​ ​​The current system requires us to ask: “Who is in charge?” Federal and state laws mandate choice and control by individuals with developmental disabilities over their lives and the services, supports and education they receive.​​ Despite the requirements of the “I” (meaning Individual) in IEP and IPP, programs and classrooms are often one-size fits-all and lack any person-centeredness.​ Professionals – regional centers and school districts — usually choose the service providers and teachers.  The classrooms and providers are often chosen based on the professionals’ preferences or relationships, convenience, and cost – not on what the individual and their family believes is appropriate. In many cases, the individual and their family are not told what options exist or are given limited choices. They are sometimes denied critically needed services.​ Many individuals with disabilities don’t have essential control over their everyday lives. They don’t even get to decide who supports them, where they go, whom they live and spend time with, and even what they eat. This lack of control often leads to poorer outcomes, unhappier lives, and a feeling of helplessness.​ Even though laws mandate choice and control by the individual and family, there is little accountability over whether this is happening. Services providers are often beholden to the regional centers who fund them and not to the people they serve. Teachers often feel more accountable to the administrators than to their students.