by RIDDCouncil | Feb 19, 2016 | Community Living, Policy
The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.C., along with other disability and aging advocacy groups, has issued a Toolkit to help advocates push for strong implementation of the new Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rules in their...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 22, 2016 | 5 Year Plan
The RI Developmental Disabilities Council is in the process of writing our new 5 Year State Plan (2016-2021). We want to know what YOU think is important in the lives of people with developmental disabilities and their families in RI. The Council is federally funded...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 15, 2016 | Community Living, Family Connections
“The Community of Practice for Supporting Families of Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities” is a national project from the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS), Human Services Research...
by RIDDCouncil | Dec 17, 2015 | Education, Family Connections
The “Policy Statement on Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs,” released jointly by the Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) on September 14, 2015, states that “all young children with disabilities...
by RIDDCouncil | Oct 13, 2015 | Cross Disability Coalition, Employment, Employment First, Life is Good
The October Issue of RI Monthly has a featured article entitled “The Tyranny of Low Expectations” written by Associate Editor Casey Nilsson. “For decades, local agencies segregated people with disabilities and kept them from pursuing real work in the community. The...
