DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY ALLY

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE

Help us elect community-minded public servants who center, plan for, and celebrate people with developmental disabilities, especially developmentally disabled people who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color who experience additional barriers due to their unmet cultural or linguistic needs.

A family sits together and enjoys each other’s company while having a snack

A family sits together and enjoys each other’s company while having a snack.

Mission

Ensure candidates for elected office understand and champion the needs of children and adults with developmental disabilities who have been excluded, marginalized, and impoverished by governmental decisions, societal ableism and racism, and the underinvestment in caregiving and neurodiverse affirming support. The DDAllyPAC recognizes the urgent need to center people from historically ignored communities, especially people with unmet language access needs in our priorities.

Young people with disabilities practice yoga together

Three young people with disabilities practice yoga together on pink mats.


Vision

We envision ALL children and adults with developmental disabilities in Washington State are planned for, nurtured and safe at school, and celebrated at all ages and stages of life, regardless of their caregiving support needs, language or communication needs, whether they are determined eligible for services, or their family’s financial ability to support them. Developmental disabilities are a normal part of the human condition that should be planned for in the social service ecosystem.

Two male friends sit outside together. One friend uses a wheelchair.

Two friends sit outside together. One friend uses a wheelchair.

Values

We believe that barriers to interdependent and independent community-based living should be addressed by the community. The needs of people with developmental disabilities and their families are at once diverse and universal. Washington State lags behind other states for ensuring children with disabilities are not segregated from their non-disabled peers in school. Washington State also trails other states in offering robust community-based living and meaningful activity options for adults, which leads to isolation for both the person with a disability and for their family. The DDAllyPAC exists to ensure impacted people are prioritized by elected leaders.

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