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independent living
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independent living
n.
1. A living arrangement that maximizes independence and self-determination, especially of disabled persons living in a community instead of in a medical facility.
2. A social movement asserting that people with disabilities should have the same civil rights and life choices as people without disabilities.


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Four of six centers for independent living surveyed had no staff with disaster preparedness training and five centers had no plans that would enable them to continue services if a disaster hit.
Eight Centers for Independent Living were awarded contracts by the state to provide personalized, one-on-one assistance, but the state used the bulk of the grant to pay for transition expenses that met the needs of former SNF residents in achieving independent living.
From the consulting and training work I do - particularly in centers for independent living and with statewide independent living councils-I am seeing tremendous to the emerging power that people with disabilities are exerting over their own lives and the services, programs, and laws which affect them.
 
 
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