The Wisconsin Legislature established the Partners with Business initiative to assist businesses interested in employing people with disabilities using an evidence-based coaching model. During the past state fiscal year, Partners with Business provided grant funds and...

Survival Coalition is hosting a series of policy issue forums this fall. Our first is about Medicaid Aid in Dying laws, and how these policies may impact people with disabilities and families. Learn about key issues and areas of concern, what laws look like in other...

Registration is open for the 2026 Wisconsin Self-Determination Conference! Join us in-person for this year’s conference: The Power of Self-Determination; Technology, Community and YOU! Check out the conference brochure for more details: www.sdc.wi-bpdd.org Register on...

The Wisconsin Partners in Policymaking program is a six-session advocacy training to prepare future leaders around the state who can work with lawmakers and communities to support the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all aspects of life. What are...

This series builds leadership at every level from your own person-centered planning, to serving on boards and councils in your community, to systems advocacy that shapes policy. This 3-part webinar series is presented by BPDD and Wisconsin Managed Care Organization...

Calling all Wisconsin special education families! Survival Coalition is helping conduct a statewide survey of parents of students with disabilities about their experiences with special education in Wisconsin. The survey is intended to help inform schools, legislators,...

“What’s the Word?” is an opportunity to hear directly from self-advocates about what’s important to them. This month’s article features Amanda Henning, a Partners in Policymaking and Youth Leadership Forum graduate.  Click the button below to read the full article! If...

Disability Pride Month is celebrated annually each year in July. Disability Pride started as a day of celebration when the ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990. The first officially recognized Disability Pride Month was in July 2015 for the 25th anniversary of the...

Join the WI Disability Vote Coalition for a Lunch n Learn webinar on July 28th from 12-1pm. Many families are unaware that their family member can retain the right to vote even if they have a guardian.  This webinar will cover how to preserve that right, or restore it...