SABE’s Mission

To ensure that people with disabilities are treated as equals and that they are given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up to empower themselves; opportunities to make new friends, and to learn from their mistakes.

What We Believe In

• People with disabilities should be treated as equals.
• People should be given the same decisions, choices, rights, responsibilities, and chances to speak up and empower themselves.
• People should be able to make new friendships and renew old friendships just like everyone else.
• People should be able to learn from their mistakes like everyone else.

Our Current Goals

• Eliminate institutions;
• SABE will support affordable and accessible housing for all people in the community;
• National healthcare for all people;
• Equal employment opportunities for equal pay for all people;
• People with disabilities will have self-advocacy at all stages of their lives with funding to support state, local and national self-advocacy organizations;
• SABE will educate people with and without disabilities on the options, choices and alternatives to guardianship so that full guardianship is not an option whenever possible;
• Relationships;
• SABE will be a political powerhouse to work on legislation that affects people with disabilities lives;
• SABE will advocate for individualized services for all people with disabilities;
• SABE will support flexible and available accessible transportation (airlines, trains, buses) for all people in the community across the nation; and,
• SABE will educate people – all people – about disability issues that are important in their lives.