DADD Statements of Support

Division for Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) Statement in Response to Presidential Executive Order titled "Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans" signed...

April 18, 2025 - Yesterday’s comments from HHS Secretary Kennedy are deeply disappointing, profoundly damaging, and unacceptable. The suggestion that autism is a “preventable” condition, particularly...

6/2/2020     First and foremost, to DADD’s Black members, Black students and their families, and Black practitioners – your lives matter. We share the outrage and grief and condemn the killings of our...

1/15/2019    The DADD Board of Directors supports the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities’ statement on identifying sexuality as a basic human right that everyone...

DADD acknowledges there are disproportionate challenges for Indigenous individuals with disabilities and we have a responsibility to better support them. We express solidarity with Indigenous Peoples...