1. The Importance of Community Inclusion
Ramps over fear
The Importance of Community Inclusion

2. Autism Advocate and Author
By Sarah Stup
Autism Advocate and Author

3. People with disabilities
are patiently waiting
for access to you.

4. Yes, we know your places
are open to us
if we try very hard
to act normal…

5. …but opening your places is only the beginning.

6. We are still not really
with you yet.

7. Our families
and people who have jobs that help us
know they can find us
inside our disabilities.

8. Being with them is great, but we are not real citizens
and participants
until you allow us to bring
our disability into your places
and then find our gifts inside.

9. Reach out
by getting past
your fear
of imperfection.

10. Please be with us
to realize
we are worth knowing.

11. Perfection as a measure of worth will reject us all.
Hiding people with disabilities
shows you prize only
perfection.
Perfection as a measure of worth will reject us all.

12. None of us should be rejected
since differences bring
strength.

13. Supporting people with developmental disabilities makes us all richer.

14. We learn to trust imperfection
and our long walk together.

15. to you, People with developmental disabilities need access
not just your buildings.

16. to get over your fear of imperfection?
Do you need ramps
to get over your fear of imperfection?