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Showing posts with label The DD Act for better and for worse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The DD Act for better and for worse. Show all posts
Friday, January 1, 2016

The DD Act : Policies and Principles Through the Looking Glass

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Recent posts on the DD Act  - an in-depth look at the DD Act and how it helps but also harms people with developmental disabilities. **...
Wednesday, December 23, 2015

The DD Act Purpose : Promoting DD Act Goals

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This is an annotated version of the “purpose” of The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 with my comments...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The DD Act : "Findings" vs. Facts

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The “ F indings ” of Congress listed in The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 [ the DD Act ] are state...
Saturday, December 12, 2015

Defining Intellectual Disability

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The term “intellectual disability” replaces the term “mental retard ation ”. In the campaign to banish the “R-word”, it sometimes seemed a...
Monday, December 7, 2015

The DD Act : Rights of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

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Here is a link to the “Rights of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities” as a Word document from the DD Act of 2000 . The following ...
Friday, December 4, 2015

The DD Act : Defining Developmental Disability

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To understand any piece of legislation, it is important to know how terms are defined and applied in particular situations. The DD Act of ...
Thursday, December 3, 2015

What is the Developmental Disabilities Act and why does it matter?

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[The links to DD Act programs no longer work, but that does not mean the programs have been disappeared by the current administration. Her...