Free Our People: History of ADAPT and Healthcare Legislation
Michigan SILC Meeting
Please preview a few of the materials listed below for the Consumer Control training and discussion on May 8, 2015
Presentation Materials (coming soon)
- Consumer Control in Michigan Centers for Independent Living (PDF or plain text)
- Handout 1 – Consumer Control Self Inventory (PDF or plain text)
- Handout 2 – Example Work Plan (PDF or plain text)
- Handout 3 – Example CIL Consumer Control Outcome Measures (PDF or plain text)
- Handout 4 – The Consumer-Driven SPIL (PDF or plain text)
Scholarly Documents on IL and Consumer Control
- Putting Advocacy Rhetoric Into Practice: The Role of the Independent Living Center
- Consumer Control Principles in Independent Living
- Promoting Self-Direction and Consumer Control
- Focusing on Outcomes in the CIL Program: Report from the NCIL Outcome Measures Task Force (in PDF or plain text)
Example IL Websites
- IndependenceFirst (Milwaukee) – Advocacy Teams
- Access Living (Chicago) – Community Organizing
- National Council on Independent Living – About IL
Videos on Independent Living History and Philosophy
- EVENT ’91 Lansing Michigan: A Congress of People with Disabilities (12.5 minutes)
- ILRU Training Videos:
- Module One: A Brief History of Disability (17 minutes)
- Module Two: Emergence of Independent Living (20.5 minutes)
- Module Three: Codification of Independent Living – It is the law! (14 minutes)
- Module Four: Disability Policy Framework and Advocacy (recommended – 20.5 minutes)
- Independent Living Resource Center of San Francisco Advocacy Video (12.5 minutes)
- Here: Poetry Performance of Cheryl Marie Wade (13.5 minutes)
- Disability Culture Rap Part 1 (11 minutes)
- Disability Culture Rap Part 2 (11.5 minutes)
- It’s Our Story (3 minutes)
- Jerry’s Orphans:
