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I am involved in lots of issues that affect the lives of people with disabilities but
I particularly am interested in how people are members of their communities and how do
we support and promote community membership for people.
Living a community, the assets or the gifts of every person is recognized and realized
and people have a chance to give of themselves, connect with other people and I don’t think
that can happen in a meaningful way unless people with disabilities are making choices
to make that happen. If I am making a decision for someone else
their connections to people aren’t going to be as real as if they are making choices
or involved in that decision-making themselves. I think it is only fair that everybody has
a chance to show and be a part of what goes on around them.
I think as a member of a community I, for selfish reasons, I want to have access to
people and their gifts, and I don’t want to just have access to just a certain part
of my community I want have access to everybody.