Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Difference between revisions

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The '''Administration on Developmental Disabilities''' ('''ADD''') is the [[List of United States federal agencies|United States federal agency]] responsible for implementation and administration of the [[Developmental disability|Developmental Disabilities]] Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acl.gov/Programs/AIDD/DD_History/index.aspx|title=AIDD: History of the DD Act|access-date=2013-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053733/http://www.acl.gov/Programs/AIDD/DD_History/index.aspx|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the disability provisions of the [[Help America Vote Act]]. Organizationally, the Administration on Developmental Disabilities is located within the U.S. [[Department of Health and Human Services]] and is part of the Department's [[Administration for Children and Families]]. In 2012, ADD was included in the newly-formed [[Administration for Community Living]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oF_8cTN0XcIC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA34106&dq=Administration+on+Intellectual+and+Developmental+Disabilities&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Federal Register|date=|publisher=Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|year=2013|volume=78|pages=34106|language=en|issue=109}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Linehan|first=Christine|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vpwQEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA307&dq=Administration+on+Intellectual+and+Developmental+Disabilities&hl=en&redir_esc=y|title=Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Ageing Process|date=|publisher=Springer Nature|year=2020|isbn=978-3-030-56934-1|editor-last=Prasher|editor-first=Vee P.|___location=Cham, Switzerland|pages=307|language=en|chapter=Living Arrangement Options|editor-last2=Davidson|editor-first2=Philip W.|editor-last3=Santos|editor-first3=Flavia H.}}</ref>