The Independent Living Philosophy espouses living like everyone else – i.e. being able to have control of one’s own life, having opportunities to make decisions that affect one’s life and being able to pursue activities of one’s own choosing, regardless of disability.

Independent Living is not simply concerned with mundane physical tasks of daily living. The philosophy expands the notion of independence from physical achievements to political and socio-economic decision making. It is concerned with personal and economic choices that disabled people make, and its goals are

• Self Determination
• Control
• Responsibility