The photographs in this collection feature Pennsylvanians with disabilities who use HCBS — Home and Community-Based Services — to live the life they choose. HCBS provides supports and services that empower a person to live in the community of their choice rather than a nursing home, state intellectual disability center, or other congregate care setting.
Josie - Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
Josie, along with her husband and dogs, lives in rural Western Pennsylvania where she runs her own consulting business. She is a sought-after presenter on the topic of universal design and accessibility for people with disabilities and was instrumental in the development of the #IWantToWork social media campaign.
Josie depends on the life-sustaining use of assistive technology, without home and community-based services to support Josie and her breathing apparatus, she would most likely be relegated to a hospital setting.
Family is the most essential part of my life and HCBS helps me to live that life. For me, that means after a long week of work, hanging out on a Friday night, by the fire with my husband and dogs.
Josie
About HCBS
Home and Community Based Services, or HCBS, provide new opportunities for people with disabilities to have the kinds of community services they want. HCBS.
This project is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council; in part by grant #1901PASCDD-02, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.
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