People with disability should support themselves; take initiatives to participate in regular life like any other normal person. They should not see themselves and be seen by others as a medicine dependent or social service dependent individuals.
There are organizations in our country which help people with disability to lead a normal life. The Center for Independent Living (http://www.cilberkeley.org ) is one such foundation that helps such people to lead independent and fulfilled lives. This organization is founded by people who themselves are disabled and have a first hand experience of fighting disability when life has turned its face against you.
The concept of independent living provides senior and ill people with an alternative support to live their lives comfortably. It includes services like home care, medical and nursing care, and long term care etc. These care are given at the person’s home which gives him/her the feeling of wellbeing and more so the feeling of living an independent life, maintaining one’s dignity and his/her choice of life style. One can choose to live an assisted life at his/her own home or one can move to a senior community or independent living community where all the personal and household facilities are provided for like meals, transportation, laundry, etc.
Organization like the Center for Independent Living and many others across America offer a wide array of professional services which will help a disabled person to lead a normal and respectful life. It really needs a mention in this article that these organizations make a huge difference in the lives of people with disability. There are various services that are offered by them for Independent Living. They try to help people by better utilizing the Social services offered by the state, suggesting change in policies for the disabled to the government, offering counseling in financial matters training people with disability in certain skills which will help them in Independent Living and many other services. There are also many corporations which come forward to help people with disability for an Independent Living. These corporations offer employment to disabled people to help them lead a respectful life. These corporations work with groups such as the CIL in drawing policies that will benefit people with disability towards Independent Living.
We can always offer our helping hand by supporting any of these organizations which offer Independent Living support. A small financial contribution from our side could bring a smile on the faces of people suffering from old age disability. |
