Our events bring together advocates, families, chapters, members and professionals in the intellectual and developmental disability community. Resources for the media are available in our newsroom.
Newsroom
In the News
July 20, 2021, The Colorado Sun
Article by Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown, A $500 million Medicaid boost gives Colorado a chance to re-do its disability – A Must Read!
Read the Article Here.
June 15, 2021, Greeley Tribune
Article by Anne Delaney, Better mental health access for all a focus as Gov. Polis signs bill in Greeley – Rep. Mary Young advocated for reducing barriers for individuals with multiple diagnoses
Read the Article Here.
June 2021, Colorado Parent Magazine
Interview with The Arc of Arapahoe & Douglas’, Executive Director, Carol Meredith and a dad from their Dad’s and Disabilities Group
Read the Article Here. (Pages 29-30)
June 10 2021, Denver Business Journal
Article about the elimination of Subminimum Wage in Colorado by Senior Reporter, Ed Sealover
Click here to read the article SMW.
April 23, 2021, 6 News Richmond
Interview with The Arc of Arapahoe & Douglas’, Executive Director, Carol Meredith
Biden’s infrastructure plan makes huge investment in people with disabilities
April 19, 2021, Chalkbeat Colorado
April 11, 2021, U.S. Government Accountability Office Weekly Digest
“The Arc of Colorado, parents, advocates, the Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council, Disability Law Colorado, Office of Employment First, and Alliance contributed to the following report on Sub-Minimum Wage. We are honored to bring forth legislation this year that align with the findings and best practice! Sign-up here to help pass this important piece of legislation!”
April 6, 2021, Dorrance Publishing Promotions
Value of a Life, a new book by Janet Farmer-Selden
Parker, CO Author Publishes Book on the History of the Rights of the Developmentally Disabled in Colorado.
This Book is the True Story of One Colorado Family’s Fight for the Rights of the Developmentally Disabled
Over 600 people and nearly half of the Colorado General Assembly gathered virtually yesterday for the 2021 Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Awareness Day at the Colorado Capitol! Thank you for taking the time to join our IDD Policy Webinar and IDD Awareness Day Virtual Luncheon! And thank you for continuing to help us bring awareness about the Colorado IDD community to your legislators, our state partners, friends on social media, and to people in your communities.
Did you miss any of the virtual events? Don’t worry, we recorded them and provided the links below! They are also available to the public on our IDD Awareness Day Website.
February 26, 2021
DISABILITIES COMMUNITY SALUTES GOV. POLIS’ DECISION TO PRIORITIZE THE COVID VACCINE BEING GIVEN TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
DENVER (February 26, 2021) — Local organizations championed Governor Polis’ announcement today that more people in Colorado with all types of disabilities will now be prioritized for the COVID vaccine. The governor made the announcement at a news conference today.
February 9, 2021
AdvocacyDenver in coalition with Family Voices has created the following set of webinars, accessible at your convenience, about Children’s HCBS Waivers. Check them out here!
January 27, 2021
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
From The Arc of Aurora’s THINK + change project: Behavioral Health Challenges Can Push Youth with Disabilities Into School-to-Prison Pipeline
November 10, 2020
303 Magazine
October 16, 2020
CBS4
Advocacy Denver provides information on the impact of in-person schooling and student’s with I/DD
Media Matters
Please contact Christiano Sosa, Executive Director, at (303) 864-9334 x 10 or Csosa@thearcofco.org
View our financial information and annual reports for details about our organization.
The Arc of Colorado promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
Name Usage: The Arc of Colorado is correct.
The Arc is not an acronym
• Do not create acronyms from The Arc
• Do not use ARC in all caps in any circumstances
• In writing, use The Arc, not The ARC and not ARC
— Think of The Arc as a title or a phrase; it must be used as a whole
— Always refer to us as “The Arc”; do not say simply “Arc” or “Arc Chapters”
— The correct plural use, when referring to more than one chapter is “…chapters of The Arc”; do not say Arcs, or ARCs, or Arc chapters
If you wish to include The Arc of Colorado’s name and/or logo in a publication, please contact Christiano Sosa, Executive Director, 303-864-9334 Ext 10, or csosa@thearcofco.org.
