5.21.2013 Achieving Momentum

Plan to join The Arc in Bellevue, WA on Seattle’s East side for the 2013 National Convention from August 3-5 where we’ll be Achieving Momentum in the movement for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Click here for more information: www.thearc.org/convention

4.29.2013 Watch highlights from the 2013 Minnesota Self-Advocacy conference

3.25.2013 Envisioning the Future: Allies in Self-Advocacy

The Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) hosted a series of regional summits in 2011 and 2012. See the video below for a summary of what self-advocates said. Support was provided by AUCD and other agencies.

1.7.2013 Super Bowl QB uses the “R” word

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco used the “R” word instead of saying something was stupid. It happened at a press conference before the big game. The good part is that he apologized right away.

See a short article at http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2013/01/29/super-bowl-qb/17209/

12.2.2012 The Council on Community Advocacy

The Council on Community Advocacy, also known as COCA, is made up of individuals with disabilities and family members from each University Center across the AUCD network. COCA assists AUCD to advance policy and practice for and with people with disabilities, their families and communities.

Learn more at http://www.aucd.org/template/page.cfm?id=41

12.2.2012 Envisioning the Future: Allies in Self-Advocacy Final Report

This report on the findings of the national self-advocacy summits conducted in 2011 and 2012 by the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) and other agencies is available online, and in a version accessible to self-advocates.

Please visit: http://www.aucd.org/template/news.cfm?news_id=8261&parent=41&parent_title=Council%20on%20Community%20Advocacy%20(COCA)&url=/template/page.cfm?id%3D41

11.29.2012

See the highlights of The Arc and Inclusion International’s National Convention and International Forum in a video. Self-advocates from across the globe attended this conference Oct. 25 - 27 in Washington DC

http://blog.thearc.org/2012/10/29/an-inspiring-and-invigorating-national-convention-and-international-forum/#flvplayer

11.9.2012 News About the R-word

The bad news is that the r-word is still alive. Ann Coulter, a political commentator, has used it several times to describe President Obama. Read this powerful response from John Franklin Stephens who is a self-advocate from Virginia and is a leader with the Special Olympics.

http://specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/an-open-letter-to-ann-coulter/

10.8.2012

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