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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]
The Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) is an agency of the government of Oklahoma responsible for providing people with physical, mental and visual disabilities with the opportunity to obtain employment and independent living through counseling, job training and other individualized services. DRS helps bridge barriers to ...
They include the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), American Network of Community Options and Resources (ANCOR), Autism Society of America, Mosaic, the National Association of QMRPs (NAQ), National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals (NADSP), Self Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE), and The Arc.
The report found that the state of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City violated a provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act and that police routinely discriminated against people with behavioral ...
Lindsay Cates, who served last year as implementation manager for Key to Home, said the partnership hopes to rehouse 250 people by the end of this summer and another 250 by late 2025 to reach the ...
Self Advocacy Resource and Technical Assistance Center (SARTAC) is a resource center for self-advocacy groups across the United States. SABE created this project, working in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Green Mountain Self Advocates, National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD), Sibling Leadership Network (SLN), Southwest Institute for Families ...
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 334 F. Supp. 1257 (E.D. Pa. 1971), was a case where the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was sued by the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC), now The Arc of Pennsylvania, over a law that gave public schools the authority to deny a free education to children who had reached the age of 8, yet had ...
The Arc New York (previously known as the NYSARC) is the largest organization serving people with developmental disabilities. [ citation needed ] A non-profit, The Arc New York serves over 60,000 people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities through its 55 chapters in New York state.