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Inclusive Communities = Stronger Communities GLOBAL REPORT ON ARTICLE 19: THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND BE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY 127 urgent needs, we are often limited to short term, stop gap measures which serve only a small number of those who require support and tend to be focused on protection. Families would like to be assured that their family member with an intellectual disabilities is safe, has opportunities to be included in the community as a contributing member and that he/she be valued for who they are. They would like their family member with a disability to have a life like their brothers and sisters but since they are the main support in their family member’s life, their greatest fear is what will happen when they are not around. They know segregation has led to isolation and exclusion for the person with a disability and for them as families but they are tired and they are struggling to develop strategies for the future. To be effective in meeting the challenges ahead we must identify new strategies, shifting from the role of filling gaps to one that focuses on affecting social change. As agents of change in our communities, we need to deploy our limited resources to strategies which will have a lasting and transformative impact on our communities by: • Building partnerships with other community stakeholders (employers, cultural and religious groups, political parties, colleges and universities, media etc.) • Working with governments to ensure mainstream systems are inclusive (Education, employment, housing, transportation, justice etc.) • Strengthening the voice of self-advocates and families in their call for inclusion in the community As we contribute to making our communities more inclusive for people with intellectual disabilities, we help make them more inclusive of all people who are at risk of being excluded, and thereby strengthen our communities. Shifting our priorities to focus on building stronger communities for all will mean shifting from filling gaps to building inclusive communities (Table 11) ;
128 Inclusive Communities = Stronger Communities GLOBAL REPORT ON ARTICLE 19: THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND BE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY Table 11: Stronger Communities for All From Filling Gaps Providing segregated employment, housing and education services for a few Training self-advocates in “life skills” Training parents in “intellectual disability” To Building Inclusive Communities Providing supports to individuals to access regular employment, housing and education Working with community stakeholders to identify existing systems and supports Building and supporting self-advocacy groups Developing family resource and training programmes to enable families to access and use supports in the community Providing supports to families to assist in planning Assisting families to build and sustain natural supports in the community Rehabilitation: skills measured as outcomes Supports defined and delivered by service providers (supply side) Advocating for budget allocations for disability supports Low expectations and negative attitudes Community development: Inclusion in the community as outcomes Supports defined by needs and demands of individuals with intellectual disabilities (demand side) Advocating for budget allocations for disability supports and inclusion in mainstream budgets Raising Public Awareness of human rights and inclusion Sharing examples of people with intellectual disabilities living and being included in the community
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