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How we think and what we do, are shaped by what we think, and the language that we use. The language of "disability", "deficit", "disease", "disorder", etc., and a medical model for thinking has shaped the way we interact with each other, and the programs we create. This has greatly impacted people who are labeled as "disabled", their families, and our communities as a whole. This language and thinking has designed outcomes of segregation, isolation, and poverty. We believe that we need other ways to think, and different language, that will fuel the designed outcomes of inclusion, belonging, employment, and asset growth.
We are sharing some of the materials that help us to think. |
inclusion press... for "person centered" work
We do believe this is the best place to get good reading that relates to person centered work and creating communities that can welcome all. Below are just a few of our favorites.
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Person Centered Planning edited by John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien Ways to think about person-centered planning, its limitations, the conditions for its success. 
ABCD in Action:
When People Care Enough to Act Asset Based Community Development Mike Green with Henry Moore & John O’Brien Forward by John McKnight Developed in response to the question “I love ABCD (Asset Based Community Development); what do I do Monday Morning?”--and based on Mike Green & Henry Moore’s highly regarded work as ABCD organizers, consultants and trainers–-these materials support a practical approach to creating community collaborations that work |
Make A Difference
A Guidebook for Person-Centered Direct Support by John O'Brien & Beth Mount with contributions from Peter Leidy & Bruce Blaney Guides a Learning Journey that supports action-learning about relationship building, planning with people in a person-centered way, supporting choice, & building community inclusion. 
The Abundant Community
Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods by Peter Block and John McKnight Bestselling authors John McKnight and Peter Block offer compelling new understanding of how and why community has been lost in our neighborhoods, cities, and society and what ordinary citizens as well as leaders and professionals can do to restore it. 
Celebrating the Ordinary
The Emergence of Options in Community Living as a Thoughtful Organization by John O'Brien, Connie Lyle O'Brien and Gail Jacob A way to think about supported living that collects stories, pictures, documents, and operational policies from Options' work in Wisconsin. |
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Creating Blue Space
Fostering Innovative Support Practices for People with Developmental Disabilities by Hanns Meissner Forward by John O'Brien |
available other places
There are lots of good reads that you can also find in your local book store, or on Amazon, iTunes, etc.
Learning to Listen
by Herbert Lovett Ph.D. This nontechnical and absorbing text describes how the interactive process of "learning to listen" provides practical alternatives to overly controlling behavior modification techniques. 
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation
by Tim Brown The myth of innovation is that brilliant ideas leap fully formed from the minds of geniuses. The reality is that most innovations come from a process of rigorous examination through which great ideas are identified and developed before being realized as new offerings and capabilities. 
Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future
by Leonard A. Schlesinger Just Start combines fascinating research with proven practices to deliver a reliable method for helping you advance toward your goals—despite the uncertainty that is all too common today. 
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
by Simon SinekIn studying the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way-and it's the complete opposite of what everyone else does. People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers might have little in common, but they all started with why. 
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate |
Becoming Human
by Jean Vanier In this provocative work, Jean Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. 
The Careless Society: Community And Its Counterfeits
by John McKnightHere is a book that celebrates the ability of neighborhoods to heal themselves from within. John McKnight shows how competent communities have been invaded and colonized by professionalized services—often with devastating results. 
Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition
Paulo Freire The methodology of the late Paulo Freire has helped to empower countless impoverished and illiterate people throughout the world. Freire's work has taken on especial urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is increasingly accepted as the norm. 
Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges
by C. Otto Scharmer In this ground-breaking book, C. Otto Scharmer invites us to see the world in new ways. What we pay attention to, and how we pay attention is the key to what we create. What often prevents us from being present, is what Scharmer calls our blind spot, the inner place from which each of us operates. Becoming aware of our blind spot is critical to bringing forth the profound systemic changes so needed in business and society today. 
Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future
by Margaret J. Wheatley "I believe we can change the world if we start talking to one another again." With this simple declaration, Margaret Wheatley proposes that citizens band together with their colleagues and friends to create the solutions for social change, both locally and globally, that are so badly needed. Such change will not come from governments or corporations but from the ageless process of thinking together in conversation. |