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Yes, there is strength in numbers and this is especially true in our organization. We are professionals, parents, consumers, and advocates. Our goal is to create an accessible system of services and resources which supports personal choice and promotes lives of dignity and self-determination. Click here for membership information

08-12-2010
Thank you to all who attended AAIDD Texas Chapter's 35th Annual Convention "Making Positive Change Happen." Click here for a list of Sponsors, Exhibits and Door Prize/Silent Auction donors that contributed.

Congratulations to all our Award Recipients. Click here for a complete list.

Be sure to join us next year when we take San Antonio by a storm!

AAIDD Texas Chapter
36th Annual Convention
July 20-22, 2011
The Westin Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas

08-12-2010
Read the lastest news from AAIDD Texas Chapter on our latest e-Newsletter, The Forum, here

02-21-2010

The February, 2010 edition of The Forum, AAIDD Texas Chapter's newsletter, has been mailed. The current newsletter, along with past editions are also posted on this website and can be accessed here.

02-11-2010

VIEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS

AAIDD has taken the position that, “"Given that the diagnostic process involves drawing a line of inclusion/exclusion, it is important to use a range as reflected in the test's standard error of measurement" (AAIDD).” The State has determined that strict IQ cut-off scores are essential for budgeting our limited state dollars. What is your opinion on this issue?

Let us know how you feel by following this link.

10-14-2009

VIEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS

The Texas Chapter of AAIDD is launching a new interactive opportunity to voice your opinions on “hot topics” that impact people with IDD, their families and their support systems. Each newsletter will contain a question that has been raised by the membership, and we invite you to submit comments online by clicking here. Comments will be reviewed and a representative sample of ideas will be published in the following newsletter. Anonymous comments may be submitted but will not be considered for publication.

The following is our first question, raised by the membership during the convention in Corpus Christi:

Staff at State Supported Living Centers (formerly known as State Schools) are now required to wear a brightly colored vest, much like the vests worn by retail store employees, so that they can be identified as staff on surveillance tapes and in other situations. What are your thoughts about this practice?

Let us know how you feel by following this link.

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