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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
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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.
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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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