This Web site contains a number of featured presentations and online publications containing a wealth of information related to developmental disabilities and the work of the Council:

• Parallels In Time – a six-hour history of disability through time
  • Willowbrook Photo Essay
  • Willowbrook Timeline
     
    
• Parallels In Time II – a continuation of the history of disabilities that covers the time period from 1950 to the present
• Index of Video
• Index of Documents
   
• The Learning Center – 10,000 pages of publications from 1976-1997
   
  
• With an Eye to the Past – The history of deinstitutionalization in Minnesota
• Video Index
• Document Index
   
• Meet the Future Face of Employment:
  Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Technology Fields
   
• Dr. Burton Blatt: 1984 Lecture Video
• Developmental Disabilities and Equal Justice Under the Law, Including Employment and Diversity: Portions of a Presentation by U.S. Judge Donovan W. Frank (Video)
• Marc Gold: "Try Another Way"
• The Evolution of Disability Rights Litigation: David Ferleger
• The Evolution of the Quality of Care in Developmental Disabilities: Jim Conroy
• The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act)
• Allan Bergman Interview
• Positive Behavioral Supports
  • The History and Evolution of Behavioral Approaches and Positive Behavioral Interventions: Derrick Dufresne
  • Interview with Mike Mayer
• Professor John McKnight: Capacity Building Beyond Community Services
  • Community Building
• Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger:
  A History of Human Services, Universal Lessons, and Future Implications
   
• Ed Roberts, Activist
• Ed Roberts Q & A
• Effective Strategies for Social Change: (Video)
  Ed Roberts speaks to Partners in Policymaking session 1, May 1 1987
• A Day in the Life of Ed Roberts: Ed's son, Lee Roberts, talks about his father
• An interview with Lee Roberts and Ed's colleague, Dr. William Bronston
   
• Institutions to Independence – TPT Documentary
  • Know Your Rights (Video)
  • Judge Donovan Frank Interview
  • Judge Donovan Frank and Karen Loven
• Ethical Issues, End of Life Conversations and Developmental Disabilities:
  Honoring Choices

• The Jobs Challenge for People With Disabilities

• The METO Lawsuit and Settlement Agreement

• MN Disability Law Center Fact Sheets
  
• Digital Document Imaging
• Document Imaging Training Modules
• Emergency Planning
  
• Customer Evaluation of Electronic Government Services
   
  
• "Creating the Possible" (Video Excerpt) A young adult shares his personal story, and how the services and supports that best meet his individual needs were identified through a person-centered planning approach, in this excerpt from a DVD made available from Circles Network in the United Kingdom.
• Reducing the Risk
  
• Comedy Network