Self determination

Self determination is as important to a person with a disability as it is to anyone else.

Educating Children with Special Needs; Adrian Ashman; John Elkins; Prentice Hall of Australia Pty Ltd; 1994

to be self-determined is to endorse one's action at the highest level of reflection. When self-determined, people experience a sense of freedom to do what is interesting, personally important, and vitalizing

Edward L Deci & Richard M Ryan