IDDW - Advisory Commission on Services and Supports

Supporting Connecticut's Citizens
 with Developmental Disabilities
Final Report from the Advisory Commission on Services and Supports for Persons with Developmental Disabilities who do not have Mental Retardation. July 2002

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."
Niccolo Machiavelli

Margaret Casciato and Steven D. Staugaitis
Co-Chairpersons

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Beth McArthur 
Department of Mental Retardation
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-418-6132 Fax: 860-418-6003
Email: beth.mcarthur@po.state.ct.us

Table of Contents

Executive Summary (PDF, 297 KB)

Sections I and II (PDF, 245 KB)
Section III and IV (PDF, 338 KB)
Sections V and VI (PDF, 358 KB)
Section VII (PDF, 470 KB)
Sections VIII and IX (PDF, 314 KB)

References / List of Figures and Tables (PDF, 176 KB)

Appendix A: Commission Member Roster (PDF, 105 KB)
Appendix B: National Best Practices Committee Report (PDF, 134 KB)
Appendix C: State-Level Committee Report (PDF, 340 KB)
Appendix D: Individual and Family Supports and Services Committee Report (PDF, 833 KB)
Appendix E: Definition of Developmental Disabilities Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, Section 10002(8)(A) and (B) (PDF, 75 KB)
Appendix F: New Apprenticeable Occupation, Direct Support Specialist, Bulletin 2202-02 November 28, 2001, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services (OATELS) (PDF, 155 KB)
Appendix G: North Carolina Support Needs Assessment Profile (PDF, 15,122 KB)
Appendix H: Special Act No. 02-14 (PDF, 63 KB)
Appendix I: Motion to Accept the Final Report and Vote Tally (PDF, 115 KB)