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TASH MISSION
TASH's focus is on those people with disabilities who:
- Are most at risk for being excluded from the mainstream of society;
- Are perceived by traditional service systems as being most challenging;
- Are most likely to have their rights abridged;
- Are most likely to be at risk for living, working, playing, and/or learning in segregated environments;
- Are least likely to have the tools and opportunities necessary to advocate on their own behalf;
- Historically have been labeled as having severe disabilities; and,
- Are most likely to need on-going, individualized supports in order to participate in inclusive communities and enjoy a quality of life similar to that available to all citizens.
TASH accomplishes this through:
- Creating opportunities for collaboration among families, self-advocates, professionals, policymakers and other advocates;
- Advocating for equity, opportunities, social justice, and rights;
- Disseminating knowledge and information;
- Supporting excellence in research that translates to excellence in practice;
- Promoting individualized, quality supports;
- Working toward the elimination of institutions, other congregate living settings, segregated schools/classrooms, sheltered work environments, and other segregated services and toward replacing these with quality, individualized, inclusive supports;
- Supporting legislation, litigation and public policy consistent with TASH's mission; and,
- Promoting communities in which no one is segregated and everyone belongs.
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