Events and Activities

Events and programs of interest to the developmental disability community.

Person Centered Planning

We support person centered planning as a practice that ensures that disabled people are free to choose how they live, work, and play in their community. We participate in educating and advocating this practice when engaging with our community leaders, legislators, and state agencies.

Stop Special Campaign

The state’s DD Partners have teamed up to launch an awareness campaign to invite conversation around the use of the word “special”. We support disabled people who find this euphemism offensive and othering. It is our hope that with time, we can eliminate the term “special” when talking about disabled people in education, employment, and in everyday life.

Voting Rights

We believe that everyone deserves the right to vote in an independent and accessible way. We continue to work with stakeholders and voting rights organizations to ensure that the Granite State continues to improve the accessibility of its voting process.

Supported Decision Making

The NHCDD has been a leading advocate for Supported Decision Making as an alternative to guardianship. We support initiatives that continue to build the framework needed for all parties to understand this right and how to best use it for the benefit of disabled people and their families.

Universal Changing Stations

We believe that community inclusion includes the right to use the bathroom safely and with dignity. We work with and have granted seed funding to the newly formed NH Universal Changing Stations Alliance. We successfully advocated for making this a policy priority for the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities.

We welcome collaboration with disability adjacent organizations and agencies who would like to develop programming that aligns with any of our 5-year plan goals. If you have questions about any upcoming events, please contact our Director of Policy and Planning, Vanessa Blais, at Vanessa.A.Blais@ddc.nh.gov or 603-271-7040.

Upcoming Events

September 2024

NH State Primaries – 9/10/24
Disability Support Professional Concord Lamp Post Banner event for DSP Recognition Week – 9/9/24 thru 9/13/24
DSP and Home Provider of the Year Awards – 9/10/24
DEI Disability in the Workplace Hiring and Retention event – 9/19/24
Multicultural Festival – Concord – 9/22/24
Gubernatorial Town Hall - 9/26/24

October 2024

Advocate NH Art of Advocacy Conference Concord – 10/4/24
Employment Leadership Awards – 10/10/24

November 2024

General Election – 11/5/24
Caregiver’s Conference – 11/13/24