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Change The Name!
Here is what can happen when self advocates speak up and speak out!
This is an announcement from a group that was named the AAMR (American Association on Mental Retardation).
“As part of our resolve coming out of the 2005 Alliance For Full Participation Summit in Washington, we told our partners in that historic meeting that we would work to change our name. We have made good on that commitment.
The membership of AAMR has voted and they have chosen
1) to change the name of the organization and,
2) to adopt the name, the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
This is a positive step and we should all feel very good about what it means for the future. I want to thank all of you who have participated in the conversations about the name change over the past year and for the respectful and thoughtful way in which the debate has been carried out.”
