{"id":82,"date":"2016-12-19T19:21:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T19:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razubal.expressions.syr.edu\/communityliving4all\/?p=82"},"modified":"2016-12-19T19:26:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T19:26:23","slug":"perspectives-on-institutions-and-life-in-the-community-by-tia-nelis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razubal.expressions.syr.edu\/communityliving4all\/2016\/12\/19\/perspectives-on-institutions-and-life-in-the-community-by-tia-nelis\/","title":{"rendered":"PERSPECTIVES: On Institutions and Life in the Community by Tia Nelis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_74\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74\" src=\"https:\/\/razubal.expressions.syr.edu\/communityliving4all\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/TiaNelis2009-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tia Nelis\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/razubal.expressions.syr.edu\/communityliving4all\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/TiaNelis2009-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/razubal.expressions.syr.edu\/communityliving4all\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/TiaNelis2009-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/razubal.expressions.syr.edu\/communityliving4all\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/12\/TiaNelis2009.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of Tia Nelis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From my experiences with institutions and with life \u201con the outside,\u201d there are some things that I know to be true:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019ve never met anyone who would choose to live in an institution once they have moved out.<\/li>\n<li>Putting people away because they have a disability is wrong.<\/li>\n<li>People with disabilities want to be friends and neighbors and coworkers with lots of different kinds of people, not just other people with disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>People who have lived in institutions all of their lives don\u2019t know how to make choices because they are not given the opportunity.\u00a0 We need to teach people how to make decisions and allow them to fail, too.<\/li>\n<li>Community living is not always easy, perfect or safe, but at least the people who live in the community are free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are talking about closing institution, make sure you are asking and listening to the right people \u2013 those who live there and have lived there in the past.\u00a0 They know the truth about these places.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/dhd\/aboutidhddhd\/contactus\/idhdcoreteam\/name,13602,en.html\">Tia Nelis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From my experiences with institutions and with life \u201con the outside,\u201d there are some things that I know to be true: I\u2019ve never met anyone who would choose to live in an institution once they have moved out. Putting people away because they have a disability is wrong. 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