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Warren Hill Should Receive Relief from the Georgia Supreme Court

For years the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), the nation's leading organization on intellectual and developmental disabilities, has taken a strong public position that Warren Hill, a man with intellectual disability, should not be executed, as have several other advocacy groups for persons with intellectual disability. Over two years ago I wrote, . Hill has intellectual disability, including the three doctors who previously testified for the state

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2014/10/02/warren-hill-should-receive-relief-from-the-georgia-supreme-court

IDD & Legal System

Journal: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities DOI: https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-57.2.112, : Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities DOI: https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-56.3.155 Published, ; Joseph M. Lambert Journal: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities DOI, Heidrich Journal: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities DOI: https://doi.org, : Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities DOI: https://doi.org/10.1352/1934-9556-55.3.154 Published

https://www.aaidd.org/intellectual-disability/intersectionality/idd-legal-system

The AAIDD Definition of Intellectual Disability is Cited in SSA’s Proposed Revision of Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders

The AAIDD Definition of Intellectual Disability is Cited in SSA’s Proposed Revision of Medical Criteria for Evaluating Mental Disorders, intellectual disability Washington, DC (September 1, 2010)—The definition of intellectual disability as cited the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ definition manual, Intellectual Disability: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports (Eleventh edition, and people with intellectual and other disabilities will receive the benefits to which, will enhance the functioning of a person with an intellectual disability. While intellectual

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2010/09/01/the-aaidd-definition-of-intellectual-disability-is-cited-in-ssa-s-proposed-revision-of-medical-criteria-for-evaluating-mental-disorders

AAIDD Announces Amy Hewitt as Interim Editor of IDD

Silver Spring, MD (September 12, 2022) The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Amy S. Hewitt, PhD, FAAIDD, as the Interim Editor of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), the Association’s, with intellectual and developmental disabilities. AAIDD advocates for the equality, dignity, and human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and for their full inclusion

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2022/09/12/aaidd-announces-amy-hewitt-as-interim-editor-of-idd

Velardo AAIDD Presidential Address Available

The Presidential Address delivered at the 145th Annual Meeting of the AAIDD by President of the Board, Elisa Velardo, MMHS, FAAIDD on June 5, 2021 has been published in the December 2021 issue of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. See a PDF here or view online at no cost. AAIDD Presidential Addresses issued since 1997 are available here

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2021/11/29/velardo-aaidd-presidential-address-available

AAIDD Presidential Address Available

The Presidential Address delivered at the 137 Annual Meeting of the AAIDD by President of the Board, James R. Thompson on June 5, 2013 has been published in the December 2013 issue of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. See a PDF of the article here or view online at no cost. AAIDD Presidential Addresses issued since 1997 are available here

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2014/01/22/aaidd-presidential-address-available

Transitioning Roles From Aging Parents To Siblings Of People With I/DD

April 19, 2017 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. EST Content As parents of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities age, siblings tend to become the main caregiver. In this webinar, Dr. Meghan Burke will lay the framework and discuss research on sibling caregiving roles and Dr. John Kramer will share research on how siblings, both with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), age together. Katie Arnold from the Sibling Leadership Network (SLN

https://www.aaidd.org/education/event-details/2017/04/19/default-calendar/transitioning-roles-from-aging-parents-to-siblings-of-people-with-idd

IDD Organizations Object to Language Used by Albert Watkins

May 21, 2021 [Washington, DC] Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Organizations, Disabilities Are Not Linked to Violence or Likelihood to Commit Crimes As leaders of intellectual, discrimination and violence directed at people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Attempting to link people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to hateful or violent, , including people with disabilities. Organizations: American Association on Intellectual

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2021/05/21/idd-organizations-object-to-language-used-by-albert-watkins

IDD & Gender Sexuality

Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities DOI: https://doi.org, for Depression and Anxiety in Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Five-Year Follow Up, , Joseph Ciarrochi ... Journal: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, : American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities DOI: https://doi.org, Greenberg, Marsha R Mailick Journal: American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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AAIDD Applauds SSA Rule Change

is the oldest professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. AAIDD, “Intellectual Disability” replaces “Mental Retardation” in Social Security Regulation, Register that the term ‘‘mental retardation’’ would be replaced with ‘‘intellectual disability’’ in it's, retardation” with ‘‘intellectual disability,’’ in federal health, education and labor laws. As Rosa, is a further meaningful step forward in assuring the dignity of people with intellectual disability

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2013/08/01/aaidd-applauds-ssa-rule-change

Illustrating Inclusive Interview Methodology in Research

. The first approach is featured in an article published in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) entitled “Reciprocity and Social Capital in Sibling Relationships of People with Disabilities, : A Technique Valuing Interdependence in Interviews with Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, and Disability, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, and Family Relations. She is past President of the board

https://www.aaidd.org/education/events/2014/10/29/default-calendar/illustrating-inclusive-interview-methodology-in-research

Conducting Inclusive Research: Tools and Practical Strategies

Coming Soon Intended for researchers, this book provides tools and practical strategies to develop inclusive research partnerships with adults with intellectual disability developmental disabilities. This book includes pieces written by co-researchers with lived experience with disabilities and addresses topics including team development, study design, data collection and analysis, ethics, authorship, and working with an Institutional Review Board

Out of the Shadows: The Disability Civil Rights Movement From No Pity to COVID

Jointly hosted by AAIDD and the Student and Early Career Professionals Interest Network Presenter: Joe Shapiro, Author and NPR Correspondent Joe Shapiro, the author of No Pity: People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement and an NPR Investigative Correspondent, will talk about, stories—on disability rights history, about the epidemic of sexual assault of people with intellectual disabilities and about the way health care was denied to people with disabilities during

https://www.aaidd.org/education/event-details/2021/06/17/default-calendar/out-of-the-shadows-the-disability-civil-rights-movement-from-no-pity-to-covid

Mission

with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Promote the development of a society that fully includes individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Sustain an effective, of intellectual and developmental disabilities that encompasses a diversity of disciplines, cultures, and developmental disabilities. Advance the assurance of all human rights of people with intellectual, and public awareness to contributions of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Establish

https://www.aaidd.org/about-aaidd/mission

NCI State of the Workforce in IDD

Presenters: -Val Bradley, MA, Human Services Research Institute -Dorothy Hiersteiner, MPP, Human Services Research Institute -Laura Vegas, National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services The NCI® Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities State of the Workforce has been collecting data on the DSP workforce for 10 years, representing the most comprehensive data, with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The most recent survey, conducted in 2023

https://www.aaidd.org/education/event-details/2025/05/07/default-calendar/nci-state-of-the-workforce-in-idd

Evidence-Based Practices to Promote Self-Determination

and Developmental Disabilities' seminal definition of intellectual disability (formerly mental retardation). Dr, published by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and is an Associate Editor for Remedial and Special Education and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities., self-determination and school and post-school outcomes for youth and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It will also highlight ongoing trials in schools and community

https://www.aaidd.org/education/events/2014/10/14/default-calendar/evidence-based-practices-to-promote-self-determination

AAIDD Announces its 2016 Awards

with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and for their full inclusion and participation, June 29, 2016 (Washington, DC) The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is pleased to announce the awards presented on June 8, 2016 at its 140th annual meeting, Award Real Communities Initiative, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, Full Community, **** Founded in 1876, AAIDD is the oldest professional association concerned with intellectual

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2016/06/29/aaidd-announces-its-2016-awards

2023 Final_Program_Website

on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). I trust that you are excited and rejuvenated, of changes that resulted from the pandemic, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD, with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Deana Herrman, PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago, Prevention Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, research, effective practices, and universal human rights for people with intellectual and developmental

https://www.aaidd.org/docs/default-source/annual-meeting/programs/2023-final_program_website.pdf?sfvrsn=b4c20321_2

US Supreme Court Decision in Hall v. Florida Reaffirms Understanding of Intellectual Disability

US Supreme Court Decision in Hall v. Florida Reaffirms Understanding of Intellectual Disability, with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and for their full inclusion and participation, penalty and people with intellectual disability. In the 2002 case now commonly known as the Atkins decision, the Court held that the execution of people with intellectual disability (although the term, cruel and unusual punishment. While the Atkins decision exempted people with intellectual, . Florida, authored by Justice Kennedy, holds that “an individual’s intellectual functioning cannot

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2014/05/27/us-supreme-court-decision-in-hall-v.-florida-reaffirms-understanding-of-intellectual-disability

AAIDD Releases Authoritative Resource on Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty

AAIDD Releases Authoritative Resource on Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty, association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. AAIDD advocates for the equality, dignity, and human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, January 13, 2015 (Washington, DC) The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is extremely pleased to announce the publication of The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability. This book is the authoritative resource on the application of diagnostic

https://www.aaidd.org/news-policy/news/article/2015/01/12/aaidd-releases-authoritative-resource-on-intellectual-disability-and-the-death-penalty
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