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Part of the Community: Strategies for Including Everyone
Part of the Community Strategies for Including Everyone How can you fully include individuals with disabilities of all ages in every aspect of community life? In this groundbreaking book, the editors - authorities from the Institute on Disability in New Hampshire - show you how they've changed their community to better support and enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities. Through the voices... more » of individuals with disabilities, their peers, families, professionals and community members, you'll hear real-life stories of successful (and unsuccessful) community inclusion - from early intervention through high school to entering the workforce. You'll see the challenges that face Lucy and her family as she enters a new preschool; you'll see Butch's efforts to reach his goal of owning his own home. Full of models and strategies on designing natural community supports rather than separate programs, this book shows you how to help individuals with disabilities like Lucy and Butch achieve their goals and benefit from inclusion. This cutting-edge book emphasizes inclusion as a lifelong process and offers creative problem-solving techniques that will enable you to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities in your community.« less