Mission Statement

"Empowering People with Disabilities" is CASCIL’s mission. It is a mission that includes advocacy, information, mentoring, training, transition and beyond to truly empower.Respect, choice and change are at the center of empowerment. Every individual is encouraged to embrace empowerment and understand that it may mean a new way of looking at things and making them happen.Fiscal, operational, advocacy and human resource policies reflect support for empowerment as agents of choice and change. All policies must advance the mission, eliminate barriers and foster inclusion.

CASCIL’s vision is vibrant, global, sophisticated and far reaching  for itself and the community. CASCIL embodies superior fiscal, technological, human, and systemic resources that provide flexibility and innovative solutions in a challenging world. As a center for independent living, CASCIL has a vision of people with disabilities caring and sharing with and for themselves, each other, and the community at large. CASCIL is today’s catalyst for tomorrow’s accessible community.

Respect, Choice & Change are the values of CASCIL as an organization. Respect for the choices and changes that consumer’s desire must be supported with guidance, reality and resources.   Respect by all for the organization must be at the core of discourse and decision. Choice, is at the center of CASCIL. It inspires the vision, mission and values while empowering all those involved.Change is an imperative for independent living. It guides and fuels our growth, commitment, and service to the community. The Core value of CASCIL is independent living which means living, working and playing as you choose.

The independent philosophy espouses the position that persons with disabilities, as well as society, benefit from living and functioning within the community as opposed to being maintained in an institutional setting.

An Orientation to Independent Living