The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) is an advisory body that provides assistance to the

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and the

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issues related to

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. It was started as a blue-ribbon panel by John F. Kennedy in 1961, and later reorganized through

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into an official panel by

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in 1966, with the goal of ensuring the right to a "decent, dignified place in society". Originally known as the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, it was eventually renamed in 2003 by George W. Bush over concerns regarding negative labelling. It was established through the work of Eunice Kennedy Shriver while serving as the head of the

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. The PCPID consists of a 31-member panel composed of 18 citizen members and 13 government officials, with the number of citizen members capped at 21, and each citizen serving maximum two-year terms. The citizen members are each appointed by the president, and the government members consist of the following: *

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* Secretary of the Interior *

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of the Corporation for National and Community Service * Chair of the

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* Chair of the

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* Commissioner of the

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The committee receives no federal funding, and administers no grants. The PCPID holds formal meetings twice per year, and issues an annual report providing advice and recommendations. The scope of the PCPID according to its governing executive order is intellectual disability as it relates to: * Expansion of educational opportunities * Promotion of homeownership * Assurance of

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* Improvement of transportation options * Expansion of full access to community living * Increasing access to assistive and

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In 1974 the goals of the committee were realigned by

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, with a focus on deinstitutionalization, preventive care, and

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, and again in 1996 by

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, with a focus on community inclusion. The committee is located organizationally under the

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and the

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Fact Sheet: President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
from the

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