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Expecting More and Doing BetterWE’RE ALL RESPONSIBLE

A Movement Grounded in History

INDIANA INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AND COMMUNITYINDIANA INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AND COMMUNITY

From Nothing to Something: Facility Work

A MOVEMENT GROUNDED IN HISTORY


Laying the Foundation for Individual Employment

• Shifts in training & perceptions of people with IDD

• Supported employment first defined in law: DD Act 1984

• Subsequent laws strengthen


Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Act - 1990



A Movement Moves – Core Values are Constant

1. Innate strengths and capacity.

2. Disability does not need fixing.

3. Separate is never equal.

4. Life in the community is paramount.



Employment Remains Elusive

Systems of support Expecting More and Doing Better


Thought Exercise #11. Take a moment to imagine a person you know with a significant disability.

2. Get specific in your mind.

3. Can he/she complete complex tasks?

4. Can he/she work in an individual job in the community?

SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT


Movie time!

Thanks to Marc Gold and Associates for access to the video:

https://youtu.be/prUIcZ8pXNA

https://youtu.be/prUIcZ8pXNA


Employment Planning

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Odds of Employment Plan • No plan – no service.

• Major disparities.• IDD• Communication

• Systems are deciding who deserves.

Nord, et al, in-press


Employment Planning

SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT

Individual Job in

Community

Employment Goal

11X More

Likely*



Broadening Access to High Impact Practices

Job Search & Placement

4.0X

Job Search, Placement, &

OJS

16X

Job Search

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Nord & Hepperlan, 2016 All significant at p < .001


Thought Exercise #2Take a moment to answer a question:

Can everyone work?

SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT


All Means ALL!

If you don’t believe all people can work then:

• You’re part of a systemic problem; and,

• You might be in the wrong field.

SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT

Young adults & families matterExpecting More and Doing Better


Side Note and Apology: The System

• MDs• Social workers• Psychiatrists• Speech therapists• Job developers• Teachers• Personal Care

Assistants• Financial managers• Job coaches

• Occupational therapists• Nutritionists• Paraprofessionals• Researchers• Residential supports• Vocational rehab.

counselors• Nurse practitioner• In-home support

professionals• Habilitation specialists• Certified nursing assistants

INDIANA INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AND COMMUNITY

Bombarded with Decisions


Recall this result

YOUNG ADULTS & FAMILIES MATTER

Individual Job in

Community

Employment Goal

11X More

Likely*



Guardianship affects this pathway


Job in Community

Employment Goal

11X More

Likely*


25% Less

Likely*

Guardian


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Odds of Employment

Education• Higher ed – higher

odds.

• PSE is a reality

• Expect more


Public Benefits

Don’t miss out!

Research has shown

• Skill development

• Relationships

• Self-determination

• Quality of life

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Choice-making

Lonely

Poverty

Skills


Don’t fear: It’s not rocket science

• Don’t wait

• Have a vision and a plan

• Families can make it happen

• Take the reigns!

Job search

Customized employment

Career planning

Discovery

Job placement

Job tryouts

Carving

Self-employment


Looking outside of formal systems


Esri, 2014


Rounded Life vs. a Service Life


Remarkable timesExpecting More and Doing Better


Employment First Across the Country

REMARKABLE TIMES


The Enforcer


Opportunities for the Taking


We all have responsibility in this!


Presume Competence and Capacity &

Demand Professionals to do the Same


Have a Vision for Employment &

Set High Expectations


Advocate & Fight When You Face Resistance


Don’t Hesitate to Get Help

1. The Arc

2. Assoc. of People Supporting Employment First (APSE)

3. UCEDD network

REMARKABLE TIMES


“Opportunity always comes accompanied by… three fundamental obligations.

The first obligation implied in opportunity is that you must seize it. You reach out to that opportunity, take in your hands and mold it into a work that brings value to others. To do otherwise is a not just a waist, but a crime against the human spirit. Squandering what the rest of the world covets is not only foolish. It is immoral.

The second obligation with opportunity is that you must live the opportunity. You must carry it on your back all day long… Because even though opportunity, much like freedom itself is born only out of an ideal, it is nurtured only by action. Without action, opportunity and freedom shrivel and fade to a tragic and slow death.

Finally the third obligation which inherently comes with opportunity is that you must defend it.“

Robert C. Goizueta


How will you seize this opportunity?

THANK YOU!

Derek Nord, Ph.D.

Director & Associate [email protected]

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