Joe Martinelli is a 24 year old young man who loves the New York Yankees, Bruce Springsteen’s music, hanging out with friends, going out to eat and watching the thoroughbreds and trotters at the local racetracks in Monmouth County.  He volunteers at a local non-profit agency in the resource library, delivers gift cards to employees of a large telecommunications company and is on the air at a local university’s radio station one hour a week.  Joe, with the help of his family, directs his supports and services based on his needs, with an individual budget and person-centered plan.  Joe needs support to safely secure his wheelchair, drive him where he wants to go, and additional assistance at his direction.  Joe has chosen who he wants to support him and how he wants to be supported.  Segregated settings would not allow Joe to live his life his way, something we all take for granted.