Please read below about our upcoming listening tour, dates, times, locations, and current draft ideas for our new state plan:

Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council

2010 Listening Tour

The Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council (PADDC) is a federally funded body composed of people with disabilities, advocates & stakeholders drawn from the disability community.  The PADDC is conducting listening tours as part of a planning process for 2012 - 2016 that has consisted of retreats, stakeholder solicitations, and reviews of the work of other disability councils. 

• Plan to attend a listening tour at one of the following locations to share your reaction to our developing plan. If you require any accommodations please contact Roxann Wright 717.346.4453, roxwright@state.pa.us at least five working days in advance of your attendance.

Monday July 19 - 10:30 AM
Crawford Center
Conference Room 126
200 Glasgow Road
Edinboro University of PA
Edinboro, PA  16444
814-732-2462

Tuesday July 20 - 2:00 PM
Center for Independent Living Opportunities
150 Roosevelt Avenue
Suite 300
York, PA  17401
717-849-0991

Wednesday, July 21 - 2:00 PM
Vision for Equality, Inc.
The Cast Iron Building
718 Arch Street, 6th Floor North
Philadelphia, PA  19106
215-923-3349

Friday, July 23 - 10:30 AM
Arc of Westmoreland County
316 Donohoe Road
Greensburg, PA  15601
724-837-8159

Tuesday, July 27 - 2:00 PM
Human Works Training & Educational Services, Inc.
1655 Valley Center Parkway
Suite 150
Bethlehem, PA  18017
484-893-5078

Friday, July 30 - 2:00 PM
Roads to Freedom CIL of North Central PA
24 East Third Street
Williamsport, PA  17701
570-327-9070 

What follows is a list of our draft ideas for our 2012-2016 plan.  They are based on a review of our past 15 years work, a series of round tables and retreats, input from disability groups and stakeholders, and our knowledge of our unique skills and capacities.  Please review them in advance of your attendance and come prepared to offer us feedback and your thoughts on what is most important to the disability community and other ideas we may have missed.

Education

• Work on coalition building and cultural change in schools
• What's missing to do inclusion right? (research)
• Expanding parent leadership activities

Inclusion

• Community accessibility
• Building Inclusive Communities projects
• Outcomes of inclusion work

Stigma

• Implement recommendations of stigma grant from current plan

Inclusive  Child Care

• Universal Design
• State ICC representation

Grassroots Advocacy

• Continue statewide program
• Enhanced coordination and TA efforts for advocacy activities

Transportation

• Possible recommendations from employment and transportation round table

Employment

• Characteristics of successful employers (research)
• Change activities arising from above research

Transition

• Systemic activities arising from Three Sisters Transition Summit

Housing

• Replication and expansion of our Educating Landlords work

Health

• Monitor possibilities arising from Health Care "Reform"
• Dual Diagnosis project recommendations
• Conversations with Department of Health around disability values

Quality

• Policy Information Exchange
• Voting issues
• Adult Protective Services
• Local collaborations in criminal justice
• Emergency Preparedness
• Work arising from Power to the People Summit

Self Advocacy/Leaders Development

• Support for self advocacy activities
• Representation on Boards
• Leadership Development for all ages

Cultural Competence

• Implement road map for Council
• Systemic change around access to human services
• Disability Arts Festival
• Knowledge collection and Dissemination

Cross Disabilities Work

• Research, sponsor conversations, disseminate new thinking around cross-disability issues