IMPACT CIL is a self-help, advocacy organization, which was formed in September of 1985 primarily by people with disabilities. IMPACT continues to be operated by people with disabilities. It is our mission to assist people with disabilities. It is our mission to assist peole with disabilties to acheive their full human potential and to advocate for a society that is free from both physical and attitudinal barriers so that we may be full participants in our own communities. IMPACT envisions a society where we as people live independently in our place of choice and ina socity that is free from barriers, discrimination, prejudice and segregation. It is only then can we be free to make our own decisions and choices and to live in communities that accept us as equal members.
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