If you cannot use words to say what you want, your IPP team can look at your actions and what you like and dislike. If your disability is so severe that your IPP team cannot figure out what you want, they can assume that:

• You would make the same choices as most people.
• You do not want to live in an institution if there is a safe alternative.
• You want and deserve to be included and integrated into the community, not isolated and segregated.
• You want to be free, not confined.^[1]The fundamental values underlying such laws as the Lanterman Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act require the presumption that even those who cannot express their preferences would prefer and … Continue reading