Supporting the Goal of Shared Citizenship.

The shared citizenship paradigm envisions, requires, and supports the engagement and full participation of people with disabilities as equal, respected, valued, participating, and contributing members of all aspects of society. The goals of shared citizenship are to enhance human dignity and autonomy, facilitate human endeavor, and maximize human engagement. This article describes how the goals of shared citizenship can be supported through a greater focus on systemic changes in research, policy, and practice that seeks to advance change across ecological systems and align the goals and principles of the Shared Citizenship Paradigm with change strategies. The article concludes with a discussion of how supporting the goals of shared citizenship involves changing the lens through which disability is viewed, to enhance systemic change across ecological systems.