Authentic Membership

Authentic membership recognizes the equal status and importance of the self-advocates to any other members of the board of directors.

They’re the only people with the moral authority. — Graham Mulholland

Do we allow impatience to deprive us of the full benefit of all those other thinking minds out there? Do we give token acknowledgement to others, and in doing so missing out on adding to our own knowledge and abilities? -– stillthinking, Essays for Thinkers

Barriers to Authentic Membership

Strategies That Promote Authentic Membership