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Help Make Georgia a Better Place in 2014

Happy New Year and welcome to 2014. As we move into the New Year, the members and staff of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) wish the best to you and your family. We hope you will join us this year in trying to make Georgia a better place for people with developmental...

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Enabling Everyday Democracy

By Alison Heinz Stephens Voting is fundamental to the health of our democracy, yet voter turnout in the United States hovers around 60% during presidential election years and 40% during mid-term elections. Unfortunately, those percentages are even lower among people with disabilities.Although...

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GCDD Welcomes New Real Communities Projects

The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) is pleased to announce two new projects have been added into its Real Communities Initiative, a cutting edge initiative to partner with local groups working to build more just communities and purposefully connect people with and without...

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MARTA Opens a Training Facility for Customers with Disabilities

On November 6, 2013, MARTA held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the official launch of its new Travel Training Facility designed for customers with disabilities to learn how to use the train and fixed bus networks that will offer transit options with greater flexibility and independence. The...

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Stand Up for the Whole Community

The following is the fourth installment of the GCDD First Thursdays blog series, a monthly blog that will share the thoughts and ideas of GCDD staff members. Stand Up for the Whole Community In her book Inspired Jewish Leadership, Dr. Erica Brown equates communities to a circle and she writes...

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It's Time to Start Having the Hard Conversations

The following is the third installment of the GCDD First Thursdays blog series, a monthly blog that will share the thoughts and ideas of GCDD staff members.It's Time to Start Having the Hard ConversationsIn my trips across the country to discuss with other DD Councils the ideas behind our Real...

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