The Administration on Disabilities (AoD) is the United States federal agency responsible for implementation and administration of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act) [1] and the disability provisions of the Help America Vote Act. Organizationally, the Administration on Developmental Disabilities is located within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is part of the Department's Administration for Children and Families. In 2012, ADD was included in the newly formed Administration for Community Living. [2] [3]
ADD's mission is to improve and increase services to and assure that individuals with developmental disabilities have opportunities to make their own choices, contribute to society, have supports to live independently, and are free of abuse, neglect, financial and sexual exploitation, and violations of their legal and human rights. [4]
References
- ^ "AIDD: History of the DD Act". Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- ^ Federal Register. Vol. 78. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. 2013. p. 34106.
- ^ Linehan, Christine (2020). "Living Arrangement Options". In Prasher, Vee P.; Davidson, Philip W.; Santos, Flavia H. (eds.). Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Ageing Process. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. p. 307. ISBN 978-3-030-56934-1.
- ^ Petri, Alexis; Jenson, Ronda; Day, Arden D.; Carlkins, Carl F. (2013). "13. Youth Lead. Reflections on a Leadership Program for Youth with Developmental Disabilities". In Azzopardi, Andrew (ed.). Youth: Responding to Lives: An International Reader. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 212. ISBN 978-94-6209-431-4.