Resources - Emotional Disability

TASH

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.

Services Provided

• Creates opportunities for collaboration among families, self-advocates, professionals, policymakers and other advocates;
• Advocates for equity, opportunities, social justice, and rights;
• Disseminates knowledge and information; Supporting excellence in research that translates to excellence in practice;
• Promotes individualized, quality supports;
• Works 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;
• Supports legislation, litigation and public policy consistent with TASH's mission; and,
• Promotes communities in which no one is segregated and everyone belongs.