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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2011-2012_strategic_plan

of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. • Advocating for equality, individual, with intellectual disabilities. • Promoting genuine accommodations to expand participation in all aspects, the capacity of professionals who work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, attitudes, and expand the participation and access of people with intellectual disabilities in all, and policies that important to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. c. Provide

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AAIDD Announces Colleen Thoma and LaRon Scott as the Next Co-Editors of Inclusion

with intellectual and developmental disabilities in society. Dr. Thoma and Dr. Scott will succeed, professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. AAIDD advocates for the equality, dignity, and human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, July 16, 2019 [Silver Spring, MD]: The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is extremely pleased to announce that Colleen Thoma, PhD, FAAIDD, and LaRon Scott

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Editor of AJIDD Announced

professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities. AAIDD advocates for the equality, dignity, and human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Washington, DC (July 1, 2014) The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) is extremely pleased to announce that Deborah Fidler, PhD has been appointed by its Board of Directors as the next Editor of the American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental

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Top Special Education and Behavioral Science Journal Gets New Editor

) published by the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). For over, with intellectual disabilities and their families." Explaining his vision for AJMR, Dr. Abbeduto, with families and people with intellectual disabilities will enhance the journal's position, concerned 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

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Barriers to Community Participation for Adults Ageing With an Intellectual Disability in Ireland: A Longitudinal Study

Barriers to Community Participation for Adults Ageing With an Intellectual Disability in Ireland: A Longitudinal Study, inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities, including participation in leisure activities, previously highlighted limited community participation for people with intellectual disabilities (Chowdhury, with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 10(3), 275-287. https://doi.org/https, disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 51(5), 360-375. https://doi.org/https, Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(2), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12390 Bigby, C

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AAIDD Applauds the Social Security Administration’s Proposal to Replace the Term “Mental Retardation” with “Intellectual Disability” in its Regulations

AAIDD Applauds the Social Security Administration’s Proposal to Replace the Term “Mental Retardation” with “Intellectual Disability” in its Regulations, , AAIDD is the oldest professional association concerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Washington, DC (January 28, 2013) The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) applauds the Social Security Administration (SSA) for its Notice of Proposed, ” with “intellectual disability” in its regulations. Specifically, the NPRM proposes to make this change, “intellectual disability” by Congress, government agencies, and public and private organizations

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