PHILOSOPHY AND MISSION
The Montana Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities believes:
that all persons have the potential to direct their own lives
and are strengthened by the opportunity to do so;
that all persons can make positive contributions to the community, in which they live, and must have the opportunity to interact with the community to do so;
that all persons can be productive members of the community in which they live, and may need initial assistance to achieve this status;
that all persons should be provided with individualized assistance that will give them the skills and abilities to achieve these opportunities;
in order to assist persons with developmental disabilities and their families the
principles of normalization,
the concepts of independence, interdependence and integration,
family and community based services,
promoting the potential of every person,
individualized choices,
empowerment of persons with disabilities and
the basic human and civil rights of every person.