DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY FUTURE PLANNING GROUP
(DDFP)
Free Online Workshops for Adults with DD/ID, and Families to Network Together
ABOUT
Who We Are:
Mary Nisson (AKA "David's mom") - retired teacher, workshop leader, social networker
David M. Nisson, PhD - Savant Syndrome Autistic scientist and web developer
What We Do:
We host monthly Zoom meetings to help Regional Center clients, their families, and their communities to collaborate in planing an inclusive, safe and healthy future for people with Developmental Disabilities ("DD") and/or Intellectual Disability ("ID").
Currently we need to direct our time and talents to focus on addressing needs in our own home - Yolo County - so statewide meetings are on hold. However, you may contact members of the statewide group by emailing them and hosting your own Zoom, Facebook, or other online meeting.
You do not have to attend a Zoom event to add your name to the list of families to befriend. (Please note "Disclaimer" below). To receive the list, write "DDFP Contact List" in the subject line and email us at:To see every adult with ID/DD in happy, healthy living arrangements provide a free
PRESENTATIONS
HOUSING INFORMATION WEBSITES
Click onto the underlined words to visit these websites:
California Department of Developmental Services Partial List of Living Options
Autism Speaks advice on choosing an adult living arrangement
Section 811 Supportive Housing -- Federal Information
Section 8 Public Housing Authority (PHA)
Lanterman Housing Alliance - Sacramento-based, but statewide info
Resources for Independent Living ("RIL") - (ACRC catchment)
First Step Housing Access Services - Patti Uplinger: Patti.Uplinger@stepagency.com -- (ACRC)
Bay Area Housing Corp. (BAHC) - (GGRC, SARC, and those without RC services)
Summer House, Inc - Yolo County (ACRC)
Creative Living Options (CLO) - Yolo County (ACRC)
Chelsea Investment Corp. ("Special Needs Housing" -- 1)
Chelsea Investment Corp ("Special Needs" Housing -- 2)
Jewish Family and Children's Services, San Francisco (GGRC)
Gary Shupin Independent Living Community, San Francisco
AbleLight Cornerstone Village, - Building soon in Elk Grove (ACRC)
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 today's, and tomorrow's 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.