Community living is:
- Choice
- Control
- Communication
- Full citizenship
- Making a contribution
- Knowing what is going on in the community
- Access to community resources
- Being a part of a neighborhood
- Digital inclusion
- Accessibility
- Respect
- Risk
- Safety
Community living is not:
- Lack of control
- Aversives, restraint, and seclusion
- Segregation and isolation
- Lack of transportation
- Denial of choice
- Group treatment
- Gated communities and clusters of group homes
- Rules
- Lack of voice
Adapted from Keeping the Promise: Self Advocates Defining the Meaning of Community Living