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  2. New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities

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    The agency that would become the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities was created in 1978 as the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. The agency was established in response to the 1972 Willowbrook State School exposé, lawsuit, and subsequent Consent Decree of 1975. [5]

  3. Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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    Organizationally, the Administration on Developmental Disabilities is located within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is part of the Department's Administration for Children and Families. In 2012, ADD was included in the newly formed Administration for Community Living. [2] [3]

  4. List of disability organizations - Wikipedia

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    American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) (1876) – AAIDD are promoters for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) (1995) – a cross-disability organization that focuses on advocacy and services.

  5. Category : Disability organizations based in the United States

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    National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services; National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance; National Center on Disability and Journalism; National Council on Disability; National Disabled Women's Educational Equity Project; National Down Syndrome Congress; National Down Syndrome Society; National Inclusion ...

  6. National Association of State Directors of Developmental ...

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    The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) is a nonprofit organization near Washington, D.C., established in 1964, to improve and expand public services to people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in the United States. Mary P. Sowers is the executive director.

  7. Arc of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Arc of the United States is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization was founded in the 1950s by parents of people with developmental disabilities. [1] Since then, the organization has established state chapters in 39 states, and 730 local chapters in states across the country. [2]

  8. Services and supports for people with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    Persons with developmental disabilities use individually planned and coordinated services and supports of their choosing (e.g., housing, employment, education, civil and human rights protection, health care) to live in and to participate in activities in the community."

  9. Developmental disability - Wikipedia

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    Developmental disability is a diverse group of chronic conditions, comprising mental or physical impairments that arise before adulthood. Developmental disabilities cause individuals living with them many difficulties in certain areas of life, especially in "language, mobility, learning, self-help, and independent living". [1]

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