by RIDDCouncil | Jul 15, 2024 | Advocacy, RIDDC
This OpEd originally was published in the Providence Journal on July 13, 2024. By: John Susa, Parent, and Kevin Nerney, Executive Director RI Developmental Disabilities Council Rhode Islanders with disabilities deserve control over their own lives and real access to...
by RIDDCouncil | Jan 10, 2024 | Employment, News, RIDDC
RIDDC was recently featured in an article by Rob Borkowski at the Warwick Post highlighting our continued service to individuals in the I/DD community as they navigate pathways to self-employment. On Jan. 9, the Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council (RIDDC)...
by RIDDCouncil | Nov 1, 2023 | Cross Disability Coalition, News, RIDDC
Creating RI Cross Disability Coalition, Self-Employment, Transformational Workforce Projects And More WARWICK, RI—The Rhode Island Developmental Disabilities Council (RIDDC) announced today that they received Providence Business News’s Annual Summit and Awards program...
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 | 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....
