We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.

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94. I am good friends with the parents of a young woman...

... who has very severe MD. We'll call the young woman Mary. Mary is nonverbal and uses a chair exclusively. When she was younger she could operate the controls, but could no longer do so by age 20.
When the state decided that we were going to become an employment first state, her parents, (who are heavily involved in DD issues) were quite resistant. They could not envision employment in which she could actively participate. After a couple of dead ends, they, with the assistance of job coaches, DVR and DDA started a business in which "Mary's Ice Cream" would employ people to vend snacks at local fairs and events. Mary would give away samples from her chair. This was quite successful, it made a self-sustaining income for Mary and her employees, but more importantly was tremendously inclusive and increased Mary's social circle. I daresay that today, Mary knows more people than I do.

Like I said, Mary's parents are good friends of mine. After the "Mary's Ice Cream" experience, her father helped write the vision statement in your first link.

So yes, I agree with it.

I don't agree so much with the second link because it was written in such a way as to implicitly legitimize institutions.

The expectation that grown ups take responsibility for our own support, are included in our communities and contribute to our society doesn't negate free will. In fact, it's a prerequisite to getting the respect due grownups.