Independent Living Movement

Welcome to the Able SC EQUIP Independent Living Movement WebQuest. Through this WebQuest you will learn more about the Independent Living Movement and how you can apply its principles in your own life. 

The tasks for this WebQuest are simple. 

1) Go to the website provided via a hyperlink.

2) Read the article.

3) Answer the questions in a Word Document.

4) Send the document for Emily to evaluate at ebeasley@able-sc.org

If you have any trouble with answering the questions or understanding the WebQuest give me a call. 

What is the Independent Living Movement?

https://www.ncil.org/about/aboutil/

Question 1) What is a center for independent living (CIL)?

Question 2) What do CIL's provide?

Question 3) What is the Independent Living philosophy founded in? 

Question 4) What does the Independent Living philosophy emphasize?

What is the History of the Independent Living Movement?

https://www.accessliving.org/Independent-Living-History

Question 1) What is the Independent Living model?

Question 2) In the Independent Living model who makes the decisions?

Question 3) Who was Ed Roberts and what did he do?

Question 4) What does the Rehabilitation Act prohibit?

Question 5) What was the Americans with Disabilities Act modeled after? 

What does Independent Living look like?

https://www.independentliving.org/toolsforpower/tools11.html

Question 1) What is YOUR personal definition of Independent Living?

Question 2) What are three examples of what Independent Living look like?

Question 3) What is one recommendation from the article that they had for other people with disabilities?

Answer the following questions and send them to Emily in a Word Document. 

Question 1) In your own words, what is Independent Living?

Question 2) Do you think you live independently? Why or why not?

Question 3) If you answered NO to Question 2, what steps could you take to living independently?

Question 4) What are some barriers that you have faced in trying to live independently?

After completing this WebQuest, you should feel comfortable with the Independent Living Movement and what it means to live independently.