Plain Language Summary – Accessing Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Introduction Developmental disabilities are conditions that affect an individual’s physical, intellectual, and behavioral abilities throughout a person’s life. Families raising a child with a developmental disability face many challenges when accessing services. Ethnic minorities face more difficulties when trying to […]
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MHDD National Needs Assessment – Key Informant Results by State
MHDD National Needs Assessment – Key Informant Results by State
MHDD National Needs Assessment – Experienced Individual Results by State
MHDD National Needs Assessment – Experienced Individual Results by State
MHDD National Needs Assessment 2020
MHDD National Needs Assessment 2020
Accessing Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Developmental disabilities are conditions that affect an individual’s physical, intellectual, and behavioral abilities throughout a person’s life. Families raising a child with a developmental disability face many challenges when accessing services. Ethnic minorities face more difficulties when trying to access disability services. This is because ethnic minorities do not always have enough knowledge about community […]
Plain Language Summary – How to Locate Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Caregiver Perspective
Plain Language Summary – How to Locate Services Available to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Caregiver Perspective Many parents of children with developmental disabilities do not feel like they know enough about resources available to their child. This information sheet talks about some resources for people with developmental disabilities of different ages. Note: Many of the […]
Plain Language Summary – Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Rural Access to Care
Plain Language Summary – Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Rural Access to Care People who have both a mental health diagnosis and a developmental disability diagnosis at thesame time can have difficulty getting good services. It is often easier for a person who only has one of these diagnoses at a time to find good […]
Mental Health Crossroads Podcast – Interview with Dr. Ariel Schwartz
“I kind of have two strands of research. One is this methodological question of how do we do participatory research? Well, there are people doing it and but I still feel like there’s this big gap and in it being scaled up, and more people being confident, we need more people to feel confident doing […]
Plain Language Summary – Guardianship and Supported Decision Making
Plain Language Summary – Guardianship and Supported Decision Making When a person turns 18 in the United States, they are called a legal adult. A legal adult is given rights, like voting and signing forms for themselves. When a person becomes a legal adult, they usually become their own legal guardian too. A legal guardian […]
How to Locate Services Available to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Caregiver Perspective
Plain Language Summary: How to Locate Services Available to Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: Caregiver Perspective Many parents and caregivers of children with developmental disabilities have difficulty navigating resources that can be helpful to them. Since some U.S. states provide varying services, the information provided below is based on what is available in the majority of […]
