Advancing Community Inclusion for Individuals with ID/DD: History, Challenges, and the Role of Caregivers

• By: Christina DeLapp, MS, BCBA-LABA Melmark
• September 15th, 2025
• Americans with Disabilities Act, caregiver training, challenging behaviors, communication support, community-based living, Fall 2025 Issue, intellectual and developmental disabilities, olmstead decision, public perception and stigma
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Community-based living for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (ID/DD) has improved since the mid-20th century, in the context of a broader civil rights movement. A more discrete focus on the rights of individuals with disabilities arose during the 1960s and 1970s under John...