What are the key opportunities, skills, information and supports needed by individuals to express self-determination (take control of their lives)?
Self-determination is a term with two primary meanings; as a personal attribute, characteristic, or disposition that refers to having control over one’s life and destiny, and in a national, political, or corporate sense referring to the right of people or peoples to self-governance. In both cases, self-determination must be understood in opposition to other-determination. The Arc’s efforts to promote self-determination have focused on the meaning of the term as a personal entity and we have engaged in a series of educational efforts to promote the development and acquisition of that characteristic. Self-determined individuals are, within our framework, “causal agents” in their lives. That is, they make or cause things to happen in their lives. Personal self-determination and consumer control are, basically, two sides of the same coin. Young people who leave school better prepared and enabled to set goals, make decisions, solve problems, and self-advocate will, in turn, be more likely t
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