- Housing assistance
- Attendant care
- Interpreters/ readers
- Counseling
- Financial and legal advocacy and community awareness initiatives


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In order for people with disabilities to have equal access to choice and autonomy, they must have the agency to decide when to participate in the mainstream. Thus, centers for independent living aim to support the ability for people with disabilities to function as independently as possible when given the proper resources. 



Centers for Independant Living (CIL's)


The Development of the Disability Rights Movement as a Social Problem Solver | Disability Studies Quarterly. (n.d.). Retrieved September 12, 2022, from https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/399/545

The Development of the Disability Rights Movement as a Social Problem Solver 

CIL Services 


CIL’s construct the meaning of independence in terms of having the accessibility to resources in the community to make the social environment more inclusive

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