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Friends: Connecting people with disabilities and community members - Angela Novak Amado, PhD
This manual is to help people with disabilities increase community membership and belonging and for promoting relationships with community members.
It is written for agency staff but can be used by anyone such as individuals receiving services, families, and support coordinators, etc.
Many strategies were developed with people with intellectual/developmental disabilities, but the strategies are useful for anyone.
Not everything will be useful for everyone — use what is useful to YOU!