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The '''Administration on Disabilities''' ('''AoD''') 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.
ADD's mission is to improve and increase services to and assure that individuals with developmental disabilities have opportunities to make their own choices, contribute to society, have supports to live independently, and are free of abuse, neglect, financial and sexual exploitation, and violations of their legal and human rights.<ref>{{Cite book|
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