Category Archives: Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council

What Else Is New?

What Else Is New?
Applications for the 2024 Iowa Family Leadership Training Institute Now Open Sponsored by the University of Iowa Division of Child and Community Health and Child Health Specialty Clinics The Iowa Family Leadership Training Institute is inviting parents and primary caregivers of children and youth with special needs to apply for a special leadership training.  The goals…
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Take Charge of Your Health:  Understanding Vaccines

<strong>Take Charge of Your Health:  Understanding Vaccines</strong>
Learn more about vaccines and how they can help protect you and others Take charge of your health by learning more about vaccines and how they can help protect you and other people in your community! It will help you learn: How vaccines work How vaccines protect you and other people Tips for self-advocacy What…
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Become a Leader in Your Community!!

Become a Leader in Your Community!!
Voter Education Grants available The Iowa Developmental Disabilities Council (DD Council) is excited to offer grant funds to local advocacy groups that are LED BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES who want to take action in their community. Qualified applicants are formal or informal groups of advocates led by people with disabilities who want to increase voter…
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Iowans with Disabilities in Action Announces State Sweep

Iowans with Disabilities in Action Announces State Sweep Your Chance to Share What’s Working and What Needs to Change! Iowans with Disabilities in Action is hitting the road and will visit all 99 counties in Iowa over the next two years. Too often, state-level organizations are perceived as inaccessible to those living outside the Des…
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