by RIDDCouncil | Jul 4, 2023 | Advocacy, RIDDC
The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council is seeking consultants to assist the Council with its advocacy of several of its key goals: increasing the utilization of Supported Decision Making (SDM); increasing the voter registration and voter turnout of people...
by RIDDCouncil | May 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Join us to support H-5882 (Rep. Bennett) & S-795 (Senator DiPalma). By uniting forces, we can create an Olmstead Plan that empowers Rhode Islanders who filive with disabilities to lead healthy, fulfilling lives. RI Needs an Olmstead Plan – 5.30.23...
by RIDDCouncil | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
RIDDC’s chairperson, Michael Matracia, from the Providence Police department in conjunction with The Providence Center, presented the CIT program, designed to effectively manage calls that require mental health intervention. Assigned to the Providence Police...
by RIDDCouncil | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council (RIDDC) is thrilled to announce that one of our self-employment program participants – Alton Stuckey, owner of Alton Stuckey Portraits and Beyond – has been selected to speak at the President’s Committee for People...
by RIDDCouncil | May 3, 2023 | Laws & Legislation
$30,000 in Compensation, Revised Practices and Training at Elmhurst Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Disability Rights Rhode Island (DRRI), the federally mandated Protection and Advocacy System (P&A) for Rhode Island, is pleased to announce that a complaint it...
by RIDDCouncil | Apr 28, 2023 | News
Self Employment Program participant, Kraig Mitchell, was featured today (April 28, 2023) on Providence Business News about his business, Drone Ability, Inc. Though confined to a power wheelchair, Kraig Mitchell perceives the world from on high, zooming up to the...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 15, 2023 | Employment, News, RIDDC
Business Development Classes, webinars, and programs abound throughout Rhode Island and, in fact, every state. However, the RI Developmental Disabilities Council’s (RIDDC) Self Employment Project is unique and noteworthy due to its extensive, multi-faceted approach...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 8, 2023 | News, RIDDC
The RI Developmental Disabilities Council (RIDDC) invited Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH) Director Kevin Savage to address its quarterly membership meeting at Chelo’s Restaurant in Warwick. Director...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 2, 2023 | Employment, News
Self Employment Program participant, Kraig Mitchell, was featured today (March 2, 2023) on RINewsToday.com in an article about his business, Drone Ability, Inc. “Drones and a Wheelchair made all the difference.” CRANSTON, RI – Kraig Mitchell, a resident of Cranston,...
by RIDDCouncil | Mar 1, 2023 | Education, News, RIDDC
STATE HOUSE – Rep. Terri Cortvriend has introduced legislation that would provide inclusive opportunities at state colleges for young people with intellectual disabilities or autism. The bill, which is modeled after a law enacted in neighboring Massachusetts in 2022,...
