In addition to UCEDD's and P&A's, there are also Governor;s Planning
Councils on Developmental Disabilities which can actually do a lot of
advocacy work.  I work for a UCEDD, and in our state, lobbying is verboten
for entities that receive state funds, so we do a lot of "educating" of our
elected officials instead.

UCEDD'snational website (to find one in your state or territory) is:
www.aucd.org  On the left under network resources, look for UCEDD's and just
to the right of that, click Directory.

Protection and Advocacy's is: http://www.ndrn.org/ Look on the right side of
the main page for a drop down menu to find your States P&A.

Developmental Disabilities Councils: http://www.nacdd.org/  Look for the
Councils link on the left of the main page.


On 2/16/07, greta von der luft <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello,
> yes, one of them is called "university centers of excellence in
> developmental disabilities." I think there is another one. i am not sure
> that it is PAI that was mentioned earlier. I think perhaps Kendall or is
> it
> Ken works for this entity. Again with how my brain is functioning
> regarding
> this I may be totally wrong in thinking that it was not pai and that
> someone
> on this listserv work there....
> thank you,
> Greta
>
>
> On 2/16/07, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> >
> > In a message dated 2/15/2007 7:07:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
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> > center  of excellence..."
> >
> >
> > There are "University Centers of Excellence in
> > Developmental  Disabilities."
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