Posts Categorized: A Call to Action

Source: DoSomething.org “Intellectual disability” (previously known as mental retardation) means that an individual mentally develops at a below-average rate. These people can have learning difficulties and trouble socially adjusting. Intellectual disability (sometimes called “cognitive disability”) is not a disease or a contagious condition. You can challenge your friends to reduce stigma around disability. Sign up…

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By Jan Aho for the Register Guard Executive Director of Pearl Buck Center March is National Disability Awareness Month. It is the perfect time to celebrate the progress that communities across the nation have made with regard to being aware of the gifts that people with various abilities bring to our communities. In the 1990s,…

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A Call to Action!

End Poverty Wages. Value the Work of Direct Support Professionals Wage gaps, workforce shortages, retention and recruitment issues are threatening the quality of care and supports to Oregonians with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Who will care for our most vulnerable residents, if we don’t take a stand and insist that Direct Support Professionals receive wages…

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