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Council Honors Three Disability Advocates at 2022 Awards Ceremony
July 23, 2025
Three North Carolina leaders in disability advocacy were honored at the annual Advocacy and Leadership Awards presentation during the November meeting of the NCCDD in Cary, North Carolina. The three prestigious awards â The North Carolina Leadership Achievement Award, Jack B. Hefner Memorial AwardâŠ
Guide on an âElevator Speechâ
July 03, 2025
What is the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD)?
The Council is an organization whose goal is to helping to improve the lives of all North Carolinians with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DD).
The Council wants to create a system that focuses on selâŠ
NCCDD: Our Members, Our Mission
July 03, 2025
The country's Councils on Developmental Disabilities were created in 1970 through the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) to engage in advocacy, capacity building and systemic change activities that "contribute to a coordinated, consumer and family-centered, compreâŠ
NCCDD Meets the Community
July 03, 2025
With the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, NCCDD began offering a hybrid approach for people to attend events in person or virtually throughout the state of North Carolina. Boone and Greenville area residents gathered for story sharing events while others attended online. Mini-grants given by NCCDDâŠ
Advocacy and Leadership Awards Recipients 2021
July 03, 2025
The North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities (NCCDD) honors the significant contributions made by advocates who are actively working to change attitudes and support greater choices for a more inclusive North Carolina. The Council established its Advocacy and Leadership Awards to honor tâŠ