Last year during Georgia's legislative session, numerous organizations, including GCDD, worked to make sure that the perspectives of people with disabilities were being considered.A legislative agenda outlines the public policy priorities on which an organization and/or group of advocates will...
The General Assembly closed the first week of its 2021 Legislative Session with a look ahead at Governor Kemp’s plans for the State’s budgets and his expected legislative initiatives. Before a joint session of the House and Senate, Kemp delivered his third State of the State address, harkening...
L'Arche Atlanta member Patrick Barlow lip syncs to the song "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey with fellow members as the chapter participates in the Battle of the Fans lip syncing competition hosted by L'Arche Canada. Photo submitted by Tim Moore.Decatur, GA – L’Arche Atlanta came in second...
Employees with disabilities becoming our colleagues, bosses and employees matters because they represent a largely untapped workforce.Employment is a critical part of people’s lives – and that includes people with disabilities. Society, its publicly funded services and our communities and...
November 06, 2020 | Atlanta, GA – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced eighteen appointees to serve on various state councilsGeorgia Council on Developmental DisabilitiesRena Laurel Harris serves as the executive director for Georgia Options, Inc. She earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology...
October 27, 2020, Andy Miller
For a year of her life, Linda Ferguson lived in a booth at a transit stop. She spent another year living under a bridge.
Her homelessness, she says now, “was a bad situation. Nobody likes to be outside. It’s a very insecure feeling.’’ At one point Ferguson, who...
View the clip here or click on the image above.WSB-TV Channel Two Action News at 5 PM on October 15, 2020Jovita Moore: "We have a coronavirus concern to share this morning, a local mother wants everyone educated after an incident at a store involving her daughters with special...
Parents Navigate Georgia’s K–12 online education for disabled students Plan for the Future
September 12, 2020 - As Georgia students and families get back to school and navigate virtual learning, parents of students with disabilities are working through transition planning that will set up...