What is independent living? Essentially, independent living is living just like everyone
else - having opportunities to make decisions that affect your life, pursuing activities of
your own choosing, and being limited only in the same ways that your non-disabled
neighbors are limited.
Independent living is having the right and the opportunity make choices and decisions
about your life. And, it is having the freedom to fail - and to learn from your failures, just
as people without disabilities do. Independent living means having every opportunity to
be as self-sufficient as possible.
Independent living. It isn't easy, and it can be risky. But millions of people with
disabilities rate it higher than a life of dependency, narrow opportunities and unfulfilled
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