Vision for Lives of Our Clients

Lifetime Advocacy Plus believes each individual served has the right to:

  • Normal feelings of safety and well-being at home and at work, safe from intrusive and aversive methods of correction or instruction such as would not be tolerated by other people;

  • Live as independently as possible, with the awareness that for some people, interdependence may be more pronounced than for others;

  • Professional financial management, including careful investment and protection of funds left by families or others, and to ongoing advocacy for government and private funds necessary to supplement their earnings and savings, so that adequate supports be available for their lives.

  • Adequate and effective education that equips individuals for a successful life lived to the fullest, including, in every appropriate case, preparation to live in the community;

  • A daily life that includes activities that integrate individuals into the overall life of the community; that people get out and about, making friends and doing the essential business of their lives;

  • Encouragement to express their preferences and to respond to those preferences positively whenever possible.

  • Expect that client’s expressed statements be the preferred manner to guide guardianship decisions whenever possible.

  • Express individual preferences that are acknowledged with respect;

  • Receive timely, therapeutic medical care and to participate, to whatever extent possible, in the formulation of medical plans and treatment;

  • Intervention and advocacy when systems that provide needed services fail, proceed too slowly or without due consideration for the best interest of individuals we serve;

  • Concerted effort to provide effective education of the community regarding the dignity and integrity of the people we serve;

  • Consistent organizational awareness and responsiveness to issues that challenge our clients and Washington state service providers;

  • Concerted effort to provide effective education of the community regarding the dignity and integrity of the people we serve.