TRIPIL CIL'S Five Core Services
The local Disability Community springs
to Action!
TRIPIL CIL provides Five Core Services as part of its mission statement. The following links below outline what those core services are:
Mission Statement:
“The mission of TRIPIL CIL is to promote independent living in Southwestern
Pennsylvania for and by individuals with disabilities; to enable them to take
control of their lives; to make decisions about themselves and their future;
to ensure that the necessary support services are available to enable them
to be active participants in their communities; and to prevent un-necessary
institutionalization.”
10 Principles of Independent Living:
- Civil Rights-equal rights and opportunities for all; no segregation by disability type or stereotype.
- Consumerism- a person ("consumer" or "customer") using or buying a service or product decides what is best for him/herself.
- De-institutionalization- no person should be institutionalized (formally by a building, program, or family) on the basis of a disability.
- De-medicalization-individuals with disabilities are not "sick," as prescribed by the assumption of the medical model and so not require help from certified medical professionals for daily living.
- Self-help-people learn and grow from discussing their needs, concerns, and issues with people who have had similar experiences; "professionals" are not the source of the help provided.
- Advocacy-systemic, systematic, long-term, and community-wide change activities are needed to ensure that people with disabilities benefit from all the society has to offer.
- Barrier-removal-in order for civil rights, consumerism, de-institutionalization, de-medicalization, and self-help to occur, architectural, communication and attitudinal barriers must be removed.
- Consumer control-the organizations best suited to support and assist individuals with disabilities are governed, managed, staffed, and operated by individuals with disabilities.
- Peer role models-leadership for independent living and disability rights is vested in individuals with disabilities (not parents, service providers or other representatives)
- Cross-disability-activities designed to achieve the first five principles must be cross-disability in approach, meaning that the work to be done must be carried out by people with different types of disabilities for the benefit of all persons with disabilities.
Source: Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois
