Alliance for Full Participation
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The Alliance for Full Participation (AFP) is a formal partnership, founded in 2003, of organizations serving the developmental disabilities field. They share a commitment to the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities into the mainstream of American life.
Partners[edit]
The AFP partnering organizations are:
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – AAIDD
- American Network of Community Options and Resources – ANCOR
- [Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)][1]
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
- National Alliance for Director Support Professionals (NADSP)
- National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
- The Arc of United States
- National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
- United Cerebral Palsy – UCP
- The Council on Quality and Leadership - CQL
- Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
2004 Discussion points[edit]
In September 2005, 2400 people including self-advocates, human service providers, researchers and state liaisons attended the AFP Summit in Washington, D.C. Discussion points included:
- the closing of segregated institutions, schools and sheltered employment workshops
- community inclusion
- employment and volunteer opportunities for people with disabilities
- financial support for disability services
- including people with disabilities in the planning, governance and leadership of disability services and programs
- an end to the usage of the term “mental retardation”
- control of public funds for disability services
- wages for direct support professionals
- Medicaid reform
External links[edit]
- Alliance for Full Participation
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
- American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)
- The Arc of United States
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
- The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL)
- National Alliance for Director Support Professionals (NADSP)
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
- National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
- The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
- Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
- United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)
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