Can education, training, and supports help?
While people with developmental disabilities learn more slowly than other people, they have many of the same hopes, fears, joys, problems, and needs that others do. They have talents and abilities that should be developed through individualized education, job training, and specialized therapies such as physical, occupational and speech therapies. Support can enhance individual functioning. Supports can come from family, friends and community or from a service system such as the Developmental Disabilities Services Division. With early intervention as children and appropriate education, training, and supports as adults, all people with developmental disabilities can lead satisfying lives in their communities. The end result is a better, more normal life for people who have the same rights and responsibilities as anyone else. For more information about developmental disabilities or available services, contact DDSD at (405) 521-3571 or toll free (866) 521-3571.
