Growing a Strong Social Network
This plain language document gives tips on how people with IDD can grow their social network and learn social skills to help make them happy and lead a good life.
Dealing With Changes, Grief, and Loss
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planningFact sheet/by The ArcThis plain language document discusses how change and loss can make people feel and encourages people with IDD to make a plan for who they can talk to when changes or losses happen.
Building Good Relationships
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planningFact sheet/by The ArcThis plain language document talks about how to build good relationships and get away from bad ones when we need to.
Why Future Planning Is Important
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planningVideo/by The ArcThis video explains why planning for the future is important to achieve goals and dreams, including advice from self-advocates on steps you can take to start making a plan for what you want in your life.
Video: Decision-Making
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planningVideo/by The ArcThis video explains the many different ways people with disabilities make decisions about their lives, including steps and advice from self-advocates about things people can do to make decisions in the future and how they make decisions in their lives.
Your Next Home
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planning, HousingVideo/by The ArcThis video talks about things people with IDD may want to consider in a next home, including stories and advice from self-advocates about how they found their next home.
What to Know about Public Benefits
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planning, Medicaid, Social securityVideo/by The ArcThis video gives an overview of public benefits that people with IDD may want to consider to pay for the things that they need in their life, including stories and advice from self-advocates about using public benefits.
What to Know About Trusts and ABLE Accounts
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planningVideo/by The ArcThis video gives an overview of how people use special needs trusts and ABLE accounts to pay for the things that they need in their life, including stories and advice from self-advocates about using special needs trusts.
Building a Career
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesEmployment, Family support and future planningVideo/by The ArcThis video gives an overview of the steps a person with IDD may want to take to find a job and build their career, including stories and advice from self-advocates about jobs they have had and how they have built there careers.
Growing Your Social Network
/in Chapter of The Arc, Family member, Person with a disability, Service provider / DSPAll StatesFamily support and future planningVideo/by The ArcThis video gives an overview of how people with IDD can grow and build their social network throughout their lives, including stories from self-advocates about who is in their social network and how they have grown it throughout their lives.
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The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
