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From: "Frank Hall-Bentick" <[log in to unmask]>
> Documents and representations were made to the Asia Pacific Regional
> Council which after through examination selected Disability Australia as
> the only multi-diagnostic national organization which is democratically
> run and controlled by Australians with disabilities.
Frank, I'm interested in what "multi-diagnostic" encompasses and how
"developmentally" disabled folks play a role in controlling the
organization. Here in California, a developmental disability is defined as
mental retardation, epilepsy, autism, cerebral palsy (and other conditions
similar to mental retardation) that constitute a severe disability, with
severity usually defined in terms of IQ score or physical involvement.
I'm new to this list, so I hope I'm not treading on any old issues here.
-Dick Jacobs
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