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:
  • Jerry Lewis speaks about the disabled and “Jerry’s Orphans” (3 minutes)
  • Jerry Lewis Award Protest On Oscar Eve – 2009 Academy Awards (4 minutes)