CSD Newsletter
VOL.7, Issue 1
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 Cindy Mann, the newly appointed Director of the Medicaid program at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services, is meeting with an alliance of disability organizations to respond to a list of reforms within the present Medicaid structure.
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| The Center for Self-Determination is a non-profit organization, established in 2000, operating as the primary clearinghouse, training and technical assistance source on Self-Determination in the United States and other countries. The Center is devoted to working within the public and private sector to move power and authority over resources directly to individuals with disabilities, families
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PRINCIPLES OF SELF-DETERMINATION
FREEDOM
The opportunity to choose where and with whom one lives as well as how one organizes all important aspects of one’s life with freely chosen assistance as needed |
AUTHORITY
The ability to control some targeted amount of public dollars |
SUPPORT
The ability to organize that support in ways that are unique to the individual |
RESPONSIBILITY
The obligation to use public dollars wisely and to contribute to one’s community |
CONFIRMATION
The recognition that individuals with disabilities themselves must be a
major part of the redesign of the human service system of long term care |
Nerney, T. and Shumway, D.
Beyond Managed Care Vol. 1, 1996
University of New Hampshire
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