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MNLEND: Connections, Advocacy, Research
Olivia Evers (MNLEND 2024–25) helped refresh an online services directory for a Saint Paul organization that works to prevent prenatal alcohol exposure and support people affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. “MNLEND taught me that passion matters, but acting on it is how real change happens,” she said.
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When ICE Targets DSPs, the Disability Community Feels It
“After my DSPs told me ICE was in their apartment building, I was too anxious to leave my house for a week,” wrote self-advocate and ICI staffer Dupree Edwards. “I worked from home, and I didn’t go to my day program because it was in Minneapolis… It's okay to be scared.”
“On Thursday, I heard that ICE is leaving Minneapolis, and I hope that is true. Even if they do leave, I learned that I should have a plan in place so I'm not worrying and living in fear. I just want to live my best life.”
Inclusion Starts at Home
Why should we know where people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (IDD) live? It’s a matter of inclusion.
Approximately 8.6 million people in the United States were living with IDD in 2021, according to new data from ICI’s Residential Information Systems Project. About 1.4 million of these people receive public support services, usually in their own communities.
