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New Mexico Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

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The New Mexico Developmental Disabilities Planning Council is a Federal-State partnership working for and with people with developmental disabilities and their families, state agencies, advocacy organizations and other stakeholders. We engage in advocacy, capacity building and system change activities to improve the quality of life of children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Council members are appointed by the Governor. At least 60% of Council members are people with developmental disabilities, their family members or guardians.

The Council believes that all individuals with developmental disabilities have the right to achieve independence, productivity, self determination, integration and inclusion in the community.

What's New.....


  • DDSD WAIVER CENTRAL REGISTRY/WAITING LIST
    Over 5000 children and adults with developmental disabilities are waiting for services.  Click here for waiting list information and updates.
  • 2012 LEGISLATIVE SESSION ACTION ALERTS & UPDATES
  • SAVE THE DATES:
    • Partners in Policy Making - Deadline January 16, 2012 to attend March 23-24 training. Read the flyer for other dates of training offerings.  Download Application.
    • Steps to Success Spring Conference - April 12, 2012, Click here for more information.
    • 8th Annual Family Leadership Conference - April 12 - 13, 2012, Click here for more information.
  • NEWS
    • Disability Data in National Surveys Report
    • OSEP releases 30th Annual Report to Congress on IDEA
    • Disability and Public Health in the Media...click here for more information
    • Scholarships for Studens whose Parents have a diability...read more.
    • US Dept. Of Labor wants your comment on Caregiver Overtime Pay.  Read the Public Notice.  Click Here to weigh in on the proposed legislation before February 27th
    • EPICS Spring Workshop Series. Click here for the flyer.
    • Foley Lawsuit 1st Annual Report.  Click here to read the official reports.
    • Differences in Health Status for People with Disabilities Webinar
      Join the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and the American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) on January 24th, 2012, to discuss the challenges that people with disabilities face in achieving and maintaining good health.  Register here.
    • The Brain Injury Advisory Council's (BIAC) website has recently been updated! Please visit www.nmbiac.com to see the latest additions. Materials from the Retrain My Brain Brain Injury Tool Kit and the Let's Talk Helmet Safety activity book with their respective facilitator's guides as well as BIAC meeting minutes are now available for download. The latest information on state services, resources, data and screening tools are included.
    • Announcing NM Partners in Policymaking 2012 Class! Click here for Application.
    • US Deparment of Labor Proposes Rule to Extend Minimum Wage & Overtime Protections to Home Care Workers...read more.
    • Free Online: Growing Ideas Tipsheets and Resources for Guiding Early Childhood Practices
    • Think Beyond the Label Creates Jobs Portal for People with Disabilites, Click here to read more...
    • Intersted in a White House Internship?  Click here for more information.
      Application deadline January 22, 2012.
    • Social Security Announces 3.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2012
      The Social Security Administration has announced that monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase 3.6 percent in 2012.... 
    • Department of Transportation continues the fight for Accessibility...read about it here.
    • The White House Blog:  A Father Celebrates Today's Reauthorization of the Combating Autism Act
    • Positive Impact from Children with Down Syndrom on their families.  Read the article.
    • Human Services Research Institute (HSRI)  Supports Intensity Scale (SIS) results.
      The PowerPoint presentation provided by HSRI are results on the first 500 people piloted with the SIS survey and show New Mexico's infamous bell curve on intensity of needs leaning towards the right - the highter end of the support needs.
    • Breakthrough in Concussion Monitoring.... read more.
    • Recruiting Participants for Autism Spectrum Disorders and Neurobiological Correlations of Language Dysfunctions...Click here for more information
    • EPICS 9th Annual Family Leadership Academy Announcement
    • Partners in Employment, Click here to read more.
    • Sign Language Classes...Click here for more information.
    • Find out more about We Connect, a website for College Students with Disabilites.
    • AMC Theaters offers sensory friendly films...Click Here for more information.

NEWS & UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONER LEWIS:ADD Commissioner Sharon Lewis, 2011

♦  President Obama appoints Self Advocates to President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) read more...
♦  Presidential Proclamation: National Disability Employment Awarness Month
To read the full proclamation click here or to read the PDF version click here
♦  Updates to the §1915 (c) CMS Guidelines
♦  IDEA Part B and C Updates (OSERS)
♦  HRSA Awards $28.3  Click here to read more
Congratulations UNM and CDD for a grant award of $680,000!!
♦  What's New at ADD?