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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 OWPDD Central Office? Here is a helpful information sheet that tells who to contact for various issues and questions: OPWDD 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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Education Committee

The mission of this committee is to address the needs of children and young adults, birth through twenty-one, with regard to education and therapeutic support.

The subcommittee strives to foster community collaboration and programmatic improvements in Special Education through a variety of task force projects. Membership is representative of public and private Special Education Institutions of higher education, Local and State Government, Clinicians, families, and the community at large.

Current Committee Chair is Cathy Voyer of Aspire. She can be contacted at (716) 505-5700 x54452.

Kicking, Biting and Screaming, Oh My! Solving the Mysteries of Serving Young Children with Developmental Disabilities in Child Care Community Settings

WHEN: October 28, 2010

7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Elizabeth Olmstead Center for the Visually Impaired

in the Temple Beth Zion building

700 Sweet Home Road

Amherst, New York 14226

SPEAKER: Kathleen Gradel, Ed.D. , Associate Professor,

College of Education, SUNY Fredonia

A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

This FREE workshop is made possible by the collaboration between the Early Childhood Inclusion Committee of the Developmental Disabilities Alliance of WNY and the Early Childhood Direction Center.

Click here for the full FLYER

Click HERE for minutes of our March 2007 Subcommittee Meeting

Visit our Events Calendar Committee Page HERE to find out dates for upcoming meetings!

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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.