President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities: Difference between revisions

The '''President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities''' (PCPID) is an advisory body that provides assistance to the [[President of the United States]] and the [[Secretary of Health and Human Services]] on [[public policy]] issues related to [[intellectual disability]].<ref name="acl">{{cite web|title=The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID)|url=https://www.acl.gov/programs/empowering-advocacy/presidents-committee-people|website=[[Administration for Community Living]]|accessdate=6 May 2018}}</ref> It was started as a [[blue-ribbon panel]] by [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1961, and later reorganized through [[executive order]] into an official panel by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, with the goal of ensuring the right to a "decent, dignified place in society".<ref name="harris">{{cite book|last=Harris|first=James C. |title=Intellectual Disability: Understanding Its Development, Causes, Classification, Evaluation, and Treatment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VpARDAAAQBAJ|accessdate=6 May 2018|year=2006|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=9780195178852}}</ref>{{rp|412}}<ref name="2016 report">{{cite web|title=Report to the President: Strengthening an Inclusive Pathway for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families|url=https://www.acl.gov/sites/default/files/programs/2017-03/PCPID-Report-2016.pdf|website=President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities|publisher=[[Administration for Community Living]]|accessdate=6 May 2018|date=2016}}</ref>{{rp|1}} 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]].<ref name="enc">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Cecil R.|last2=Fletcher-Janzen|first2=Elaine |title=Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Disabilities and Other Exceptional Individuals, 3 Volume Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7n-tu1Q7jBsC|accessdate=6 May 2018|date=26 February 2007|publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=9780470174197}}</ref>{{rp|1627}}<ref name="crisis">{{cite web|title=Report to the President 2017 America's Direct Support Workforce Crisis: Effects on People with Intellectual Disabilities, Families, Communities and the U.S. Economy|url=https://www.acl.gov/sites/default/files/programs/2018-02/2017%20PCPID%20Full%20Report_0.PDF|website=President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities|publisher=[[Administration for Community Living]]|accessdate=6 May 2018}}</ref>{{rp|6}} It was established through the work of [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]] while serving as the head of the [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation]].<ref name="HardmanEgan2016">{{cite book|last1=Hardman|first1=Michael L.|last2=Egan|first2=M. Winston|last3=Drew|first3=Clifford J.|title=Human Exceptionality: School, Community, and Family|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PrUaCgAAQBAJ|accessdate=6 May 2018|date=1 January 2016|publisher=[[Cengage Learning]]|isbn=9781305854888}}</ref>{{rp|212}}