the lives of their choosing but feel stuck? Here are five ways you can get the conversation started right now. Ask one or more colleagues to join you!

1. Listen to the voices of people with disabilities about autonomy, support, and inclusion:

• Disability Visibility Project: Autonomy and Disabled People

• Autistic Advocacy: An Interview with Julia Bascom

• Building Communities to Support People with Disabilities

2. Read books and articles with your colleagues. Start an inclusion club with the following texts:

• PATHFINDERS:  People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Allies Building Communities That Work for Everybody

• Learning How To Give Up Control

• Partnership: What Does It Mean?

• 30 Years of Community Living 

3. Watch these videos about the history and foundations of inclusion and person-centered planning:

• It’s Our Story

• Person-Centered vs System-Centered - Open Future Learning

4. Engage with the people you support to get their feedback and share ideas

• Try filling out the “Where do I want support?” tool together or separately

• Practice supporting someone in giving feedback with our free coaching ebook.

• Review the circle of person-centered planning

5. Learn from people living the practice

• Sign up for a Training & Development Institute session featuring experts in inclusion and support

• Check out the Open Future Learning training modules

• Attend an Expectations Matter course alongside the people you support or your colleagues

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