Resources
Shared Living Perspectives
Cultivating Thinking Hearts: Letters from the Lifesharing Safeguards Project
Helen Zipperlin & John O'Brien
Multiple perspectives on creating lifesharing settings and safeguarding their essential contributions. Connections to ecology, efforts to renew the soil, and other forms of community building.
Social Role Valorization (SRV)
Social Role Valorization, or SRV for short, is a dynamic set of ideas useful for making positive change in the lives of people disadvantaged because of their status in society. SRV is utilized mainly in service to children and adults with impairments as well as elders, but it can be helpful to uplift the social situation of any person or group.
The Values of Inclusion Video
Heather is a brilliant written, presenter and a crisp clear thinker. She is co-author of the Bog Plan – a book that describes a process of doing ‘planning’ with groups – over time. It builds on the work of Connie Lyle O’Brien and Beth Mount – but with a Scottish lilt. The video linked below shares the 10 core values of inclusion.
Five Valued Experiences and the Five Accomplishments
John O'Brien and Connie Lyle-O'Brien explores a framework for thinking that they began to develop more than 40 years ago, incorporating the five valued experiences and the five accomplishments that can shape the intent, focus, and delivery of support.
Neighbours International Videos
Neighbours International's mission is to develop capacity and leadership that makes it possible for inclusive communities to thrive, and people with disabilities to find their place, and be in charge of their pursuit of the dream of valued citizenship. Visit their website to learn more here:
Citizen Network
Launched in 2016, Citizen Network is a movement to advance equality and justice around the world. We started Citizen Network because we need to celebrate human diversity and stand up for human equality. We need to work together and to behave like citizens, reject division and create more inclusive communities that welcome people with all their different gifts.
No Labels No Walls Movement
Art. Culture. Action. Life. Happens when…there are No Labels No Walls. Founded by Finnish wellness association Kukunori and Los Angeles based theater company The Strindberg Laboratory, No Labels No Walls movement is dedicated to building a community that consists of everyone and anyone despite labels and barriers that keep us all divided!
Total Living Concept
"Our world will be a better place when all people are treated with dignity and respect, have access to similar opportunities in life and enjoy the same rights and privileges." Total Living Concept embraces these principles and works for their realization on a daily basis with citizens who experience developmental disabilities. We pledge our minds, our hearts, and our passion in service of these principles and the people supported by our agency.
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