Jan 15, 2025 | Meetings, News, Recent
YOUR HELP IS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO ENSURE SELF-DIRECTION IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION IN ANNAPOLIS! Last November, with its “Self-Direction Manual” MDH-DDA showed us all the future that it envisions for Self-Direction… less funding, lower wages,...
Jan 14, 2025 | Meetings, News, Recent
SDAN held a General Membership Meeting on Friday, January 10, 2025, featuring guest speaker Heather Sachs, Policy & Advocacy Co-Director for the National Down Syndrome Congress. If you’ve ever been intimidated by the idea of speaking with your elected...
Nov 15, 2024 | Meetings, News, Recent
Join us for a rally to stop the self-direction policies that were developed without input from stakeholders—YOU, and all the other people who will be hurt by them. DOWNLOAD AND SHARE THE FLYER TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19th 11:30-12:30 LAWYERS MALL, ANNAPOLIS DIRECTIONS...
Nov 15, 2024 | Archives, Meetings, Recent
SDAN held a General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 to discuss issues and advocacy on the new DDA policies. On October 24, 2024, the DDA announced sweeping new changes to Self-Direction, without any real input from the Self-Direction community on...
Nov 13, 2024 | Archives, Meetings, Recent
SDAN ACTION ALERT! It is important for all who self direct to attend this meeting with DDA at 2:30pm on November 14. To join the DDA Community Meeting, please click the link below: Meeting Link: meet.google.com/ygz-iauk-owt Time: November 14, 2024, from 2:30 to 3:30...
Jul 15, 2024 | Archives, Meetings, Recent
SDAN Membership Meeting: Community Living and Olmstead Rights July 12, 2024 SDAN’s July meeting featured a presentation and listening session with the Olmsted Section team of The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The...