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State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, funded in part by AIDD, examines determinants of public spending for IDD services in the US. stateofthestates.org Boulder, CO Joined June 2012-
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It's difficult to keep up with legislative efforts related to COVID-19. Check out this resource from the @public_rep medicaid.publicrep.org/feature/covid-…
#DSPs can share their #COVID stories: ici.umn.edu/product/invalu…
#COVID resources from @AutismSociety autism-society.org/covid-19/?fbcl…
Animated informational video about #COVID youtube.com/watch?v=MJ8eeC…
Some #COVID communication supports including a pain scale, letter boards, & medical decision making plus a blank template to build your own. patientprovidercommunication.org/supporting-com…
New data brief on IDD spending in NM: stateofthestates.org/images/NM-brie…
New brief looking at Florida's fiscal effort for #IDD spending released in partnership with @FL_DDCouncil available here: stateofthestates.org/images/documen…
Don't miss it! The 2019 Coleman Institute Conference on Cognitive Disabilities & Technology is 10/17/2019 in gorgeous Westminster, CO! We hope to see you there! More information and registration info here: colemaninstitute.org/wp-content/upl…
We are happy to release our latest data brief on the state of rebalancing in IL: stateofthestates.org/images/The-Sta… @arcillinois @IllinoisLEND @GoingHomeIL
Congratulations to the Project’s founder, Dr. David Braddock, on well deserved receipt of the Robert M. Getting Compass Award. #NASDDDS
We r excited 2 share that the State of the States in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Project was awarded a 5-year grant from @ACLgov to continue to update and maintain our longitudinal study of public spending for IDD supports/services in the US! acl.gov/news-and-event…
Declaration Implementation Grants (DIGS) 2018-2019 Request for Proposals OPEN surveymonkey.com/r/2018-2019DIGS #One4One
All states are in and we are analyzing data to bring you the most up-to-date information on public spending on IDD services in the US for FYs 2016-17.
Did you miss our 2nd data brief of 2018 co-authored with @TheArcUS ? Find it here: stateofthestates.org/images/documen…
The proposal submission deadline for the 2018 Coleman Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology has been extended to June 14th! #Coleman2018 #inclusivetech surveymonkey.com/r/2018colemanp…
Registration for the Coleman Institute's Conference on Cognitive Technology is open! #inclusivetech #Coleman2018 events.cu.edu/events/2018-co…
The clock is ticking! Proposals are due May 24th for the 2018 Coleman Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology surveymonkey.com/r/2018colemanp…
Check out our new brief created with Nicole Jorwic from @TheArcUS on #rebalancing: colemaninstitute.org/wp-content/upl…
The call for proposals for the 2018 Coleman Conference on Cognitive Disability and Technology is open!! @_aaidd @AUCDNews @TheArcUS surveymonkey.com/r/2018colemanp…
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@SOS_in_DD Another chart shows the difference between institutional and community spending since 1977. The increase in community spending has a lot to do with institutional closures. #ntidelearn
Now on #nTIDELearn: Amie Lulinski (@amielu718), PhD, FAAIDD, @SOS_in_DD, shares preliminary findings from recently collected FY2016 and FY2017 data including spending on employment and related activities, technology that fosters independence, and individual and family supports.
@SOS_in_DD We are increasing the amount to support people living independently & with their families, but are not on supported employment. #ntidelearn
Thank you @ACLgov for continuing to fund the vital research and data collection of @SOS_in_DD
We r excited 2 share that the State of the States in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Project was awarded a 5-year grant from @ACLgov to continue to update and maintain our longitudinal study of public spending for IDD supports/services in the US! acl.gov/news-and-event…
Check out our first data brief of 2018: stateofthestates.org/images/documen…
With my @ccd4pwd colleagues getting cosponsors for #EmpowerAct to reauthorize #MFP
Ask yourself why the @HouseGOP and @BudgetGOP really don't want to do a budget this year. forbes.com/sites/stancoll…
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AUCD welcomes Brett Enneking as the 2018 Assistant Virtual Trainee! She's a postdoc in clinical psych from the Indiana LEND at @RileyChildrens and we're thrilled to have her join the @AUCDvt team! bit.ly/2rOGSMH
I am a disabled Jewish woman. I live at the intersection of two minorities that were persecuted during the Holocaust - an atrocity that happened less than 100 years ago. Let us not forget. Let us not waver in our resistance. Let this never happen again. #HolocaustMemorialDay
At my 29 years of life I never thought I’d spend a Thursday night watching CSPAN.. with my life depending on it.. and here I am waiting to see how these politicians play w/ the lives of more than 800,000 undocumented youth across the nation #ProtectDreamers #DreamActNow
Today, we saw the power of the center in the U.S. Senate. @Sen_JoeManchin and I worked very hard in leading the effort of the Common Sense Coalition—a group of 25 Republicans, Democrats, and an Independent—who proposed the compromise that ended the government shutdown.
In this week's edition of #Policy4All, @Tuesdaywithliz sits with @_judithheumann a Senior Fellow at the @FordFoundation and a long-time disability advocate. youtu.be/AY7eCGXoU6Q
.@SpeakerRyan defers over and over again to this group of extremists, and that's how you get this bill last night that's full of holes- A bill that was negotiated by the @freedomcaucus, with the @freedomcaucus, and with only @freedomcaucus priorities in mind.
This is extraordinary, FYI. Department of Defense blasts continuing resolution that the President supports. What a first class mess Republicans have created. x.com/chiefpentspox/…
We have been working under a #ContinuingResolution for three years now. Our current CR expires tomorrow, 19 Jan. This is wasteful and destructive. We need a fully-funded #FY18budget or face ramifications on our military.
As you honor my father today, please remember and honor my mother, as well. She was the architect of the King Legacy and founder of @TheKingCenter, which she founded two months after Daddy died. Without #CorettaScottKing, there would be no #MLKDay. #MLK50Forward #MLK
In Ambridge, PA, CANDIDATE trump said this: "...politicians meet in secret with the big banks, collect massive sums of money, then betray the American worker. Which is you and me and sort of all of us. We’re all workers." And now, the LIAR says THIS:👇👇👇 x.com/realdonaldtrum…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, has been a total disaster as run by the previous Administrations pick. Financial Institutions have been devastated and unable to properly serve the public. We will bring it back to life!
It Started as a Tax Cut. Now It Could Change American Life. nytimes.com/2017/11/29/bus…