Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Kenneth Lamar, father of Rebecca, sits on her bed in her old room which has stayed just the way it was before she went to a DIDD facility.

Housing

‘Pitting one group against another’: Tennessee asks disabled adults to make way for foster kids

Anita Wadhwani

Families say they feel pressured by state officials who emphasize the needs of children in state custody over disabled adults.

Loving mother reading a funny story to her son with disability sitting in a wheelchair. Relaxing afternoon on a sunny afternoon.

Government & Politics

Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities seeks funding boost for early intervention programs

Anita Wadhwani

The Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is seeking a $72 million budget increase to expand early intervention services for small children and crisis care for adults.

Government & Politics

Tennessee Department Seeks Accredidation

The Associated Press

The Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities hopes to become the first accredited state system focused on disabilities.…