What do I think about post-planning?

Written By Leonard Stevens

Post-Planning is making sure your Person-Centered Plan is carried out in the ways that you want.

What are the important things to remember when post-planning?

  • The most important thing is that individuals can pick who can represent them (themselves, anyone in their family, a co-worker,  and even a peer support specialist). If my 86-year-old grandmother didn’t support me as a guardian when I was younger, I wouldn’t be here. And now I represent myself with her support when it comes to meeting my goals.

  • You can change your career or even change your goals that you want to achieve. 

  • You can’t have one person create a village for themselves. It takes everyone to build that ideal goal to achieve

  • Planning shouldn’t happen overnight. Give yourself and your team time to meet your goals well.

A special message

If it wasn’t for my grandmother representing me, I wouldn’t be here writing about it today. She has represented me since I was only two years of age, and here in 2021, she knows how I will be responsible enough to take care of my own self.  Currently, (even though I’m working remotely at home) I have two part-time jobs which I started in early 2019: one being a peer support specialist and an adviser as well. 


Leonard Stevens

Leonard Stevens is a 32-year-old adult diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. Currently, he works at Project ACTION as a consultant and adviser and works part-time at DC DDS as a Peer Support Specialist.

He chooses to share his life experiences because “I have been in everyone’s shoes and now it is my turn to share my life experiences with everyone.”

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