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Developmental Disabilities
A developmental disability is a severe, chronic disability that begins before the person reaches age 22 and is likely to continue throughout one’s life.
Learn MorePeople First Language
What do you call a person with a disability? A person. People First Language is an objective and respectful way to speak about people with disabilities by emphasizing the person first, rather than the disability.
People First LanguageTCDD Grant Projects
TCDD grant projects address a variety of needs and areas of focus across the state.
Current Grant Projects
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Do You Have Hearing and Vision Loss? iCanConnect Helps People Communicate
The ability to communicate in a high tech world recently got easier for some people who have both vision and hearing loss. Continue Reading Do You Have Hearing and Vision Loss? iCanConnect Helps People Communicate
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HIPP Pays Health Insurance for Some Families with a Person on Medicaid
The HIPP program is particularly beneficial to families with multiple children because the premium will usually cover all of them, not just the child with a disability. Continue Reading HIPP Pays Health Insurance for Some Families with a Person on Medicaid
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Statewide TCDD Project to Train Speakers with Disabilities
The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities awarded a $124,999 grant for the first year of a statewide project by Imagine Enterprises to train individuals with developmental disabilities in public speaking. Continue Reading Statewide TCDD Project to Train Speakers with Disabilities
The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities is committed to creating change so that each individual is able to be fully included in their own communities and exercise control over their own lives.