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Our Mission

The Developmental Disabilities Alliance of Western New York (DDAWNY) is a collaborative group of member voluntary agencies that provide services to people with developmental disabilities. While honoring individual agency missions, it is the intent of the Alliance to assist agencies to develop relationships, promote unified strategies and share risks for the mutual gain with and for the benefit of people with developmental disabilities.

Contacting DDAWNY

Send us an email using the CONTACT US button in the upper left corner, or call us at (716) 877-7007. The DDAWNY Offices are located at 7 Community Drive, Cheektowaga, NY 14225.

Helpful Documents

Voluntary Agencies and Providers- having trouble finding who to contact at OMRDD Central Office? Here is a helpful information sheet that tells who to contact for various issues and questions: OMRDD Contact Information.

Click here for a copy of the MSC School Protocol, updated April 2008

For these and other useful documents, visit our Document Library .

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Trainings Available

This page shows upcoming National, Regional and Local Training Opportunities available to individuals with developmental disabilities, family members and/or service providers:

Buffalo/Niagara

Work Incentives Network (WIN) Meeting

A FREE Meeting for Service Providers Presented by Anne Piersa,

Area Work Incentives Coordinator, Social Security Administration

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

8:30 am – 12:30 pm

Erie 1 BOCES, Building B, Room B-2-b, 355 Harlem Road, West Seneca, NY 14224

Topics include:

· Overview of SSD and SSI Work Incentives

· Plans to Achieve Self-Support (PASS)

· Meet Your Local SSA Work Incentive Liaisons (WIL)

· Meet Your Community Work Incentive Partners

Registration is required. Please call 1-800-560-2617 x 23808 by July 14th to register

Symposium at Chautauqua:

The Resource Center presents “Supporting Individuals with Disabilities:
A Changing Landscape” July 7 & 8 at the Chautauqua Institute. Click here for the Symposium Brochure & Registration form .

SAVE THE DATE

Adult Abuse Institute Training.

“Breakthrough: Adult Abuse and the Elder Justice Act”

Sept 15 & 16, Albany

Click here for SAVE THE DATE flyer.

MSC TRAINING SCHEDULE 2010

July 21st , 2010: Filing for Legal Guardianship- Sandy Quick

WNYDDSO Building 16, Room 1-147, 9am- 11am

There is no cost for this training!

September 15th, 2009: Wills and Trusts- Lisa Allen

(Laura Mehl- TBS)

Training Annex

November 17th, 2010: Working with the Dually Diagnosed- Jack Nocera

WNYDDSO Building 16, Room 1-147

Most trainings are 9:00am- 11:00am

To register for an MSC training, call:

Laura Mehl, Committee Chair

(716) 828-9492

or email her using the Contact Us button on upper left of this page.

Visit The Family Ed. & Training page to learn more about available FET trainings in Western New York!!!

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Recommended Websites

Change the "R" Word!! This site campaigns to eliminate the negative word "retard" from our vocabulary and change it to RESPECT. The "R" Word Campaign

RRCEP II Visit The Region II Rehabilitation Continuing Education Website at http://www.rcep2.buffalo.edu

Disabled Fables, Aesop’s fables re-told and illustrated by artists with developmental disabilities, has been published by Star Bright Books. Visit InsideOut Productions to learn more.

American Worker: For a satirical look at the plight of Direct Care Workers, visit this website, developed by United Cerebral Palsy and ANCOR, WhoWillCare.Net. The site pits "Flip the Fry Guy" against "Carrie Caregiver" as the two contestants sing their hearts out for a raise and to become the next American Worker.