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

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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

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over concerns regarding negative

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. It was established through the work of

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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 Labor *

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of the

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* 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

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. 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

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* Assurance of workplace integration * Improvement of transportation options * Expansion of full access to community living * Increasing access to assistive and universally designed technologies In 1974 the goals of the committee were realigned by

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, with a focus on

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, 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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References

External links

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

Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities The Administration on Disabilities (AoD) is the United States federal agency responsible for implementation and administration of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (DD Act) and the disability provisions of th ...

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