by RIDDCouncil | Jan 13, 2017 | Advocacy, Community Living, Cross Disability Coalition, Employment, Policy, RIDDC, Self Directed Supports, Supports Intensity Scale
The Department of BHDDH, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), will be holding two open community forums in February 2017. The first forum is specifically for individuals and families involved with self-directed supports and the second one for all other...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 12, 2017 | Community Living, Cross Disability Coalition, Life is Good
James Boucher and Susan Raposo, from West Bay Residential Services, Inc., put their heads together and came up with the idea of starting a creative poetry class about 7-8 years ago. It started with a few people coming together to talk about different topics on...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 12, 2017 | Education, Family Connections, Federal Laws & Legislation, Laws & Legislation, RIDDC
Supreme Court Considers How Schools Support Students With Disabilities The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a dispute that advocates describe as the most important case involving public school special education in three decades. At issue is whether...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 12, 2017 | Policy, RIDDC
Kerri Zanchi, a former high-level developmental disability service official in Massachusetts, has been named Rhode Island’s Director of Developmental Disabilities in the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH). Zanchi, who...
by RIDDCouncil | Nov 29, 2016 | RIDDC, Supports Intensity Scale
Background Information Supporting people in community settings is recognized as the new way of thinking in the disabilities field. The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) has been developing tools and informational materials to...
