DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY FUTURE PLANNING GROUP
(DDFP)
Free Online Workshops to Facilitate Team-building for Housing and Supports
ABOUT
Mary Nisson and her "techie" Savant Syndrome Autistic son, David Nisson PhD, use their skills help adults with ID/DD and their families build teams for planning living arrangements.
Our workshops are normally the final Saturday of each month via Zoom, but there will be no May meeting. The next meeting is in June, with exact date/time TBA. Registration for the June meeting will begin the first week in June.
Self Advocates and families are not required to attend meetings to get their name added to the contact list for their county. With that list, they can start emailing with other families about how to shop for, advocate for, and arrange housing and support services in their communities of choice.
MISSION: To provide to self advocates and their families a free online opportunity to network for resources.
To add your name to the contact list for your region and receive a copy, send an email to the following with your name and your county of residence:To see every adult with ID/DD in happy, healthy living arrangements provide a free
PRESENTATIONS
HOUSING INFORMATION WEBSITES
Department of Developmental Services Partial Housing List
Autism Speaks advice on choosing an adult living arrangement
Section 811 Supportive Housing
Section 8 Public Housing Authority (PHA)
Lanterman Housing Alliance
Resources for Independent Living ("RIL") -Sacramento and Yolo Counties
First Step Housing Access Services - Patti Uplinger: Patti.Uplinger@stepagency.com
Chelsea Investment Corp. ("Special Needs Housing" -- 1)
Chelsea Investment Corp ("Special Needs" Housing -- 2)
Summer House, Inc, Yolo County
Jewish Family and Children's Services, San Francisco
Gary Shupin Independent Living Community, San Francisco
AbleLight Cornerstone Village, - Building soon in Elk Grove
Villa de Vida, - Poway, San Diego County
LITERATURE NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO HOUSING/SUPPORTS
Emergence: Labeled Autistic, autobiography by Temple Grandin
Being Seen: Memoir of an Autistic Mother, Immigrant, And Zen Student autobiography
by Anlor Davin
He Could Be Another Bill Gates, fiction by award-winning novelist Donna Levin
The Autism Job Club: The Neurodiverse Workforce in the New Normal of Employment,
by Michael Bernick and Richard Holden
Down Syndrome Parenting 101: Must-Have Advice for Making Your Life Easier by Hale and Beck
LINKS AND MEDIA
The Autistic Savant and the Work World, article by Forbes writer Michael Bernick
Autism, Aspergers Syndrome Coalition for Education, Networking and Development (AASCEND)
Aging and Disability Resource Connections (ADRC)
California Department of Developmental Services (DDS)
Future for our Kids (Sacramento area)
Regional Centers of California
State Council on Developmental Disabilities (SCDD)
Supported Life Institute (SLI)
DISCLAIMER
Planning for the needs of adults with ID/DD involves pioneering and risk. Therefore, information on this website is provided solely as a suggestion for further careful study and research. Viewers assume the sole risk for the decisions they make, and advice should be sought from many other sources, too. DDFP-CA is not responsible for the contents of any outside sites through any external links provided. Such links are not an endorsement of the external site as to its quality, accuracy or completeness. Let's plan together, and let's do it carefully. Thank you.