TRIPIL's Organizational Values

Fellowship Values

All persons with disabilities:

1. Are created equal to all persons without disabilities.
2. Have common experiences in our society which can be the basis of mutual support and mutual enhancement of personal growth.
3. Need to work together as advocates for non-violent, progressive change to the institutions and systems of our society in order to increase their ability to serve as citizens.
4. Deserve the opportunities and benefits of full integration within their community and their country.
5. Are entitled to be referred to in respectful language terms.
6. Are entitled to community respect to them as individuals without prejudice or bias relative to a disability of any type or severity.
7. Understand best what they personally want and need to enable them to participate as equals within our society and should work together to solve those problems which prevent that participation.
8. Have the right to choose freely their lifestyle, profession, family composition, and level of societal participation.
9. Have the right to determine their personal level of safety related to their lifestyle and that this may or may not be consistent with the recommendations of government or medical professionals.
10. Are entitled to equipment and services that will reduce societal and environmental barriers which cause them to be dependent and prevent their full integration into the community.

Operational Values

All services of TRIPIL affiliated corporations must be:

1. Appropriately responsive to all persons regardless of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, cultural or ethnic group membership, disability, income, education level, or family status.
2. Designed, organized, and delivered in a manner which demonstrates sensitivity to the unique needs of the cultural, ethnic, religious, and other areas of diversity which constitutes our community.

Persons with disabilities:

1. Will work and participate in all levels of TRIPIL (i.e. staff, management, and board) and will constitute 51% or greater representation at each of these levels.
2. Must be consulted and given appropriate choices in all levels of service planning and service delivery from which they are expected to benefit.
3. Have the right to obtain and review records that TRIPIL compiles about their needs and activities.
4. Are entitled to confidentiality and privacy regarding information that they have given to a peer support counselor and that are maintained in agency records.

Consumers retain the ultimate authority in selection of service choices that are available without bias or prejudice toward that individual.

Staff will avoid any conduct that leads to a dependency by consumers on that staff person and that discourages self reliance and responsibility by that consumer in conducting their personal affairs.

Persons with or without disabilities who are members of the      staff of TRIPIL and persons with disabilities who receive services from TRIPIL should regard each other as equals.