Beth Swedeen

The 2027-2031 State Plan for the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities aims to improve the lives of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) by ensuring their inclusion, community participation, health, and safety. The plan focuses on two primary goals: fostering dignity and a sense of belonging for people with I/DD through improved well-being and the exercise of human rights, and empowering them to influence systems and decisions by enhancing advocacy, leadership, and educating policymakers. Ultimately, the plan seeks to enable people with I/DD to fully participate in their communities and experience better lives.

This strategic plan for the Wisconsin Board for Persons with Developmental Disabilities aims to improve the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). It focuses on ensuring I/DD individuals are respected, included, and able to participate safely and healthily within their communities. Key objectives include enhancing individual well-being, promoting human rights and self-advocacy, and empowering I/DD voices to influence policies and decisions through increased advocacy and leadership development.

This strategic plan aims to improve the lives of people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) by fostering their inclusion and participation in the community, ensuring health and safety. The plan focuses on two primary goals: ensuring people with I/DD have dignity and a sense of belonging, and empowering them to have a voice in decisions that affect their lives and systems. Key objectives include enhancing well-being, supporting the use of rights, increasing advocacy and leadership, and educating policymakers.

This State Plan outlines the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities' strategic direction for improving the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The plan focuses on two primary goals: ensuring people with I/DD have dignity and a sense of belonging by upholding their human rights and improving their well-being, and empowering people with I/DD to have a say in systems and decisions through increased advocacy and leadership skills. Key objectives include strengthening self-advocacy organizations, providing leadership training, and acting as policy advisors to influence relevant legislation and practices.

This strategic plan aims to improve the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by ensuring their inclusion, community participation, health, and safety. The plan is organized around two primary objectives: first, to ensure individuals with IDD experience dignity and a sense of belonging through enhanced well-being, the exercise of human rights, and support in emergencies; and second, to empower individuals with IDD to have a voice that influences systems and decisions through increased advocacy, leadership development, and education of policymakers.