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South Dakota Council on Developmental Disabilities


South Dakota Advocates for Change - Mobilize - Organize - Act

Vision - South Dakota self-advocates live in and are a part of their community with the support to have a full life.

Our Goal - To build a network of self-advocates that represents the entire state.

Mission -
For ourselves and other self-advocates, we will:
- Learn to be stronger self-advocates
- Promote self-advocacy around the state
- Take action on issues that are important to self-advocates in South Dakota.


Brochure - Click to view brochure in PDF format.

CONFERENCE - Next conference will be held in conjunction with the Dare to Dream 2012 Conference, June 10-13, 2012 in Sioux Falls. Follow this link for more information on this conference.

PHOTOS - Self Advocate Conference, September 10-11, 2009

Newsletters - Click links below to view newsletters in PDF format.

December 2009
July 2009
October 2008 and Cover Letter
To submit newsletter articles - email selfadvocacytimes@gmail.com

FUNDRAISING IDEAS - Follow this link to find ideas submitted by local groups.

SURVEY - Follow this link to see the summary of the surveys that were sent to community support providers regarding local self-advocacy (People First) groups.

CONTACT - SDAC Coordinator, Chuck Henrie
Email - chuckhenrie@midco.net