After lawsuits, DODD issues new training: "You cannot just barge into someone's house unannounced."

After DODD's travel restrictions training, one county board instituted a two driver rule and an 8-hour limit. Here's what to know.

A woman with developmental disabilities won her appeal to keep her chosen family caregiver for all her authorized care hours. The hearing officer said the county board has to follow the Ohio Administrative Code.

DODD wants you to know the "facts." Are they true or not? You don't have to listen to either of us. Just check out all the documents!

DODD signed a contract to send your highly personal data to interRAI to be used for "research purposes." DODD also says this "is not research." Ohioans with developmental disabilities have the right to refuse to participate in research, but DODD says disabled people have no "ability to opt out."

A federal judge struck down community living protections. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

DODD says "waiver modernization" will bring financial "relief" to county boards. This training offers several cost-cutting measures to "bridge the gap" until that happens.

Without going through the required rulemaking process, DODD is restricting travel for disabled Ohioans, who now must ask permission to travel. County boards have been told to scrutinize specific travel plans. Here's how to send a comment.

Here's how you can find reliable sources of information on H.B. 795 / S.B. 315.

Send a comment - it only takes one minute to participate! Tell Ohio "NO" to GPS tracking for people with developmental disabilities.

Send your comments about the interRAI test today - it only takes one minute to speak up!

A Pennsylvania court just ruled that "guidance" is not a law when it comes to disability services and family caregivers.

If your county board of developmental disabilities has told you they need to search for someone to replace you as your disabled child's Medicaid waiver caregiver, you may have been told this is required by law. You may have been told your child's services will be affected if you refuse. What you may not have been told is that the state agency responsible for overseeing county boards already told the Supreme Court of Ohio that these searches are not legally required. What Is

Here's how you can make sure your voice is heard when the state writes a new rule.

If you are new to Ohio’s developmental disabilities (DD) waiver system, it can feel like you’ve stepped into a world where everyone speaks in acronyms and no one quite seems to be in charge. Families are told to call one office, only to be redirected to another. Questions get tossed back and forth with phrases like “that’s the state’s policy” or “that’s up to the county.” It is a confusing system, and confusion has consequences. The more confusing a system is, the easier it b

Copy and send our suggested comment (or write your own) by December 18th in time for the hearing on December 19th. If you don't speak up, who will?

Will children be required to take a highly personal psychiatric test, or did Director Nash just sign a major research contract that contains a serious mistake?

Here's a copy of the contract between DODD and interRAI. The test is A LOT more invasive and personal than the ODDP, you aren't allowed to have a copy, and your data will be used for research.

DODD wants to make a new rule that SSAs can barge into your house whenever they have a "concern." Send your public comment opposing this terrible idea by November 17th.

DODD's new test will require all 43,922 Ohioans receiving IO, SELF, or Level 1 waivers to become human subjects in interRAI’s research database. Removing your name from your data doesn't mean you weren't forced to participate in interRAI's research in exchange for Medicaid benefits.