The DD News Blog

Read and listen to a Michigan Radio (NPR) interview , “People with disabilities at heart of new Saline neighborhood” by Doug Tribou, 1/29/...

The first event coming up this month is sponsored by Intentional Communities of Washtenaw ( ICW ), a non-profit group that is organized t...

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

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 ...

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

Here is more from Benjamin's Hope , a planned community housing project for adults with autism and other developmental disabilities in...

Many housing projects, including planned communities for people with developmental disabilities, have been built in recent years that use...

I missed this story in January, but it is an important one.  Remember the foofaraw in April of 2013 when the U.S. Department of Housing...

This is from the Madison House Autism Foundation website, encouraging participation in a new coalition of groups supporting a broad range...

" The Architecture for Autism " by Michael Tortorello is an article from the New York Times, 10/9/13, about new parent-initiated...

Why is the ARC Michigan , an advocacy group for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities, having a hissy fit over two famil...

From the Website for Benjamin's Hope in Ottawa County, Michigan: Benjamin's Hope will be a first of its kind community model...

[Read the full letter here .] Secretary Shaun Donovan
 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
 451 7th Street, SW
 Washingto...

                         Harbor House Ministries is a faith-based non-profit organization in Jenison, Michigan, west of Grand Rapids. It ...

The proposed rules contemplate eliminating choices that are deemed “institutional” at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human S...

Mother's Day According to the ACAA website , the "Agricultural Communities for Adults with Autism (ACAA) is a consortium of ex...