Advocacy & Action

Advocacy

Arc Connecticut advocacy programs support, promote, and protect the civil and human rights of people with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities in Connecticut and we work with The Arc of the United States to approach federal public policy with a values-based voice to affect system change. 

Without strong advocacy at all levels, people with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities may not have access to needed support as well as opportunities to exercise inherent civil and human rights. Additionally, strong advocacy may be required to prevent and/or address abuse, neglect, and exploitation that people with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities may experience.

Please get in touch with Carol Scully, Director of Advocacy for more information on the workshop series: cscully@thearcct.org.

Action

The Arc has created an extremely efficient and effective way to make sure your voice is heard by key decision makers in the State.  Once you sign up—and it’s easy!—you will not only be kept up to date on events as they happen, but be in a position to let our leaders, including your state representative and state senator, know your views.  Click and you are on your way to having a voice in decisions that directly affect you and your family.

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