Alliance for Full Participation

Alliance for Full Participation

The Alliance for Full Participation (AFP) is a formal partnership, founded in 2003, of leading organizations serving the developmental disabilities field. They share a commitment to the successful inclusion of people with developmental disabilities into the mainstream of American life.

The AFP partnering organizations are:
* American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – AAIDD
* American Network of Community Options and Resources – ANCOR
* Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
* National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
* National Alliance for Director Support Professionals (NADSP)
* National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
* The Arc of United States
* The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
* United Cerebral Palsy – UCP
* The Council on Quality and Leadership - CQL
* Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)

In September 2005, 2400 people including self-advocates, human service providers, researchers and state liaisons attended the AFP Summit in Washington, D.C. Discussion points included:
* the closing of segregated institutions, schools and sheltered employment workshops
* community inclusion
* employment and volunteer opportunities for people with disabilities
* financial support for disability services
* including people with disabilities in the planning, governance and leadership of disability services and programs
* an end to the usage of the term “mental retardation
* control of public funds for disability services
* wages for direct support professionals
* Medicaid reform

External links

* [http://www.allianceforfullparticipation.org/public/ Alliance for Full Participation]
* [http://www.aaidd.org American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)]
* [http://www.ancor.org American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR)]
* [http://www.thearc.org The Arc of United States]
* [http://www.aucd.org Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)]
* [http://www.c-q-l.org The Council on Quality and Leadership (CQL)]
* [http://www.nadsp.org National Alliance for Director Support Professionals (NADSP)]
* [http://www.nacdd.org National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)]
* [http://www.ndrn.org National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)]
* [http://www.nasddds.org The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)]
* [http://www.sabeusa.org Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)]
* [http://www.ucp.org United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)]


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