About us
A Center for Independent Living, run on the principle that people know their own lives best.
ABLE Center serves people with disabilities across seventeen counties of the Permian Basin. We are non-residential, cross-disability, and consumer-controlled — which means the people we serve direct the work.
Our mission
To promote independent living for all people with disabilities.
Our vision
To see all people with disabilities living full and independent lives.
“We help people soar above all expectations.”
How we do it
Our mission is accomplished by:
Identifying potential
Recognizing the abilities and strengths a person already has, rather than starting from what they cannot do.
Removing barriers
Working on the physical and social obstacles that stand between a person and the life they want.
Guidance and advocacy
Helping people understand their rights and options, and speaking up alongside them when it counts.
Education and growth
Building skills and confidence, and supporting people as their goals change over time.
Promoting independence
Keeping decisions where they belong — with the person making them.
Classes, peer groups, and community activities run throughout the year. Details go up on our Facebook page as they are scheduled.
The idea behind it
What a Center for Independent Living is.
Centers for Independent Living exist under Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They are community-based, non-residential, and cross-disability — meaning we work with people of any age and any disability, and we don’t house anyone.
The defining feature is consumer control. The law requires that people with disabilities lead these organizations, not simply receive services from them. You set the goals; we help you get there.
The independent living philosophy
Our programs and services are provided consistent with these principles:
- Consumer control
- Peer support
- Self-help
- Self-determination
- Equal access
- Individual advocacy
- Systems advocacy
- Community integration and full participation
Seventeen counties across the Permian Basin.
Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Loving, Martin, Midland, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell, Upton, Ward, and Winkler.
Services are available to people of all ages and all disability types. If you are not sure whether you qualify, ask — that is what the first conversation is for.
