Pursuing the Possibilities: Life in Your Community conference (2008)
PDF,
12 pages
Information on the 2008 AAIDD Michigan chapter conference.
People with intellectual disabilities vote for the first time in Kosovo:
Press release from MDRI
February 2008, PDF, 1 page
A press release issued by Mental Disability Rights
International.
Michigan SAFER Forum
Announcement
March 2008, 2 pages, PDF
Information on a free AAIDD event to be held in Midlands, Michigan in April
2008 on the effect of the environment on the health of children.
Interview
with Dr. Len Abbeduto, new editor of AJMR
January 2008, HTML
Dr. Len Abbeduto takes on editorship of the American Journal on Mental Retardation
from January 2008. In this interview, Dr. Abbeduto talks about his vision
for this premier journal in behavioral sciences.
Special Section on Autism and Intellectual Disability
By Dr. William E. MacLean, Jr., November 2007, 2 pages, PDF
An introduction to a special section on autism in the November 2007 issue of the American Journal on Mental Retardation by editor, Dr. William E. MacLean, Jr.
HCBS Recipients Are Increasingly Likely to Live With Parents or Other Relatives
By K. Charlie Lakin, Robert Prouty, and Kathryn Coucouvanis October 2007, 3 pages, PDF
A study published in the October issue of the journal Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities showing that the number of people with intellectual disability receiving Medicaid Home and Community Based Services while living with family members is an estimated 224,264 individuals as of June 30, 2006, 17 times higher than in June 1999.
Gauging the Use of HCBS Support Waivers for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
By Gary Smith, John Agosta, and Jon Fortune, April 2007, 188 pages, PDF
A study of Supports Waivers by the Human Services Research Institute found that 17 states with Supports Waivers in 2006 served 27.6% of all their HCBS recipients in Supports Waiver programs with 9.3% of their HCBS expenditures.
State Alliance for Federal Reform of Chemicals Policy (SAFER campaign)
AAIDD, March 2007, 5 pages, PDF
A description of the national, SAFER campaign and activities of U.S. states working on the removal of harmful chemicals from commerce. The AAIDD is a partner in the SAFER campaign
Parenting Children With Borderline Intellectual Functioning: A Unique Risk Population
By Rachel M. Fenning et al., March 2007, 15 pages, PDF
An article published in the March 2007 issue of the American Journal on Mental Retardation. A study of 217 mothers and 5-year olds with borderline intellectual functioning revealed that this group of children is uniquely vulnerable to poor parenting.
Cell Phone Use by Adults With Intellectual Disabilities
By Diane Nelson Bryen et al., February 2007, 9 pages, PDF
Although cell phone use has grown dramatically, there is a gap in cell phone access between people with disabilities and the general public. Only 28% of people with intellectual disabilities use cell phones. Article published in the February 2007 issue of the journal Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (formerly Mental Retardation).
Steve Eidelman Talks to AAIDD F.Y.I.
January 2007, HTML
After serving for six years as the Executive Director of The Arc of the United States , a 100,000-person membership organization, Steve Eidelman recently accepted a professorship at the University of Delaware ’s College of Human Services , Education and Public Policy. Eidelman is currently charged with setting up a leadership training program at the University for executives in the non-profit and government sectors serving people with disabilities. We caught up with Eidelman, who has led many a change for persons with intellectual disabilities in his various leadership roles with The Arc, the Kennedy Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and more.
Constructing an Autistic Identity: AS Voices Online
By Charlotte Bronlow and Lindsay O’Dell, November 2006, 7 pages, PDF
An article from the October 2006 issue of the journal Mental Retardation talks about how online discussion groups are helping people with autism find a voice and identity for themselves.
Changing Patterns in Size of Residential Settings for Persons
With Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 1977–2005
By K. Charlie Lakin, Robert Prouty, and Kathryn Coucouvanis, 4 pages, PDF
The latest numbers on persons with intellectual disabilities living in residential settings. Taken from the August 2006 issue of Mental Retardation and featured in the September 2006 issue of AAMR F.Y.I. newsletter.
Bengt Nirje - Memoriam
May 2006, HTML
Bengt Nirje passed away at the age of 81 and the field
has lost a passionate advocate for persons with intellectual disabilities.
In Memoriam by the president of AAMR, Valerie J. Bradley.
Robert
Schalock talks to AAMR F.Y.I.
January 2006, HTML
Interview
with veteran psychologist and teacher, and quality of life expert Robert
Schalock published in the January 2006 issue of AAMR F.Y.I., the
association newsletter.
