More Voices, More Choices: Expanding Community Participation and Employment Opportunities

Despite popular rhetoric and policy initiatives in support of consumer-friendly services and greater individual choice, many city residents with developmental disabilities still struggle with unemployment, segregation and services tailored to the broad-brush needs of the population, not to individual people. Will the latest state efforts to encourage person-centered planning open up valuable new alternatives?

Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerJune 14, 2006city government, communities, community infrastructure, community life, community organizations, community participation, developmental disabilities, Developmental Disabilities Watch, disabilities, human services, inequality, policies, public policy, segregation, support systems, unemploymentComment