Benefits
- Advocates for standards and leading practices
- Promotes access to service, community integration, and valued social roles for people with disabilities
- Strengthens the surrounding community
- Advocates on behalf of the regulatory and legislative reform
- Develops platforms and positions regarding pertinent organization members
- Serves as the front line of defense on all issues facing providers
- Advocates for standards that promote the outcome of quality for people
- Promotes inclusion and equitable treatment of all people including those receiving support, staff, friends, families, and the public
- Provides support and services as a public trust that requires integrity, compassion, and respect for individual differences and choice
