PADDC: Spring Listening Tour

Hosted by the PA Developmental Disabilities Council (PADDC)

PADDC wants to know what matters most to Pennsylvanians with developmental disabilities and their families. They need your input on how to make life better for people with disabilities. The information you share will guide their future work.

• Improve supports and services for people with disabilities and their families.
• Make communities better for everyone.
• Improve advocacy and training opportunities.
• Protect the rights of people with disabilities

Both in-person and virtual meeting options are available throughout the state.

• Listening Session #1: For All Audiences
  • Thursday, February 27, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom link.
• Listening Session #2: For All Audiences
  • Thursday, March 3, 2025, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual – in partnership with PA Family Network
    
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom link.
• Listening Session #3: For All Audiences
  • Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 1 – 3 p.m.
  • Format: In person in Cranberry Township. Courtyard Pittsburgh North, 150 Cranberry Woods Drive, Cranberry Township, PA 16066
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP
• Listening Session #4: For Parents of Children with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) with a Focus on Education and Child-related Topics
  • Thursday, March 13, 2025, 6 – 8 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual – in partnership with The PEAL Center
    
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP  and receive the Zoom link.
• Listening Session #5: For All Audiences
  • Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 1 – 3 p.m.
  • Format: In person in Allentown and Virtual. Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living, 713 N. 13^th Street, Allentown, PA 18102
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP (Zoom link for those wishing to participate virtually will be sent one day in advance.)
• Listening Session #6: For All Audiences
  • Thursday, March 20, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
  • Format: In person in Harrisburg – in partnership with Temple University Institute on Disabilities. Temple Harrisburg Campus, Room 233, 234 Strawberry Square Harrisburg, PA 17101 *Parking reimbursement available
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP
• Listening Session #7: For All Audiences
  • Friday, April 4, 2025, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
  • Format: In person in Philadelphia – in partnership with Vision for Equality. Vision for Equality, 718 Arch Street, 6N, Philadelphia, PA 19106. *Parking reimbursement available
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP
• Listening Session #8: For Self Advocates
  • Monday, April 7, 2025, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • Format: Virtual – in partnership with Speaking for Ourselves
  • CLICK HERE TO RSVP and to receive the Zoom link.

The Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council is a group of people with disabilities, family members, advocates, and state department representatives who work to create favorable conditions for people with developmental disabilities and their families in the Commonwealth.