MODDC will advocate for policies and practices addressing the following areas:
Access to Quality Care
MODDC wants to ensure that all individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in Missouri have access to and receive quality care. This includes both direct and indirect supports that are responsive and inclusive.
- Create a Culture of Coordinated Support
Missouri state agencies serving people with I/DD must collaborate and coordinate their work. If agencies work together to develop shared vision, goals and responsibilities, they will meet their legal obligations and provide more effective, efficient and person-centered services and supports.
- Guardianship
To achieve this priority, Missourians need to address the systemic barriers that uniquely affect people with I/DD that are placed under guardianship. This includes addressing the school to guardianship pipeline and promoting alternatives to guardianship.
- Restraint and Seclusion: Abuse and Neglect
This priority involves efforts to prevent and address the disproportionately high occurrences of abuse and neglect to individuals with I/DD.
- Equitable Community Inclusion: Segregation
To promote equitable community inclusion, efforts need to be made to support equitable community inclusion of people with I/DD in Missouri. This includes in schools, workplaces and community living.
More information and opportunities to get involved are available by visiting www.moddcouncil.org/subscribe.
Full Article & Source:
Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council establishes five priorities for the 2023 Legislative Session
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