Hoping more media will recognize the importance of the work of Direct Support Professionals as we celebrate National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, beginning Sept. 12. We are expecting a strong turnout in Washington, D.C., for the American Network of Community Options and Resource's DSP to DC event, on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010.
DURANGO, Colo. -- In a rare show of bipartisan agreement, the U.S. Senate has designated next week as "National Direct Support Professionals Week." This begs the question, who are these direct support professionals, and why do they get their own week?
These professionals are the workers who provide in-home and community care to enable people with disabilities to live more independent lives. They provide essential and sometimes difficult services, many of which were not expected in the years when people with disabilities lived in institutional settings.
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