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About the Partnership
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Fred Orelove
Executive Director
Partnership for People with Disabilities |
The Partnership for People with Disabilities, formerly known as the
Virginia Institute for Developmental Disabilities (VIDD), is recognized
by the federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities as a university
center for excellence in developmental disabilities. Founded in 1985
under the leadership of Dr. Howard Garner with fewer than five staff
at Virginia Commonwealth University, today the Partnership is proud
to operate more than 20 federal and state programs, staffed by more
than 100 professionals and students supporting individuals with disabilities
and their families. The Partnership maintains an interdisciplinary approach
to all of its activities, which allows it to explore a wide spectrum
of professional services and community interests as it seeks to expand
opportunities to individuals with disabilities.
Among our most important partners in our efforts to create communities
where all people live, work, and play together with choices and independence,
are numerous disability service providers, K-12 schools and school divisions,
universities and colleges, professional organizations, state and local
agencies. Together, we are able to accomplish what no one agency or
individual could ever hope to accomplish alone.
No history of the Partnership would be complete without a special tribute
to our advisory group members, advocacy groups, parents and parent organizations,
individuals and families, who provide the basis and the energy for this
exciting journey toward self-determination and community inclusion for
persons with disabilities.
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