Summer Issue of Making a Difference Inspires and Informs

By OCI

Making a Difference, Summer 2010 edition

The Summer edition of Making a Difference, a quarterly publication of the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD), has just wrapped up. In addition to it’s stellar design (hey, a designer should be able to toot their own horn) the magazine is full of inspiring articles and information.

The summer edition features the Children’s Freedom Initiative, which aims to move children with disabilities under the age of 22 out of state-run facilities and closer to home. The initiative was formed in 2005 after advocates with the Georgia Advocacy Office (GAO) discovered 141 children under the age of 22 living in state-run facilities and other nursing facilities. Mathew Harp, featured on the cover with his mom and sisters, gives an inspiring message about what it meant to him to return home after having to live in a nursing home when he was 21.
Other articles included in this summer edition are:
• Summer Fun for Everyone – summer camps for kids of all abilities
• State Legislature Summary and Outlook
• 20th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
• Success on the Court – young tennis star soars to the top

A PDF of the magazine can be downloaded here.