We envision a Commonwealth comprised of inclusive communities where all people with disabilities are valued and thrive. PADDC Value Statements ─ Guiding Principles, What We Stand For, What We Believe
Empowerment – We engage in activities which meaningfully involve people with disabilities from start to finish.
Inclusion – We prefer activities to be integrated with people without disabilities in regular and generic settings. Systems Change – We promote activities that make wide reaching changes through broad social and cultural systems. Cross-disability – We fund activities in common areas such as housing, health, employment, and community inclusion. Natural Part of the Human Condition – We believe disability is a natural part of the human condition – we see disability as a difference, not a deficit. Intersectionality – We believe that the skills involved in understanding disability are related to the skills of embracing all forms of diversity. Generic Social Change – We work to change generic systems for all people in ways that do not relate solely to disability.
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The University of Pittsburgh has bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Public Service in the Field of Rehabilitation Law and Science at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences to Judy Heumann on May 2.
https://youtu.be/2w9q2Vng0Bc
The University of Pittsburgh honors Judith Heumann with an honorary degree from the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
A Lycoming County woman and parent of a person with autism, spoke candidly about her experiences, providing suggestions for change in protocols in the courtroom and with law enforcement. “An individual with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) is seven times more likely to have police interaction than their peers,” said Mattie. https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2021/05/mother-speaks-on-law-enforcement-relations-with-autistic-people/
In the fourth virtual meeting to address criminal justice reform for Pennsylvanians with Autism, a Lycoming County woman and parent of a person with autism, spoke candidly about her experiences and provided suggestions for change in protocols in the courtroom and with law enforcement. Shelly Mattie,...
☎️ 1-800-424-4345 - Help scheduling or getting to a vaccine appointment for those with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities or Autism - Governor Tom Wolf discusses our partnership with the PA Office of Developmental Programs, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, College of Education, the Special Olympics Pennsylvania, the The Arc of Pennsylvania, and Aging and Disability Resource Centers with Rite Aid. https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/DHS_details.aspx?newsid=702
Harrisburg, PA - Governor Tom Wolf today announced a partnership with Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid Pharmacy to ease access to COVID-19 vaccinations for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
I'm a student with cerebral palsy. COVID-19 drastically limited my community-based learning.
As a student with cerebral palsy in Pittsburgh, I've seen school drastically change because of remote learning during the pandemic.
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We are accepting applications from agencies that are local and nongovernmental, and private non-profit groups concerned with services for people with developmental disabilities that are interested in having a seat on the Council. Learn more: https://www.paddc.org/new-opportunity-organizations-are-encouraged-to-apply-for-a-seat-on-the-pennsylvania-developmental-disabilities-council/
The Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council (PADDC) is accepting applications from agencies that are local and nongovernmental, and private non-profit groups concerned with services for people with developmental disabilities that are interested having a seat on the Council. Established throu...
☎️Rite Aid, the Office of Developmental Programs, Temple Institute on Disabilities, and PADDC have partnered to make it easier to schedule people with a developmental disability, intellectual disability or autism and their caregivers for Covid-19 vaccine. Registration for vaccination appointments is easy, the person just needs to call the call center at 1-800-424-4345. https://www.paddc.org/rite-aid-partnership-to-vaccinate-individuals-with-intellectual-disability-or-autism-and-caregivers-new-call-center/
The Office of Developmental Programs (ODP), PADDC, Temple Institute on Disabilities, and Rite Aid have partnered to provide COVID-19 vaccines to individuals with a developmental disability, intellectual disability or autism and their caregivers at Rite Aid stores across the Commonwealth. They have a...
"In early March last year, just one week before the declaration of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Food and Drug Administration took the rare step of banning the device, finding that the significant risk of harm outweighed any medical benefit it could bring." However, it is still in use at JRC.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/decades-long-fight-over-electric-shock-treatment-led-fda-ban-n1265546
“What they’re doing is just taking people that have issues and just building more,” said Rico Torres, who was first shocked at eight years old.
Pennsylvania human service providers urge state to use federal funds to help them cover increased costs from COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2021-04-26/safety-net-organizations-ask-pennsylvania-for-additional-funds
Federal dollars coming to Pennsylvania from the American Rescue Plan should help cover some of their increased costs, human service organizations say.
Pennsylvania Coalition for Inclusive Community, of which our Council is a member, has created this informational page and specific action steps for supporters regarding draft legislation called the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Access Act. Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey is one of the Senators leading the legislative effort. Comments due by April 26th. Read about the proposed legislation and action steps:
https://pacoalitionforinclusivecommunity.home.blog/2021/04/16/action-alert-submit-a-comment-to-support-home-and-community-based-services/
Work is underway on legislation that could fundamentally transform the nation’s system of home- and community-based services, eliminating waiting lists and allowing people with disabilities to move…
Representing parts of Allegheny County in PA's 36th District.
https://www.governing.com/now/A-Young-Autistic-Pennsylvania-Lawmaker-Overcomes-the-Odds.html
Jessica Benham has faced disadvantages that would keep most people out of politics. She hasn’t let that stop her from getting elected to the state Legislature.
Harrisburg, PA - The Department of Human Services Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP), a program that promotes integrated and meaningful employment for adults with autism, has been recognized by the Vienna, Austria-based Zero Project as a model deserving international attention and replication. https://www.media.pa.gov/pages/DHS_details.aspx?newsid=694
Harrisburg, PA - The Department of Human Services today announced that its Adult Community Autism Program (ACAP), a program that promotes integrated and meaningful employment for adults with autism, has been recognized by the Vienna, Austria-based Zero Project as a model deserving international at...
One of the most effective ways to move away from ableist language is understanding the disabled community, having conversations and listening to their concerns https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210330-the-harmful-ableist-language-you-unknowingly-use
Some of our most common, ingrained expressions have damaging effects on millions of people – and many of us don't know we're hurting others when we speak.
Disability Rights Pennsylvania is hosting a Program Goals and Objectives forum, specifically to hear from those with mental illness and the mental health community, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 7:00 PM. To register and to learn more:
Each year, our organization seeks comment from the disability community, in the form of an online survey and virtual forums, about their needs and how we may become better at addressing them. This year, we have expanded the number of our Program Goals and Objectives public forums to eight with each....
As a community development financial institutions (CDFI), Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF) offers people with disabilities loans at very low rates. The goal is to help them access the equipment necessary to have more stable lives. https://technical.ly/philly/2021/04/15/pennsylvania-assistive-technology-funding-disabilities/
The Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation provides funding for assistive technology for people with disabilities.
Being a good disability ally requires more than goodwill.
as more people learn about disability issues, it’s important to be alert for ways that disability allies can lose their way. The following are three of the most common ways that even the best, most committed disability allies can go wrong.
The Office for Civil Rights released new guidance outlining legal standards under the federal civil rights laws prohibiting disability discrimination and providing concrete examples of the application of the legal standards in the context of COVID-19 vaccine programs and how to implement them.
https://acl.gov/news-and-events/announcements/new-legal-guidance-and-resources-ensure-and-expand-access-covid-19
April 13, 2021 As part of a shared commitment to President Biden’s National Strategy and Executive Order to ensure an equitable COVID-19 response, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Administration for Community Living (ACL), and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation...
In the Lehigh Valley Mikayla's Voice -- "Mikayla’s third grade class agreed to write her biography, which became the book published in 2006, “Our Friend Mikayla” — now one of several dozen books recommended by the Lehigh Valley Reads campaign, which has shifted its focus this year to building diverse at-home libraries for kids."
Shifting its focus to building diverse home libraries for young readers this year, Lehigh Valley Reads has partnered with nonprofit Mikayla's Voice to include another asset in the discussion: books about children with disabilities.
Don't forget to register for our COVID-19 Vaccine and DSP'S event on Thursday with National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals - NADSP! To register for the event click here! HTTPS://RB.GY/RDUYCR
#GOTVaccine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidance for day centers and the people with disabilities they’re serving during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance comes in two documents — one aimed at administrators and staff and another for participants and their caregivers
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2021/04/13/cdc-issues-covid-19-guidance-for-day-centers-serving-adults-with-disabilities/29288/
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering up new guidance for day centers and the people with disabilities they're serving during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Please assist the Information Sharing and Advisory Committee (ISAC) in disseminating the '' We are listening and learning '' Survey. This survey is aimed at identifying and understanding any racial inequity within the Office of Developmental Programs' (ODP) service system in Pennsylvania.
Please assist the Information Sharing and Advisory Committee (ISAC) in disseminating the ‘’We are listening and learning’’ Survey. This survey is aimed at identifying and understanding any racial inequity within the Office of Developmental Programs’ (ODP) service system. Information gather...
Members of Pittsburgh’s autistic and filmmaking communities set out to make a movie of their own that accurately showed what living with autism is like. The final product is “Parallels,” a short film created almost entirely by Pittsburghers with disabilities that digs into the relationship between a high school student with autism and his neurotypical brother.
Amid Pandemic, 'Sesame Street' Aims To Help Children With Autism Adapt
"Sesame Street" is turning its attention to helping kids with autism cope with change, something that has become all too familiar during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Philadelphia - Photos: How the Pandemic Affected Workers With Intellectual Disabilities
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/photos-the-workers-with-intellectual-disabilities-on-the-front-lines-during-the-pandemic/2768798/
These workers are disproportionately employed in jobs that have disappeared during the pandemic.
❗️ The 2021 Pennsylvania Community Alliance Summit is scheduled for the third week in August 2021 and will be virtual! This year’s theme is: Recover, Rebuild, Reform. There are many reasons 2020 and 2021 have been stressful and traumatic for some communities, but also transformational and motivating for others. We are seeking experts to provide background information on an important issue impacting their community, and then to facilitate a group discussion. LEARN MORE: https://www.paddc.org/pa-community-alliance-summit-seeking-subject-matter-experts-to-facilitate-discussions/
❗️ The 2021 Pennsylvania Community Alliance Summit is scheduled for the third week in August 2021 and will be virtual! This year’s theme is: Recover, Rebuild, Reform. There are many reasons 2020 and 2021 have been stressful and traumatic for some communities, but also transformational and motivating for others. We are seeking experts to provide background information on an important issue impacting their community, and then to facilitate a group discussion. LEARN MORE: https://www.paddc.org/pa-community-alliance-summit-seeking-subject-matter-experts-to-facilitate-discussions/
PA Senator Bob Casey, who introduced the provision to include funds for home and community-based care into the recently passed American Rescue Plan, discusses the funding, as well as problems with the current structure of home and community-based care. https://www.goerie.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/04/01/casey-12-7-billion-stimulus-home-community-based-care/4837693001/
Casey spoke with people with disabilities Thursday, including representatives from the Erie-based Voices for Independence, about receiving in-home medical care.
Information about this year's Disability and Mental Health summit on April 12 and 13.
Today, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) debuted the Get Out The Vaccine website and called on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), their loved ones, and caregivers to learn more about the COVID-19 vaccines and hopes to help quell the anxieties about the vaccine and provide trusted, reliable, factual information for users. . https://www.getoutthevaccine.org/
It’s time to Get Out The Vaccine!#GOTVaccine The National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) and our 56 member Councils work across the United States and its territories to support programs that promote self-determination, integration, and inclusion for all people in the...
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PA Senator Bob Casey, gave remarks about the 29th Anniversary of the ADA, making special mention of disability advocate and PADDC Member, Jean Searle - including a happy birthday shout out!
We engage in advocacy, systems change and capacity building for people with developmental disabilities and their families in Pennsylvania in order to:
Our Values ─ Guiding Principles, What We Stand For, What We Believe Empowerment – We engage in activities which meaningfully involve people with disabilities from start to finish. Inclusion – We prefer activities to be integrated with people without disabilities in regular and generic settings. Systems Change – We promote activities that make wide reaching changes through broad social and cultural systems. Cross-disability – We fund activities in common areas such as housing, health, employment, and community inclusion. Natural Part of the Human Condition – We believe disability is a natural part of the human condition – we see disability as a difference, not a deficit. Intersectionality – We believe that the skills involved in understanding disability are related to the skills of embracing all forms of diversity. Generic Social Change – We work to change generic systems for all people in ways that do not relate solely to disability.
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