This project will work to provide tools to self-advocates, families, professionals, and policymakers working to support the rights of all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to community living and participation. In collaboration with the Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education, the University of Delaware, and the Self-Advocacy Association of New York State (SANYS), this project will create free digital resources promoting community living and participation among people with intellectual disabilities in the United States. Each toolkit will contain online materials available in accessible and usable ways. Toolkits include:
- COMMUNITY LIVING 4 ALL–Supporting individuals moving out of ALL institutions
- SELF-ADVOCACY AND CHOICES 4 ALL–Strategies for becoming a self-advocate and making person-centered choices
- COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 4 ALL–Building relationships, neighborhood and community
- LIFELONG LEARNING 4 ALL–Continuing to learn after high school, through formal and informal learning opportunities in the community
- DIGITAL COMMUNITIES 4 ALL–Ways to access and connect to online communities, including families and friends, using social media
- FAMILY 4 ALL–How parents and families, including foster families, can get supports they need and choose how those supports work for them