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Portland Commission on Disability
Mission:
The mission of the Portland Commission on Disability is to guide the City in ensuring that it is a more universally accessible city for all.
The Portland Commission on Disability will:
- Broaden outreach and inclusion of persons with disabilities in Portland;
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- Represent a wide spectrum of disabilities on behalf of the residents of the City of Portland;
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- Facilitate increased collaboration and information exchange between persons with disabilities, City bureaus, and City Council.
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Guiding Principles:
- Every individual must be treated with dignity in a manner that is culturally respectful to him or her. Every effort shall be made to overcome misconceptions and biases regarding persons with disabilities.
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- Individuals with disabilities have the right to attain their highest level of independence, self-determination and self-support. In exercising self- determination, people with disabilities have the right to make and express choices in all aspects of their lives, in all stages of their lives.
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- People with disabilities have the right to participate in all community activities, and shall have equal access to all programs and services that serve the public.
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- There are a broad range of disabilities and, therefore, a broad range of needs in the community. Policies and procedures shall be flexible enough to address the changing and varying individual needs of persons with disabilities.
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- Because the experience of disability also includes friends, family, associates, and loved ones, these guiding principles also apply to them.
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- Input and participation from persons with disabilities at all levels of decision- making, goal setting, and policy formation shall be considered and included.
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- A universally accessible city is a more livable city for all persons, and represents a new paradigm of how we thrive in a city and respect its diversity.
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