Community Living
TITLE: Community living for adults
AUTHOR: Center on Human Policy
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: 1989
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
805 South Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-22280
1-800-894-0826
This newsbulletin presents and summarizes some concepts about supported living. It includes stories which describe the lives of a number of individuals who are living in their own homes and apartments and gives an overview of several agencies that have adopted an individualized approach to services. Though much has changed in the area of supported living since the development of this bulletin, its contents are still relevant.
TITLE: Living with the questions: Notes from a gathering of people concerned with supported living
AUTHOR: O'Brien, J., & Lyle O'Brien, C.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: 1995
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
805 South Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2280
1-800-894-0826
This report was generated from a gathering of innovators in the supported living movement including: people with disabilities, family members, service providers, and system managers. Participants of the gathering drew upon their experiences to describe issues related to supporting people to live in their communities. Their experiences provide an in-depth understanding of this process. Topics include contradictions with system rules, how support makes a difference in people's lives, concerns in the day-to-day work of service providers, and strategies for growth of supported living. The report ends with reflections by several participants.
TITLE: Supported living: What's the difference?
AUTHOR: O'Brien, J.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: 1993
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
805 South Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2280
1-800-894-0826
In this article O'Brien distinguishes between supported living and other service approaches. He argues that understanding supported living requires a reconsideration of assumptions and behavior toward people with disabilities. The article begins with descriptions by service providers who have pioneered the approach of experiences which have enabled them to step outside the assumptions and practices that usually govern service providers. This is followed by the identification of issues that should govern supported living services and a concluding list of the obligations of service providers to individuals and their friends and families.
TITLE: The variety of community experience: Qualitative studies of family and community life
AUTHOR: Taylor, S. J., Bogdan, R., & Lutfiyya, Z. M. (Eds.)
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: 1995
Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
P.O. Box 10624
Baltimore, MD 21285-0624
1-800-638-3775
This book looks at life in the community from a unique perspective. It contains studies which look at community participation from the vantage point of people with developmental disabilities, their families, and the community. This purpose of the book is not to describe or promote specific support strategies, practices, or other good ideas, but to explore how life in the community is experienced directly by those with developmental disabilities and their families, whether or not they are involved in the human services systems.
The studies reported in this book address one or more of three major themes including: family life, the nature of community (whether defined in terms of associations and groups or geographically), and the nature of human services. This book contributes to general understandings but also provides useful insights and lessons to policymakers, people with developmental disabilities, family members, professionals, advocates, and others interested in life in the community.
TITLE: Cultivating thinking hearts: Letters from the Lifesharing Safeguards Project
AUTHOR: Zipperlen, H., & O'Brien, J.
PUBLICATION INFORMATION: 1994
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
805 South Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2280
1-800-894-0826
This paper is an exploration of the rich mix of concepts that arise from and apply to the creation of effective safeguards for lifesharing households (where people with and without disabilities choose life together). It includes essays and letters from the different perspectives of people involved in these situations.
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