Over 1 million website views since 1996 – Resources for Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
While written over thirty years ago this piece, by Michael Smull and Susan Burke Harrison, is a classic and one of the first pieces written about person-centered planning and thinking in action. It deserves a read or reread. The handbook presents the tools needed to develop better community capacity to support people with “severe reputations.’ … Read more
by Michael Smull As we help people learn to do person centered planning with people with disabilities, repeatedly those who do the training are asked what to do when what the person appears to want conflicts with what a parent or guardian wants. As people learn to do plans they also ask what they should … Read more
A description and link to an article by Cara Liebowitz on identity first and people first language has been viewed on this site hundreds of times (find the link here). She recently wrote a follow-up article on the views of ableist views of some individuals with physical disabilities. Below is. a summary and link to … Read more