Learning Centre - Models, Processes and Tools

Community Engagement: A Necessary Condition for Self-Determination and Individual Funding
John O’Brien, 1999
Available at: http://thechp.syr.edu/ComEng.pdf

This model of community engagement comes from a document written by John O’Brien (1999) that argues that mobilizing political action and investing in engagement can build lives for people with disabilities and their families that offer security, dignity and involvement.

This model is provided to illustrate how community engagement can occur through this process. This model shows how community engagement emerges as people commit to taking action.

This results in direct involvement of more people in the lives of people with disabilities and their families. People are then encouraged to influence politicians and civil servants to acquire the resources they need to further engage the community and support people with disabilities.