Using the Person Centered Approach to identify community living options provides a
refreshing change in the mindset and perception of individuals with disabilities. The agency's
role would be to provide a system of supports. Supports would last for as long as they are
needed in order to enable the student to successfully live in a home or apartment of his/her own
in the community while gaining more competence, control, and confidence with activities in life
that are meaningful to him/her. There are many options for living. Whether they include living
independently in an apartment, or with friends, choosing to stay at home or living in an
apartment in the home, they need to be designed with the student's interests and personal needs
in mind.