Texas A&M University — Health Equity for People with DD

Project Goal
Develop a training and support program to improve access to effective health care for people with developmental disabilities (DD) in the Brazos Valley region 

Project Summary
Texas A&M University is creating a bilingual English and Spanish training program on health equity for people with DD as well as their families and caregivers. The project serves the Brazos Valley region in Central Texas, which is a rural area with many medically underserved residents with lower incomes. Along with the training program, the project will also create a bilingual resource website.

TCDD supports health equity projects to increase knowledge of the lived experience of people with DD and their families and to improve self-direction, accessibility, and effectiveness of treatment and supports for people with DD. These efforts promote statewide capacity building and systems change in educating and training self-advocates, family members, doctors, and other professionals.