BLOG : Taking the Leap

Deciding to join a CDPAP (Consumer-Directed Personal Assistance Program) can be both exciting and scary.  You have accepted the responsibility to take control of your life.  You are rejecting the Medical Model of home care, and are willing to embrace the Independent Living Model.  For guidance and suggestions, it's best to contact the CDPAP you want to become involved with and ask to be put in touch with an experienced peer.  Why make unnecessary mistakes when someone who has been there is willing to advise you?  Trust me, it only gets better going forward.

Written by Anthony Trocchia

Note: While Concepts of Independence does not provide guidelines or advice on hiring, training, supervising and/or terminating Personal Assistants, we are pleased that many of our Consumers are happy to offer such advice from their own experiences. They are peer mentors, and their advice is their own to offer, and does not reflect the policies or guidelines of Concepts of Independence.