The DD News Blog

This is an action alert notice from the Coalition for Community Choice ( CCC ): PUBLIC COMMENT DEADLINE: JANUARY 9, 2016 @ 5:00 PM ...

4,902,835 with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) in USA 1,389,611 supported in an out-of-home residential setting ...

The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) is a Federal advisory committee that coordinates all efforts within the Department o...

Lisa Parles Speaking at the 2015 EASI Foundation and Families CCAN Conference Lisa Parles, is a New Jersey attorney and the parent of a...

From the Madison House Autism Foundation ( MHAF ). Follow this link to watch the video and see photographs of this amazing community: B...

The following are excerpts from public comments by Jill Escher, President of the Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, to the Californi...

Misericordia ,  a network of services that provides a full continuum of care for over 600 people with mild to profound developmental disabil...

This is from the Community Choice Coalition Blog , by Desiree Kameka, 8/7/15. Excerpts:   In almost two decades [and] since Olmstead, se...

Together for Choice October 21 - 23, 2015 Misericordia 6300 N. Ridge Chicago, IL 60660 Wednesday, October 21, Loyola University, Water Tow...

The CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) approved a transition plan for implementing the new Home and Community-Based setting...

Check out the Website for Aacorn Farm , an innovative agricultural community for adults with autism and other disabilities. It has an espe...

From the Coalition for Community Choice Blog - "When Mom’s Plans Aren’t Enough", 12/9/14 Pam’s mother promised that Pam would ...

February 20, 2015, is the due date for comments on Michigan’s proposed assessment tools for determining whether settings that use Medicai...

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a set of “ Exploratory Questions to Assist States in Assessment of No...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided states with “ Guidance on Settings that have the Effect of Isolating indivi...

[This is an article from the Benjamin's Hope 2014 Winter Newsletter. Ben's Hope is a faith-based community model in Holland, Mich...

[ These are videos from the San Francisco Bay Area Autism Society housing conference, May 10, 2014.] Part 1: Autism / Developmental Disab...

The Michigan Department of Community Health has released its transition plan for implementation of the federal Home and Community Based se...

  The stigma of “congregate settings” for those with disabilities stems from a troubling history, but we shouldn’t be creating barriers t...

This is an announcement of events and updates from Desiree Kameka from Madison House Autism Foundation, Rockville, MD, and the Coalition f...