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A Simple Framework For Creating Movement

8/9/2013

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Life is complex...and simple at the same time. There is no one answer to the challenge that is "life". This is true for all of us, including people who face the challenges of living with "disabilities" that require different ways of thinking, seeing, and doing things, in a world that has been designed to exclude them, and in a "system" designed to maintain this separateness.

So when we hear that people "simply" want the same things that everyone else appear to have...a place called home; love, friendship, family; work that can sustain their lives and allow them to feel "productive"; a community where they "belong" and are valued for what they offer; and the opportunity to create this life through choices they make...what appears to be simple (as simple as any of our lives are simple), it quickly becomes apparent that creating this life is complex.

But this was the simple focus of folks in the Bronx( a mix of people from 8 Provider Agencies and the Bronx DDSO, including individuals--and family members--who receive services) ---figure out how people receiving services can live a life that they create, in collaboration, with people who rally around them for this purpose.
  • Figure out what we want to do...
  • Figure out what needs to be done about it...
  • Figure out what we CAN DO...and then DO IT
...and then come together to figure out what happened when you DID IT...and start the whole process all over.

And when you get stuck...INVITE SOMEONE ELSE IN to figure it out with you.

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    Patti Scott and Dave Hasbury want to explore the questions that arise, and the learning that emerges when we work to create change together.

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