The Importance of Choice
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities Discovering Choice Conference
John O’Brien
Nov. 2000 – London
A Sequence of Actions to Promote Choice
• Augment: skilled use of technology to enhance communication, movement, attention, learning
• Accommodate: environmental modifications to facilitate participation in community places & activities
• Adapt: changing processes or requirements &systematically instructing to improve performance
• Assist: individually tailored personal assistance to perform necessary tasks or parts of tasks that facilitate participation & successful performance
• Advocate for required technology, environmental modifications, adaptations, & individualised personal assistance
