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LIFE CHOICES

8600 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48202

Reaching out to persons with developmental disabilities and their families.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of NSO's Life Choices is to provide services and support for children and adults with developmental disabilities, and to their extended families, ensuring that those served remain in the least restrictive and most integrated community setting.

NSO's Life Choices provides a central access point to services for persons with a developmental disability, and advocates on behalf of individuals, secures resources, and provides lifelong support services so individuals may live as independently as possible.

SERVICES

  • Comprehensive outpatient services for individuals and their families
  • Ongoing assessment of community programs and resources
  • Evaluation and planning
  • Guardianship assistance for persons with a developmental disability
  • Residential Group Home Monitoring and Clinical Services
  • Crisis intervention and stabilization (24 hours)
  • Training in parenting skills
  • Family support services
  • Individual and group therapy
  • Hospital liaison services
  • Specialized community services (HAB and children's waiver)
  • Supports coordination and advocacy
  • Psychological testing
  • Behavior modification programs

Eligibility Criteria: Developmental disability for persons older than 5 years is defined as a severe chronic condition that is attributable to a mental and/or physical impairment; is manifest before the age of 22; is likely to continue indefinitely, and results in substantial functional limitations in 3 or more areas of major life activities including self care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self-sufficiency. A Developmental Disability most often involves conditions such as mental retardation, autism, seizure disorder and /or cerebral palsy.

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