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December 11, 2022
Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council and Statewide FSS Committee Meetings
The Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council will meet on Tuesday, December 13th from 10 am to 12 noon. There will be three in person meeting locations (Albany, NYC, and Buffalo) and interested persons can also register to attend via WebEx. More information, including a registration link, can be found here. An agenda has not yet been posted. https://opwdd.ny.gov/event/ddac-quarterly-meeting-1 Additionally, the Statewide…
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November 22, 2022
Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council Releases Report on State’s Response to COVID-19
On December 21, 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York State (NYS) Senate Bill S.6294A into law tasking the NYS Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council (DDAC) to evaluate the prior administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic for people with IDD, specifically: review the state’s response to the pandemic as it relates to the IDD community during the timeframe of March 1,…
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November 10, 2022
On Demand Workshop on Supporting Decision Making with and for People with Intellectual Disabilities
If you were not able to listen in on the session “How Guardianship and Supported Decision Making Can Co-Exist” at the NYSARC’s virtual guardianship conference, we have you covered! At Parent to Parent of NYS, we are excited about the recent legislation that will legally recognize facilitated Supported Decision Making Agreements (SDMA) for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities, but we…
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