"SAIL has given me the opportunity to change minds, open doors, and understand that disability isn’t a choice, but overcoming disability is. People with disabilities want to provide, succeed, grow, and share – just like those without disabilities."
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ABOUT US
Based in Marquette, Michigan, we’ve been serving people with disabilities, their families, and the wider Upper Peninsula community since 1998. Our staff provides information, referrals, support, and advocacy services to people with a wide variety of disabilities. We also work on a larger scale, helping governments, businesses, and other organizations make changes that improve life for everyone in the community.
MISSION
SAIL promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities into our communities on a full and equal basis through empowerment, education, participation and choice.
OUR NETWORK
Our office is part of a state and national network serving people with disabilities (www.dnmichigan.org). On the state level, we have a board of directors, participate in committees, share ideas, address public policy issues with our legislators, and seek funding to build the network.
On the federal level, many of us belong to the National Council on Independent Living (www.ncil.org). This group monitors and encourages advocacy on federal legislation, as well as the policy that governs federally funded centers like ours across the US.
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