Southeast Alaska Independent Living - An Aging and Disability Resource
Center
SAIL-Independent Living Philosophy
Independent Living is a philosophy and a movement of people with
disabilities who work for self-determination, equal opportunities and
self-respect.
President George Bush Signing the ADA into Law
President George Bush Signing the ADA into Law
"Independent Living does not mean that we want to do everything by
ourselves and so not need anybody or that we want to live in
isolation. Independent Living means that we demand the same choices
and control in our everyday lives that our non-disabled brothers and
sisters, neighbors and friends take for granted. We want to grow up in
our families, go to the neighborhood school, use the same bus as our
neighbors, work in jobs that are in line with our education and
abilities, start families of our own. Just as everybody else, we need
to be in charge of our lives, think and speak for ourselves. To this
end we need to support and learn from each other, organize ourselves
and work for political changes that lead to the legal protection of
our human and civil rights."
-Adolf Ratzka [1]www.independentliving.org
Independent living is about having choices and about having the right
to make those choices, to make one's own mistakes, and to learn from
them in the same way that people without disabilities can. People with
disabilities must be empowered to take control over their own lives.
Centers For Independent Living
"CILs promote a philosophy of consumer control, peer support,
self-help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and
systems advocacy in order to maximize the leadership, empowerment,
independence, and the integration and full inclusion of individuals
with disabilities into the main stream of American society." (RSA,
1992)
History
The first CILs were established in the early 1970s, and were defined
much as they are today as consumer-controlled, community-based,
cross-disability, nonresidential, private, nonprofit agencies.
For more on the history of Independent Living:
* "The IL Movement: A History" by Maggie Shreve
* "History of Independent Living" by Gina McDonald and Mike Oxford
(Hosted by ACILS)
* "The Father of Independent Living" by Ed Roberts (Hosted by ILUSA)
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