Each month BPDD features a different leader in Wisconsin living with a disability. “What’s the Word?” is an opportunity to hear directly from self-advocates about what’s important to them.​ This month's column comes from self-advocate, Mariah Kay S.   If you or...

Pre-Conference Session for the Virtual Employment First Conference May 12-13, 2021 We have added a Pre-Conference Session on May 12th that you won’t want to miss!  Stephen Graves, Culture and Belonging Manager at GT Independence, one of our conference sponsors, will...

BPDD’s Living Well project has created some plain language information about how paid and unpaid caregivers can get the COVID vaccine. They include when, where and how people in long-term care programs and their paid and unpaid supporters can get the vaccine. See more...

Every five years, the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities (BPDD) submits a plan to the federal government for systems change focused on improving the quality of life for people with developmental disabilities through full inclusion and...

Throughout the years, BPDD along with our partners, grantees and participants in our various projects have created so many informative videos! We wanted to put as many of them as possible in one place. If you are looking for recorded sessions from a conference, you...

Each month BPDD features a different leader in Wisconsin living with a disability. “What’s the Word?” is an opportunity to hear directly from self-advocates about what’s important to them. This month's column comes from Jordan Anderson, a self-advocate from Auburndale...

Thursday, May 13, 2021 Virtual Format from 8:30am to 3:30pm This year’s Employment First conference will provide an immersion into person-centered thinking and practices. Throughout this interactive, virtual event you will have the opportunity to network with others...

Are you interested in presenting at the 2021 Self-Determination Conference?  We are seeking session proposals for Tuesday, October 19 & Wednesday, October 20, 2021.     This year’s theme: Growing Stronger Together will help people with disabilities lead more...

Each month BPDD features a different leader in Wisconsin living with a disability. “What’s the Word?” is an opportunity to hear directly from self-advocates about what’s important to them. This month's column comes from Brittany Wilson a poet, athlete, and...