SABE Webinar with the Autism NOW Center - January 27, 2011

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Betty Williams, President of SABE

Max Barrows, Vice-President of SABE

Chester Finn, Past President and

Mentor to the SABE Board

Nicole LeBlanc, Disability Educator &

Member of SABE Autism Now Team



SABE

Self Advocates Becoming Empowered.

The United State's national self-advocacy organization. We are a

national board of regional

representatives and members fromevery state in the US .



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To ensure that

people withdisabilities are

treated as equals and that they are

given the same decisions, choices,rights, responsibilities, and chances

to speak up to empower

themselves; opportunities to makenew friends; and to learn from their

mistakes.



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htt ://www.selfad ocacy.or /docs/A T_Quick ui

de2008. df

htt ://www. msa t.or /index. h o tion=com_co

ntent& iew=article&id=34&Itemid=41

A T ± Ad ocatin or han e To ether is

an excellent website for findin self-ad ocacy tools

What Is A Self-advocacy Group?

Green Mountain Self-Ad ocates has a

free handbook we i e to all local self-

ad ocacy rou s to hel them start andrun their rou s.



J ust Say No To Separate Systems



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SABE Policy Statement on Em loyment

SABE alls for Endin Sub-Minimum a ein 2012

³ e ha e been re ared enou h. Get us

real jobs. lose sheltered worksho s.´

To et a co y o to: htt ://sabeusa.or / catid=179

or more information on con ertin sheltered worksho s

to em loyment ser ices o to:

htt ://www.a se.or /docs/APSE%20Subminimum%20 a e%20Policy

%20Statement%2010.09[1]. df

htt ://www. ermonta se.or / ermonts_con ersion_institute



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For an excellent resource on how to take action to

close institutions o to:htt ://www.institutionsclosethem.or /

htt ://www.facebook.com/ rofile. h id=10000142

0612762

Peo le First of New

am shire hasmade it their #1 oal

to hel other states

close institutions

across the country.



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A hance to be Made hole: Peo leFirst

Members Bein Friends to Tear Down

Institution alls by Peo le First of

Tennessee 1997

http://thechp.syr.edu/pl1st.htm

To read a report on issues that states may face

when closing institutions go to:

http://ici.umn.edu/products/prb/161/161.pdf

Institutions : Close Them



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P eople First Language: The Basics: Information on

using respectful language created by SABE http://www.aucd.org/docs/ P eople%20First%20Language%20

Manual.pdf

Accessible Meetings

Getting Your Message Across:Communicating with P eople with

Intellectual Disabilities. This manual

is a reference guide on cognitiveaccessibility.

http://www.gmsavt.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=

article&id=33&Itemid=4



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Keeping The Promise: Self Advocates Defining

The Meaning Of Community Living

In Se tember 2010, SABE, the Autistic Self-Ad ocacy Network, and

the National Youth eadershi Network con ened a National

ommunity i in Summit of self-ad ocates with de elo mental and

intellectual disabilities. The Summit roceedin s and inter iews

addressed three s ecific questions:

1. hat are three thin s that determine that a lace or residential

ro ram is not art of the community

2. hat are three thin s that determine that a lace or ro ramwhere a erson ets residential ser ices is truly in the community

3. hat does ommunity i in really mean

In February 2011 the re ort will be a ailable at: www.sabeusa.org

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