VISION
"To be a consumer-controlled
council that is effective in leading a statewide independent living
movement that empowers persons who have disabilities."
MISSION
"To ensure persons who have disabilities have access
to community-based resources that promote personal choice and facilitate
the achievement of their independent living goals."
VALUES
"The West Virginia Statewide Independent Living Council
is committed to the following values: freedom of choice; diversity;
respect for others; quality of life; equality; excellence; fiscal
responsibility; self-reliance and self-sufficiency; and inclusion."
PHILOSOPHY
The independent living philosophy is a philosophy of consumer
control, peer support, self-help, self-determination, equal access,
and individual and systems advocacy in order to maximize the leadership,
empowerment, independence, and productivity of individuals with disabilities,
and the integration and full inclusion of individuals with disabilities
into the mainstream of society.
