Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve more than traditional, compliance-driven service models. They deserve dignified, community-based approaches that foster authentic belonging, meaningful work, and visible roles in everyday life.
Our consulting service, led by Blawesome co-founder Rebecca Sorensen, MSW, helps organizations, communities, and families create those alternatives.
Rebecca’s approach is rooted in both professional practice and lived experience—she doesn’t just advise on inclusive models, she operates one.
Rather than offering one-size-fits-all solutions, we partner with clients to clarify values, identify existing assets, and co-create approaches that are both practical and transformative.
Supporting the creation of programs, spaces, and initiatives that foster authentic social integration, belonging, and participation in everyday community life.
Advising organizations and coalitions seeking alternatives to segregated, deficit-based, or purely clinical disability service models.
Consulting on land-based and agricultural models that promote mental and physical wellbeing, purpose-driven work, and community connection for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Guiding the development of microenterprises and community-rooted work models that offer dignified, meaningful vocational opportunities.
Helping organizations and communities shift public perception, reduce stigma, and increase visibility by elevating stories of contribution, capability, and belonging.
Limited support for families navigating Medicaid waiver services, including help with system navigation, documentation, appeals writing, and strategic advocacy consultation. This is strategic guidance and advocacy assistance, not legal representation, clinical treatment, or ongoing case management.
I offer presentations and facilitated conversations on social care, inclusive community design, and the broader impact of social care on individuals, communities, and public systems. Drawing from lived experience and nearly two decades of practice, I speak to how community-rooted approaches to care influence health, belonging, workforce development, and civic life—and why social care is inseparable from policy and politics. Presentations can be tailored for conferences, universities, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and community groups.
As a macro social worker with nearly two decades of experience, Rebecca designs and implements community-based initiatives for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. At Blawesome, a social care farming operation she runs with her autistic son, she demonstrates daily what’s possible when we design support systems around contribution instead of compliance. Her work is collaborative, strengths-based, and deeply relational—bridging social services, agriculture, housing, workforce development, and narrative change.
Engagements are designed to be clear, bounded, and aligned.
A limited number of reduced-fee engagements may be available for families or grassroots organizations.
Every engagement begins with a 75–90 minute consultation to clarify needs, assess alignment, and explore what's possible.
Investment: $175–$225
Engagements are designed around your scope and goals:
If you are exploring new ways to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through community-rooted, inclusive approaches, I welcome conversation.
Initial consultations are designed to clarify needs, assess alignment, and determine whether my support is a good fit.
