“Offering personalized flexible support to families and individuals with disabilities to live, work and develop relationships within our communities”

MISSION STATEMENT

The Nemasket Group, Inc. offers personalized, flexible support to families and individuals with disabilities to live, work and develop relationships within our communities. We recognize that people are the experts on their own lives and that our role is to listen and walk together on the journey toward the realization of power, community membership and self-determination.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

The Nemasket Group shall conduct itself according to the following guiding principles:

•  Promote the right of people to exercise choice and decision-making in their lives.

•  Ensure that supports and services are guided by a person's goals and preferences.

•  Recognize and support people to work and/or to have meaningful roles in the community.

•  Enhance the community's capacity to welcome and include people with disabilities.

•  Support people's right to develop and maintain relationships of their own choosing.

•  Promote inclusion, meaningful roles, and positive perceptions of people with disabilities; actively discourage segregated, congregated activities that hinder individual expression and foster negative, stereotypical perceptions of people with disabilities.

•  Acknowledge that it takes intention, perseverance, courage, faith, skills and support to realize one's potential.

•  Provide opportunities for individuals and families to develop their capacity to speak for themselves and others, to initiate ideas, and to control what happens in their lives.

•  Provide opportunities to celebrate the ordinary and extraordinary events and rituals in people's lives.

•  Safeguard each individual's right to privacy, dignity, and respect.