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Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities

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2:54

In the Community: My First Hike

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2024/12/21

The In The Community feature article from the Winter 2025 edition of Making a Difference Magazine, a publication of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work thr...

3:25

Living My Best Life: How the NOW/COMP Medicaid...

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2024/12/21

The Self-Advocate Spotlight feature article from the Winter 2025 edition of Making a Difference Magazine, a publication of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will w...

3:20

Viewpoint: Looking to 2025 and Making Possibilities...

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2024/12/21

The Viewpoint feature article from the Winter 2025 edition of Making a Difference Magazine, a publication of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through va...

3:30

UnlockGA and the HCBS Stronger Together Coalition

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2024/12/21

The GCDD Impact feature article from the Winter 2025 edition of Making a Difference Magazine, a publication of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through ...

3:06

Expert Update: Impact of Waitlist on Community Living

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2024/12/21

The Expert Update feature article from the Winter 2025 edition of Making a Difference Magazine, a publication of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work throug...

6:35

Georgia’s IPSE Schools: The Path to Inclusion

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2024/12/21

The Include College Corner feature article from the Winter 2025 edition of Making a Difference Magazine, a publication of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will wo...

10:39

Get Out and Vote!

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2024/10/17

Cover story for the Fall edition of GCDD's Making a Difference magazine.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities to build a more interdependent, self-su...

7:30

GCDD’s Fight to End 14(c) Certificates and Subminimum...

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2024/10/17

Article from the Fall 2024 edition of the Making a Difference magazine for the Public Policy for the People feature.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activi...

7:14

Storytelling is a Part of Our Advocacy

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2024/10/17

Article from the Fall 2024 edition of the Making a Difference magazine for the GCDD Impact feature.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities to build a m...

7:10

Georgia’s Global Impact on the Disability Movement...

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2024/10/17

Article from the Fall 2024 edition of the Making a Difference magazine for the In The Community feature.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities to buil...

4:12

Viewpoint: Rebuilding Hope After the Storm

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2024/10/17

Message from GCDD Executive Director D'Arcy Robb. The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities to build a more interdependent, self-sufficient, and int...

2:23

Our Voice, Our Vote: Uniting for Change Moving the...

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2024/10/17

Article from the Fall 2024 edition of the Making a Difference magazine for the Self-Advocacy Spotlight feature.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities ...

4:59

What Happens When a Person Leaves a Sheltered Workshop?

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2024/10/17

Article from the Fall 2024 edition of the Making a Difference magazine for the Expert Update feature.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities to build a...

6:59

Berry College: On the Move and Ready to Make a...

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2024/10/17

Article from the Fall 2024 edition of GCDD's Making a Difference Magazine from the Include College Corner feature.The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activiti...

24:53

Olmstead: A Look Through the Years

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2024/07/09

The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems change for individuals with developmental disabilities and family members, will work through various advocacy and capacity building activities to build a more interdependent, self-sufficient, and integrated and included disability community across Georgi...

5:11

Expert Update: Advancing Employment to End Subminimum...

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2024/07/08

Tracy Rackensperger is faculty member of the University of Georgia (UGA) Institute on Human Development and Disability (IHDD). She serves as the resource and outreach manager for the Advancing Employment program, a technical assistance center for best practices in employment support, particularly concerning employees with disabilities. The program aims to transition workers out of subminimum wage jobs in sheltered workshops into competitive integrated employment (CIE). Through her work, Racke...

6:17

Public Policy for the People: Election Season...

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2024/07/08

This article goes over who is on the ballot, how to be prepared to vote, and how we can ensure candidates are listening to the disability community in Georgia. It starts with the highest office and works its way down. The article will not break down each district, but it will give you a good idea of what is coming up and how to find this information. The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; ...

10:30

G is for Georgia: Closing the Gap: How One...

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2024/07/08

Mark Friedman, Ph. D., and Ruther-Marie Beckwith, Ph. D., of Blue Fire Inc., a grantee of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), have recently done extensive research through the Georgia Technology White Paper with two objectives: to identify the barriers to technology access for people in the intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) community and to make concrete recommendations to support Georgians with I/DD in rural and underserved areas. The Georgia Council...

9:05

Include College Corner: Georgia State University’s...

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2024/07/08

Established in 2016 at the Center for Leadership in Disability within Georgia State University’s (GSU) School of Public Health, the Inclusive Digital Expression and Literacy (IDEAL) program was founded to provide students with intellectual disabilities (ID) the same academic, social, and career opportunities as their peers. The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; ...

6:14

In Your Community: Caroline O'Brien – Main Character...

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2024/07/08

Caroline O'Brien, a self-advocate and tech mentor from Savannah, Georgia, faces the challenge of services drop-off as she prepares to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, embarking on a journey towards a career in acting. The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is driven by its Five Year Plan (2017-2021) goals of education; employment; self-advocacy; Real Communities; and formal and informal supports. The Council, charged with creating systems cha...

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