Encouraging News on Employment but Still Far to Go
In the last blog I talked about how years of efforts to get people with developmental disabilities out of the shadows and into schools and communities are paying off.…
We’ve Come a Long Way
I was looking through the news this week for ideas. There were numerous articles about disabilities and developmental disabilities. They touched on a broad range of issues, many of…
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The US Senate last week rejected a treaty forged in the UN that would apply many of the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act throughout most of the…
Forward Indeed
Some of the most impressive images and quotes from Sandy and the election came from Gov. Chris Christie. One in particular captured a message I think worth repeating as…
Sandy and Emergency Prep
As Sandy roared through I was thinking about all the work Jane Dunhamn and Frank Latham from the Council had done over the past several years to help people…