Authority - to act in accordance with those choices by returning the control to those persons once controlled by a system fraught with good intentions. Support - for individuals with disabilities to become participating and contributing members of the community because no one is self sufficient. Responsibility - comes with the reward of freedom to share and contribute to the world. Seven additional principles have been a adopted that a significant group of Minnesota stakeholders felt were necessary as they focus on evaluating regulation and policy. We believe that people plan with and are supported and facilitated best by those who know and care about them.
Relationships are more important than rules.
Simplicity Principle We believe when consumers and families must interact with the bureaucratic helping systems, information should be as clear, streamlined and simple as possible. This allows the client and his or her support system to focus on their needs rather than how to deal with the system. We believe that all people have the same human needs, as described in the Maslouis Hierarchy. We believe it is important that the current system not be seriously destabilized. We are engaged in an evolutionary process of change.