WELCOME TO THE TEXAS COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
What is DD?
A developmental disability (DD) is a severe, chronic disability that begins before the person reaches age 22 and is likely to continue throughout one’s life.
People First Language
What do you call a person with a disability? A person. People First Language is an objective and respectful way to speak about people with disabilities by emphasizing the person first, rather than the disability.
Texas Legislature
To keep disability advocates informed during the 86th Texas Legislature, TCDD provided weekly updates and highlighted noteworthy bills that went through the legislative process.
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RFA: Leadership and Advocacy Training by a Local Self-Advocacy Organization
Funding is available for one local self-advocacy organization to provide leadership and advocacy skills training. The deadline to apply is March 27, 2020.
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Genessee Klemm Joins TCDD as Leadership Training Coordinator
Klemm facilitates Texas Partners in Policymaking, an advanced leadership development program for self-advocates and parents of children with disabilities. She joined TCDD on July 15, 2019.
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Meaningful Day Mini-Grants
TCDD issued an RFP for Meaningful Day Mini-Grants that aim to build the capacity of service providers so more people with disabilities have access to meaningful employment and community activities. The deadline to submit a proposal is March 31, 2020.
The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities is committed to creating change so that each individual is able to be fully included in their own communities and exercise control over their own lives.