DC Developmental Disabilities Council: Meet The Council Members

DC Developmental Disabilities Council

Up next on our #MeettheDDC is Bernard Crawford!

"Bernard Crawford, Community Member of the DDC, Former resident of Forest Haven, People Planning Together Trainer at The Learning Community "

Bernard Crawford  is a prominent disability rights advocate in the District of Columbia. Mr. Crawford participates in several working groups, is regularly asked to speak at various conferences, and is a certified trainer for the People Planning Together program at the Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices. He is a member of DC’s first Next Chapter Book Club and enjoys participating in Special Olympics.

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Why I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine (After I Really Did Not Want To)

Check out this video from GUCEDD highlighting the amazing Thelma Green's vaccination experience. Below there are two additional links for ASL and Spanish speakers.

https://vimeo.com/566795198

ASL Version: https://vimeo.com/569618837 

Spanish Language Version: https://vimeo.com/579908785

Why I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine (After I Really Did Not Want To)

Why I Got My COVID-19 Vaccine (After I Really Did Not Want To) from GU Center for Child & Human Dev on Vimeo.

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Celebrating Cheryl McCoy’s Retirement, You Will Always Be a Part of the RCM Family!

Ms. Cheryl McCoy has been a DSP at RCM for over 21 years. Today, on her last shift, we celebrated her retirement. Congratulations on this next chapter, Ms.McCoy!  You will always be a part of the RCM family!

Ms. McCoy is wearing glasses, a blue mask, and face shield.

  

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Maryland Health Department Weighs Ending Provision That Gives More Flexibility To Caregivers Of People With Disabilities During COVID

Caregivers and family of those with disabilities are worried the Maryland Department of Health may be about to end a provision early that gives them more flexibility in how services are billed for and delivered during the coronavirus pandemic.

Known as Appendix K, the temporary rule allows family members to act as paid support staff; enables providers to conduct services virtually; permits services inside a person’s home; and authorizes easier billing standards for remote and in-person care.

To read more on this story, click here: Maryland Health Department Weighs Ending Provision That Gives More Flexibility To Caregivers Of People With Disabilities During COVID

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Apple Taps ‘CODA’s Siân Heder To Helm & Write Judy Heumann’s Memoir ‘Being Heumann’; ‘Oklahoma’ Tony Winner Ali Stroker Eyed To Star

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Original Films has landed rights to a package based on Judy Heumann’s bestselling memoir Being Heumann. Siân Heder, whom Apple signed to a multi-year overall deal in the wake of winning an auction for her Sundance sensation CODA, is adapting the film to direct. Ali Stroker, the first actress who uses a wheelchair for mobility to appear on Broadway and the first to win a Tony for her work in Oklahoma, is being eyed to star.

To read more on this story, click here: Apple Taps ‘CODA’s Siân Heder To Helm & Write Judy Heumann’s Memoir ‘Being Heumann’; ‘Oklahoma’ Tony Winner Ali Stroker Eyed To Star

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Promoting Access to Voting

Tell the Federal Government How to Improve Voting for Americans with Disabilities!

You are submitting an official comment to Regulations.gov.

Comments are due 07/16/2021 at 11:59 pm EDT.

To submit comment, click HERE.

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What ‘Free Britney’ shares with ‘Justice for Jenny’

Eight years ago this month, before Jenny Hatch won her freedom in court, her attorney Jonathan Martinis talked to me about his ultimate hopes for her case.

He hoped she would be the “rock that starts the avalanche.”

He hoped she would change the national conversation about guardianship.

He hoped she would push people to focus on what individuals can do, instead of what they can’t.

“If I go to a mechanic, no one assumes I can’t drive,” he told me at the time. “Where you and I would be called wise for getting help, when a person with a disability needs help, it’s just assumed they’re incapable of doing anything.”

To read more on this story, click here: What ‘Free Britney’ shares with ‘Justice for Jenny’

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Thank You, Goodlife Innovations!

Thank you to Mike from Goodlife Innovations in Kansas City, KS who gave us a tour of how they are creating neighborhood networks and using technology to support people while promoting independence and self determination

David shared his apartment and demonstrated all his technology

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The Vaccine Raffle Results Are In!

On June 11, 2021 it was posted on our blog, RCM Revitalizing Community Membership Empowering Independence, that we would be having a vaccination raffle for employees. 

You can view the post here: Calling All RCM Employees: Vaccination Raffle!

                       The results are in, and the winners are…

The winner of our Vaccination Raffle for an Apple iPad is... 

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The winner of our Vaccination Raffle for $3,000 is...

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The winner of our Vaccination Raffle for the 2-night/3 day vacation is...         

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                        Congratulations! To all of our Winners!

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