Association For The Developmentally Disabled

• Association for the Developmentally Disabled, 784 (1977)

DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Association for the Developmentally DisabledI and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Emp...

• National Labor Relations Board

• Woodford Co. To Restore Some Social Service Cuts

EUREKA - The Woodford County Board has acted to restore some proposed cuts to social service agencies. The board adjusted its budget to restore $30,000 to the Association for the Developmentally Disabled of Woodford County, and also restored money to the We Care transportation services.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• October 28, 2011

• Rancho Cucamonga Councilman Rex Gutierrez Lands Work in Delano

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - After six months of unemployment, Councilman Rex Gutierrez has found a job working for his brother in Delano in the Central Valley. Gutierrez is helping the Delano Association for the Developmentally Disabled with its fundraising efforts. It's a temporary full-time position lasting until January.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• November 04, 2009

• Army, Marine Units to Benefit From Collection

EUREKA - Donations are sought for two North Carolina military units deployed to Afghanistan. The collection is led by the Association for the Developmentally Disabled of Woodford County. A Marine unit from North Carolina has 20 men. An Army unit has 75 men and 25 women.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• September 28, 2011

• Honor Roll / Recognizing the Accomplishments of Western New Yorkers

Carmen S. Rivera, a professor of Spanish and chairman of the department, is the editor of a new book, "I'm Still Standing: Treinta anos de poesa/Thirty Years of Poetry," written by Puerto Rican author Luz Maria Umpierre-Herrera. The book is a collection of Umpierre-Herrera's poetry published from 1976 through 2009 but previously no longer in print, as well as new work. The book contains works written in Spanish, English and "Spanglish." It reflects her life as a Puerto Rican lesbian woman. Rivera, who had read Umpierre-Herrera's work and used it in her classes, met the writer at a conference a few years ago. When Rivera realized that the poems were out of print and would not be available to her students, she contacted Umpierre-Herrera to suggest publishing an anthology of her...

... at Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, received the Service Provider of the Yeear Award from the State Association of Day Service Providers. Liz Whipple, a certifie...

• Buffalo News
• December 27, 2011

• Recycling Drop-Off Service Expanded

EUREKA -- A program for developmentally disabled residents in Woodford County is expanding its recycling drop-off service in Eureka. The Association for the Developmentally Disabled of Woodford County has added newspapers, magazines, books, chipboard, office paper, aluminum cans and used motor oil to the list of materials it will collect. The group will continue collection of cardboard, said agency President Keith McArdle.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• July 19, 2005

• Driver Students Jump for $3,400

At least 17 youngsters from Driver Elementary School should never have to worry about their waistlines, thanks to P.E. teacher and coach Kurt Straub. The Driver Jump Rope Team has had daily half- hour practices since January gearing up for the Jump for Heart event in February and their PTA performance March 8. During Jump for Heart, the kids raised more than $3,400 for the American Heart Association. Kurt decorated the team's T-shirts with pink and orange fluorescent dots and hearts and provided a dozen black lights to enhance the bling. Singles, doubles, double-dutch and synchronized, these kids have mastered up, down, forward, backward and sideways, as well as a few backflips and handsprings to popular music. Hope and Happiness, a nonprofit public charity, is sponsoring a St. Patrick'...

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• March 10, 2010

• Bin Trailers Add Efficiency to Woodford Recycling

EUREKA - A program for developmentally disabled people who handle recycling for Woodford County crossed the 1 million-pound mark last year, and officials hope new equipment will make service even better. The Association for the Developmentally Disabled of Woodford County recently purchased four recycling bin trailers with a $45,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• February 24, 2009

• Giving the Disabled a Voice

WHITTIER - Last week, the Whittier Area Parents' Association for the Developmentally Handicapped staged a training symposium on a controversial technique called facilitated communication. The three-day event at the Radisson Hotel Whittier offered workshops on the practice which provides non-verbal disabled persons the ability to communicate.

• Whittier Daily News
• July 25, 2010

• Keep Lincoln Estates Funds in State Budget

Sometime in 2003, after the election of Gov. Blagojevich, parents of former Lincoln Developmental Center were invited to a meeting with his newly appointed director of the Department of Human Services. She assured us that she and Gov. Blagojevich were committed to reopen LDC. To achieve this objective, a task force was formed comprised of representatives of the LDC Parents Association and representatives of other organizations with interests in services for the developmentally disabled.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• July 11, 2006