| 10 | | - | Whereas, all Vermonters, regardless of any disability they may have, desire to receive |
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| 11 | | - | the highest attainable quality of health care, including support services for individuals |
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| 12 | | - | with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and |
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| 13 | | - | Whereas, Sec. 1 of the Developmental Disabilities Act (1996 Acts and Resolves No. |
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| 14 | | - | 174, codified as 18 V.S.A. § 8721) provides that individuals with a developmental |
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| 15 | | - | disability are entitled to: a safe living environment; respect and dignity; residency in a |
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| 16 | | - | home of their choice; the opportunity to make life-affecting decisions; attend |
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| 17 | | - | neighborhood schools, be employed, and participate in activities, subject to the provisions |
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| 18 | | - | of federal special education laws; and to have access to broadly available community |
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| 19 | | - | support and services, and |
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| 20 | | - | Whereas, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities seek access to |
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| 21 | | - | the necessary resources to lead full, independent, and dignified lives within the |
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| 22 | | - | community, and they expect that all of these services will be delivered with the same |
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| 23 | | - | degree of expertise and financial support as equivalent services for those who do not live |
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| 24 | | - | with an intellectual or developmental disability, and |
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| 25 | | - | Whereas, today, March 25, 2025, individuals with intellectual and developmental |
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| 26 | | - | disabilities and their advocates are visiting the State House to inform the General |
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| 27 | | - | Assembly of their concerns regarding the provision of these State services that are critical |
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| 28 | | - | to their health and well-being, now therefore be it |
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| 8 | + | HouseconcurrentresolutiondesignatingMarch25,2025asIntellectualandDevelopmental |
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| 9 | + | DisabilitiesDayattheStateHouse |
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| 10 | + | Whereas,allVermonters,regardlessofanydisabilitytheymayhave,desiretoreceivethe |
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| 11 | + | highestattainablequalityofhealthcare,includingsupportservicesforindividualswith |
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| 12 | + | intellectualanddevelopmentaldisabilities, and |
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| 13 | + | Whereas,Sec.1oftheDevelopmentalDisabilitiesAct(1996ActsandResolvesNo.174, |
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| 14 | + | codifiedas18V.S.A.§ 8721)providesthatindividualswithadevelopmentaldisabilityare |
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| 15 | + | entitledto:asafelivingenvironment;respectanddignity;residencyinahomeoftheirchoice; |
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| 16 | + | theopportunitytomakelife-affectingdecisions;attendneighborhoodschools,beemployed,and |
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| 17 | + | participateinactivities,subjecttotheprovisionsoffederalspecialeducationlaws;andtohave |
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| 18 | + | accesstobroadlyavailablecommunitysupportandservices, and |
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| 19 | + | Whereas,individualswithintellectualanddevelopmentaldisabilitiesseekaccesstothe |
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| 20 | + | necessaryresourcestoleadfull,independent,anddignifiedliveswithinthecommunity,andthey |
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| 21 | + | expectthatalloftheseserviceswillbedeliveredwiththesamedegreeofexpertiseandfinancial |
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| 22 | + | supportasequivalentservicesforthosewhodonotlivewithanintellectualordevelopmental |
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| 23 | + | disability, and |
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| 24 | + | Whereas,today,March25,2025,individualswithintellectualanddevelopmentaldisabilities |
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| 25 | + | andtheiradvocatesarevisitingtheStateHousetoinformtheGeneralAssemblyoftheir |
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| 26 | + | concernsregardingtheprovisionoftheseStateservicesthatarecriticaltotheirhealthandwell- |
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| 27 | + | being,nowtherefore be it |
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