Upcoming Event: Maryland Centers for Independent Living
Contributed by: Ashley Biggs, Marketing & Outreach Librarian
Maryland Centers for Independent Living
November 17, 2021
6:30 PM
Who we are:
Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are federally established nonprofit disability resource and advocacy organizations located throughout Maryland operated by and for people with disabilities. Center staff and Boards are at least 51% people with disabilities. The Independent Living Movement believes that people with disabilities are the best experts on their needs. We value equal opportunity, self-determination, and self-respect. We reject the idea that disability is a barrier to independent living but rather the environment and attitudes of our society are the barriers. Maryland has 7 Centers for Independent Living covering the expanse of the state.
Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are federally established nonprofit disability resource and advocacy organizations located throughout Maryland operated by and for people with disabilities. Center staff and Boards are at least 51% people with disabilities. The Independent Living Movement believes that people with disabilities are the best experts on their needs. We value equal opportunity, self-determination, and self-respect. We reject the idea that disability is a barrier to independent living but rather the environment and attitudes of our society are the barriers. Maryland has 7 Centers for Independent Living covering the expanse of the state.
What we do:
Centers offer services and support for younger people with disabilities and seniors to live independently, at home!
Centers offer services and support for younger people with disabilities and seniors to live independently, at home!
• We provide information and referral
• We teach independent living skills
• Offer equipment or home modifications for accessibility so people can stay in their own homes
• Staff provide peers for youth and adults which allows consumers to see role models of what is possible.
• We teach people how to advocate for the things they need and how to change the service delivery system
• We teach independent living skills
• Offer equipment or home modifications for accessibility so people can stay in their own homes
• Staff provide peers for youth and adults which allows consumers to see role models of what is possible.
• We teach people how to advocate for the things they need and how to change the service delivery system
Michael Saunders is Director of the Money Follows the Person project at Independence Now, a Center for Independent Living in Silver Spring, Maryland. Prior to joining Independence Now, he served as a Peer Mentor providing peer support, job coaching, and life skills to people with disabilities in the DC Metro Area. He became a parapalegic in 1992 and has worked in disability advocacy since 2011. He presently resides in Charles County, Maryland.
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