Knowledge Empowers Compassion
Understanding intellectual and developmental disabilities is the first step toward an inclusive community. Our Education Hub offers plain-language guides — written by the clinicians who do this work every day — for families navigating diagnosis, waiver eligibility, and the transition into adult services.

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Understanding ECF CHOICES: A Family's Starting Guide
What ECF CHOICES is, who qualifies, how enrollment actually works, and where a provider like DHS fits in.
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IDD & Autism, Without the Jargon
A calm primer on the terminology, what support actually looks like day to day, and how to advocate well.
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What Is a Person-Centered Support Plan (PCSP)?
How care gets built around one person's goals, what happens in a planning meeting, and the family's real role in it.
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From School to Adult Services: Navigating the Transition
Timelines, what changes at 18 and 22, and how to prepare so the last day of school isn't the first day of crisis.
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