Read My Lips: It's My Choice. Minnesota Governor's Planning Council on Developmental

This resource guide for individuals with developmental disabilities and their advocates locks at five ways to increase the freedom of choice for people with developmental disabilities, including assessing needs, planning for services, evaluating services, understanding the service system, and teaching self-advocacy. The first section includes a home interview designed so that people with developmental disabilities can become more involved in developing their own training goals for where they live and work. The second section contains an Individual Program Planning Guide designed so that people with developmental disabilities can become more involved in writing their own service plans. An Individual Transition Planning guide is also provided to help students and their families in planning for the future. A Housing Checklist follows that is designed so that people with developmental disabilities can become more involved in looking at the places where they live and finding out what they like and what could be better. A Consumer Rights Statement is then provided that outlines the right