The Butler County Board of MRDD supports pending legislation to drop the words "mental retardation" out of our name. We support this because the "R" word is being used in a derogatory and demeaning way and because mental retardation is a developmental disability. We are proposing that our name be changed to The Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
Click here to read more about this initiative (an excerpt from our recent newsletter). Click here to access a Web site dedicated to this endeavor.
Watch the "Take the MR out of MRDD" video! Members of the self advocacy group, EPRO, created a video about why it's important to remove the words "mental retardation" from our name:
Learn about our efforts to plan for 2009. Click here to access the planning page.
The administrative offices of the Butler County Board of MRDD have moved! The new address is: 1910 Fairgrove Avenue, Suite E, Hamilton, OH 45011. The phone numbers and extensions remain the same.
If you do not have a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader®, you may download one on the Adobe website.
Butler County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
1910 Fairgrove Avenue, Suite E, Hamilton, OH 45011,
(513) 867-5962 - (800) 874-0268
