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Happenings....
Mark your calendars - Disability Advocacy Day (DAD) is scheduled for Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at the State House! Click here for additional event information. Remember to make an appointment to see your representative and senator. We are striving to have every state representative and senator visited on DAD day.
The SC Partnership of Disabilities Organization also wants to remind you to contact your state representatives before they go back into session on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Our goal for 2010 is “No More Cuts for People with Disabilities”. If you do not know who your representatives are just use the legislative action center link under the "Current News and Info" tab located at the top of this page or visit www.sc.statehouse.gov.
 Don't miss the St. Patrick's Day dance scheduled Friday, March 19th, 2010. Click here for event information
In the News....
Executive Order 2010-5 signed January 29, 2010: Governor Mark Sanford removes DDSN commission member. See order
WASHINGTON, D.C. – AAIDD (the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities) congratulates U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) for their leadership in introducing Rosa’s Law, a bill that will eliminate the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” from the federal law books. These now pejorative terms are commonly used in legislation including the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, the Higher Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as No Child Left Behind, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Read more....
H 3314 – Gives the governor authority to appoint a director of the Department of Disabilities & Special Needs. The SC Commission on Disabilities & Special Needs, which currently administers the Department, would instead serve as an advisory board to the director. Read comments from family members and various other stakesholders from around the state sent into the Senate Medical Affairs Committee regarding H 3314 (see story below for more information on H 3314). The Committee met again on Oct. 28, 2009.
Senate Majority Leader appoints Majority Whip to Head Restructuring Subcommittee ... read more
DDSN Waiver Update:
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