Each March, we have a special chance to celebrate and uplift people with disabilities across our community and highlight their diverse experiences. This month is an important opportunity for our network to spread awareness of our shared humanity, the many ways people with developmental disabilities enrich their communities, and the challenges we still face to realizing a truly inclusive society.
Special Education Advocacy
Families and educators living in rural areas of Mississippi are offered free access to a Special Education Advocacy Curriculum
This opportunity is for families and educators living in rural areas in Mississippi to gain free access to an Arc@School Special Education Advocacy Curriculum. CoBank is funding 30 accounts for folks in Mississippi. The curriculum, which normally costs $99 for access, is designed to provide the basic information that families, educators, and non-attorney advocates need to support students and families from birth through age 21 in the special education system. Once the survey is filled out, an account will be made and the login information will be sent directly to you.
IDD and Dementia Survey
The National Task Group on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia Practices (NTG) is looking for input to better understand the needs of family members and caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities/Down syndrome and diagnosed or suspected dementia.
Please consider sharing in your community!
Survey Seeks To Understand Family Caregiver Experiences to Better Support Families
The Family and Individual Needs for Disability Supports (FINDS) survey is conducted by the Research and Training Center on Community Living at the University of Minnesota and uses insights of family caregivers to shape better public policy and service delivery systems. Please take and share the survey with your networks so insights will be representative, robust, and impactful!
Keeping Up With The Arc
Join Our Fight for Equal Rights for All
The Arc fights every day to protect civil rights and access to vital programs, such as Medicaid, for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). But we can’t do it alone! We need the help of people with I/DD, their families, and allies of the cause.
Sign up today to receive updates on our movement, take action, and make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities.
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Our MISSION
The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
Our impact
With your help, we are working every day to build a future of inclusive work, play, worship, community, travel, and more.
