“…Although cognitive ability may impact the support needed to develop and express self‐determination, socioecological factors are essential for understanding this difference (Shogren, ; Wehmeyer et al, ). People with IDD experience more directive relationships and restrictive environments than do those without IDD (Foley, ; Saaltink, MacKinnon, Owen, & Tardif‐Williams, ; Stancliffe et al, ); thus, they have fewer opportunities to develop skills that significantly predict self‐determination, including choice making (Wehmeyer & Garner, ) and goal setting (Shogren, Wehmeyer, Palmer, & Paek, ). Research has reliably demonstrated that people with IDD have the capacity to become more self‐determined through interventions that target component skills (Algozzine, Browder, Karvonen, Test, & Wood, ; Cobb, Lehmann, Newman‐Gonchar, & Alwell, ).…”