Abstract
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE This report describes and examines themes discussed during a self-advocate summit on community living for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or I/DD. The Community Living Summit, a two-day moderated discussion , was hosted by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) and funded by the University of California-San Francis-co's Community Living Policy Center. The purpose of the summit was: • for autistic self-advocates ourselves to develop a definition of " community living, " • to determine what supports, ideas, relationships, and systems are necessary for successful community living, and • to provide recommendations on how researchers and policymakers could foster true community living among autistic people and other people with I/DD.