ReadingLiving a Full Life



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A collage of images showing people with developmental disabilities leading a full and independent life. Images include:

  • Man and woman sitting in wheelchairs on the deck of their home.
  • Man and woman sitting in wheelchairs at a desk in their home office.
  • Man in wheelchair sits by a sign announcing the entrance to his microenterprise, a tax service.
  • Mother, father and son sit on a deck on a summer day. The boy is seated in a wheelchair, reading a book.
  • Boy in a wheelchair using a computer in his home.
  • Young man using a computer in his home.
  • Smiling man with developmental disabilities.
  • Mother kissing a young man with significant disabilities in the bedroom of a home.
  • Woman laughs with a young man and a young woman with disabilities seated on a lift at the top of a flight of stairs in a home.
  • Smiling young man with disabilities seated on the floor with two young girls, a woman and a dog.
  • Young woman with disabilities plays an electric guitar in a bedroom decorated with sports team memorabilia.
  • Young woman with disabilities wearing a Minnesota Vikings shirt and a Viking helmet with horns.
  • Mother and father kneel on either side of a young boy in a wheelchair who is playing with a toy in the hallway of a hospital.
  • Young boy in a wheelchair examines a toy.
  • Young boy wearing a riding helmet sits on a horse being held by his father.
  • Mother, father and a young daughter stand beside a horse bearing two young boys, one of whom is wearing a riding helmet.
  • Two young boys roughhouse on a couch while their mother watches.
  • Three young boys surround their mother. Two of the boys are kissing their mother who is laughing.
  • A woman works in a therapy pool with a young girl wearing flotation devices on her arms.
  • A smiling woman talks with a young man who is petting a sheepdog.
  • A smiling young man sits at a table in a common area of a rehabilitation center.
  • A girl with disabilities sits in a wheelchair perched on the lift of an accessible van while a woman prepares to start the lift. Another woman stands inside the van.
  • Family photo of a mother, father, young son and two young daughters seated before a fireplace and Christmas tree.
  • A young woman helps a young child complete a page in a coloring book.
  • Man with disabilities stands proudly in the kitchen of his apartment.
  • A smiling young man wearing a uniform from a retail store stands before a rack of CDs in the Electronics department of the store.
  • A young woman with disabilities stands in front of a wall of file folders in a business setting.
  • Woman with disabilities stands outside a retail store in a mall.