Alliance for Full Participation

The Alliance for Full Participation (AFP) is a formal partnership, founded in 2003, of organizations serving the developmental disabilities field. They share a commitment to the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities into the mainstream of American life.
Partners
The AFP partnering organizations are:
* American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - AAIDD
* American Network of Community Options and Resources - ANCOR
* [Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)]
* National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)
* National Alliance for Director Support Professionals (NADSP)
* National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)
* The Arc of United States
* National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS)
* United Cerebral Palsy - UCP
* The Council on Quality and Leadership - CQL
* Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE)
2004 Discussion points
In September 2005, 2400 people including self-advocates, human service providers, researchers and state liaisons attended the AFP Summit in Washington, D.C. Discussion points included:
* the closing of segregated institutions, schools and sheltered employment workshops
* community inclusion
* employment and volunteer opportunities for people with disabilities
* financial support for disability services
* including people with disabilities in the planning, governance and leadership of disability services and programs
* an end to the usage of the term “mental retardation”
* control of public funds for disability services
* wages for direct support professionals
* Medicaid reform

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