PEOPLE FIRST IS A NATIONAL STATE WIDE  NON PROFIT  ORGANIZATION THAT IS MADE TO HELP AND TEACH INDIVIDUALS WITH I.D.D. TO ADVOCATE   FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL AS TEACHING THEM TO HELP ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES TEACHING THEM LEADERSHIP DETERMINATION AND THE WILL TO FIGHT FOR I.D.D. RIGHTS AND MAKE OUR VOICE BE HEARD AND SHOW THE WORLD THAT THOSE WITH I.D.D. ARE EQUAL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AND THAT WE ARE PEOPLE FIRST, AND THAT OUR DISABILITIES ARE SECONDARY AND IN EVERY STATE AROUND THE NATION WE HAVE GOVERNING STATE BOARDS THAT OVERSEE ALL THEIR CHAPTERS THAT ARE SPREAD ALL AROUND THEIR STATES FIGHT TO SHAPE POLICEYS AND LAWS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL STATES.