Living In The Community—The Landscape For Adults With I/DD

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about problems plaguing the Colorado host home program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and the development of stronger regulations to address these problems (see Colorado Developing Stronger Regulations On Host Homes For Individuals With I/DD). The host home model, which allows individuals and families to open their homes to individuals with disabilities in need of support, is based on the concept of shared living (for more on the principles of shared living, see Shared Living: A New Take on an Old Idea. National Association of State Directors of . . .