The press release section includes official GCDD news and announcements about issues and events pertaining to people with developmental disabilities and their families in Georgia.
Media Relations: If you are a member of the media and would like additional information or have an interview request, please contact:
Tianna Faulkner Media Relations Director 470.542.5579
WHAT:
The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD) will host its Fourth Annual Advocacy Days starting January 29, 2020 during the Georgia General Assembly legislative session. Five different Advocacy Days will focus on policies affecting people with disabilities and bring...
October 30, 2019 (Georgia) – The fifth annual Take Your Legislator to Work Day (TYLTWD), hosted by the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), is officially open to encourage employees with developmental disabilities to educate and inform their legislators about the benefits of...
September 30, 2019 (Atlanta, GA) – Across Georgia, Welcoming Community Dialogues (WCD) brought together people of all abilities and disabilities, races, incomes, and backgrounds together to have a positive, all-inclusive discussion about each community’s social issues, themes and culture.The...
September 10, 2019 (Atlanta, GA) – Atlanta-based animator Joshua Leonard’s Team Supreme, a new superhero team representing children with disabilities, is breaking into the mainstream. Team Supreme represents the almost 3.1 million children in the United States who live with a disability,...
June 17, 2019 (Atlanta, GA) – The Greater Chattanooga Aspies (GCA) Centre for Adult Autism launched social support groups in North Georgia and Metro Atlanta to bring awareness to the lack of social supports for Georgians on the autism spectrum, including children and young adults.
“The purpose...
May 31, 2019 (Atlanta, GA) – The Learning Opportunities Support Fund, a grant program by the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), awards necessary financial assistance to Georgia advocates with developmental disabilities and their families to gain access to disability education,...
May 12, 2019 (Atlanta, GA) – Lyft and Medicaid have launched the Georgia Medicaid Waiver Lyft Transportation Initiative to increase access to transportation for people with developmental disabilities, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities...
