Changes to the Utah Developmental Disabilities Council Five-Year Plan have been suggested by Council members and staff and were approved through voting in the Spring 2019 Council Meeting. We encourage members of the public to review these changes and provide comments if they wish, regarding the changes. You may leave comments below, or email them to uddc@utah.gov. Comments are open …
Promoting Safety for People with Developmental Disabilities – No Matter Where They Live
From the ACL’s Newsletter: This year’s theme for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is “See Me for Me.” The theme encourages us to look beyond someone’s disability and see each individual as a whole person. People with developmental disabilities generally want the same sorts of things we all do. They want to live in the community, work and earn a living …
DD Awareness Month: See Me As Your Friend
Excerpted from the original newsletter: Each March, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities ( NACDD ), in partnership with Association for University Centers on Disabilities ( AUCD ) and National Disabilities Rights Network ( NDRN ), creates a social media campaign to highlight the many ways in which people with and without developmental disabilities come together to form …
New UDDC Director Announced!
The UDDC is pleased to announce the selection of Libby Oseguera as its next Executive Director. She was able to work extensively with our outgoing Executive Director, Claire Mantonya, whose last day with us is April 13, 2018. Libby has worked to remove barriers and grow self‐advocacy for Utahns with disabilities through adaptive recreation, job coaching and many years of …
VCU’s Introduction to Social Security Disability Benefits, etc – Web Course
Introduction to Social Security Disability Benefits, Work Incentives, and Employment Support Programs Web Course Virginia Commonwealth University is offering a new web course that provides a basic introduction to the Social Security disability benefit programs (SSI and SSDI) and their associated work incentives as an overview of the field of work incentives planning. This two-week course consists of six (6) …
Announcing New Open Position for the Executive Director
After 11 1/2 years, our beloved Executive Director, Claire Mantonya, will be retiring on April 15, 2018. The position to be filled in her absence will be a big one, but we are posting our flyer below for anyone who is interested (click on the image below to download the PDF). Good luck, and thank you Claire!
UDDC 2017 Annual Report Now Available
Greetings everyone, the 2017 UDDC Annual Report is ready and waiting to be read! You can find it right here, and read any past reports at our Annual Reports section. These reports are in PDF format, but send us a message and we would be happy to send them out in other formats as well.
Presentations about Medicaid and Health: Disability in the Know!
We at the UDDC held a meeting yesterday at the Department of Health building. During this meeting, there were three presentations given and we now have all three of them, which the presenters have generously provided here in PDF format. The first presentation, presented by Kevin Bagley, Director, Bureau of Authorization and Community Based Services was about Medicaid. To be …
ED Highlights Month Filled with Disability Awareness Topics on Storify: OSERS
The Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) worked with individuals with disabilities, educators, service providers and technical assistance centers to share their stories. Please go to ED’s Storify site to read about October’s awareness campaigns—including for Down syndrome, dyslexia, learning disabilities, ADHD, and Blind Awareness/White Cane Safety Day. OSERS also developed a specific piece on …