{"id":3806,"date":"2017-01-23T11:22:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T16:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2017-01-23T11:22:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T16:22:40","slug":"maryland-dd-councils-2017-public-policy-platform-12317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3806","title":{"rendered":"Maryland DD Council&#8217;s 2017 Public Policy Platform, 1\/23\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council&nbsp; <\/strong>announces the release of its<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001XiZmaVb_Eeeknd9avqLDzU6RHMZk5ysWTveOqPGqt7h_SHIQmOC8FtAHFIno3u-krjGicLRHgLpYBr4X5nNdP8VK8sz3Q8JbWVmmq8S1peOlDxKYNNdc7szKsZBnQs_uYlGtkwSosmZbEt5MLLSrbdL-xbHCt4IIK9STPm7GC75SciK3BPBVGIDahWKRSS36rJhylayVsHqhHCJuj8snDQmRWIrXdd53PTRGb6HU328B1s20JRDgeO6IpgN5HL8q&amp;c=FIzyyRg2I4MD8BMy5LIrklnxVM7F_EXC3EwkCVOfDwVl8V2K4l6qMw==&amp;ch=WHfLlYADTxYIpFoiR1zhfz--WxEENyDHnq7Sj6Ce19kEWoCE7Ek4ng==\">2017 Public Policy Platform<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Platform outlines what is needed to ensure people with developmental disabilities in Maryland:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>exercise control over their lives<\/li>\n<li>reach&nbsp;their full potential and&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>lead healthy, fulfilling lives with enriching relationships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Maryland DD Council works to advance the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life by eliminating barriers, creating opportunities, empowering people, and promoting innovation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 legislative session opens on January 11 and runs through April 10.&nbsp;<br \/>\nDD Day at the Legislature is scheduled for February 23 &nbsp;(registration will be open soon).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=149587675112835\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=3806\" layout=\"standard\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"450\" action=\"like\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council&nbsp; announces the release of its 2017 Public Policy Platform&nbsp; The Platform outlines what is needed to ensure people with developmental disabilities in Maryland:&nbsp; exercise control over their lives reach&nbsp;their full potential and&nbsp; lead healthy, fulfilling lives with enriching relationships The Maryland DD Council works to advance the inclusion of people with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,17,4,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3807,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions\/3807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}