• Students should be afforded every opportunity to have full integration and be included in the same academic, vocational, independent living and social opportunities as others
  • Intelligence quotients (IQs) do not define a person and their worth
  • Students have the freedom and the ability to make their own choices
  • Students are entitled to the “dignity of taking risks” and natural consequences that may follow
  • Students learn best through experiential learning that includes mentorship and friendship with other matriculating UNF students
  • True independence is not learned from a textbook or segregation, but is acquired and enhanced through actual inclusive experiences
  • Each student is capable of becoming independent in the community with minimal supports
  • Students should think for themselves, dream their own dreams and write their own stories
  • A student’s potential is limitless