{"id":3569,"date":"2024-11-15T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/?page_id=3569"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:26:19","slug":"intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities-idd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/resources-2\/intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities-idd\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people involved in the justice system or who use substances also have intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). Research from Prison Policy Initiative estimates that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/research\/disability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Around 15-25% of incarcerated people have intellectual or developmental disabilities<\/a>. Understanding this unique intersection of experience is important for providers and staff who seek to serve these individuals. Intellectual and Developmental disabilities include Autism spectrum disorders, ADD\/ADHD, developmental delays, learning disabilities, and various genetic conditions, among others.<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/about\/department-initiatives\/inclusion-connects\">Inclusion Connects | NCDHHS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Advocacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/eipd\">NC DHHS: Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teacch.com\/\">Home | TEACCH\u00ae Autism Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcnc.org\/\">The Arc of NC | Advocacy &amp; Services For People Disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autismsociety-nc.org\/\">Autism Society of North Carolina | Find Help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cidd.unc.edu\/\">The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities &#8211; Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Legal Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityrightsnc.org\/\">Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) &#8211; DRNC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clinical\/Medical Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaid.ncdhhs.gov\/providers\/programs-and-services\/behavioral-health-idd\/nc-innovations-waiver\">NC Innovations Waiver | NC Medicaid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncdhhs.gov\/providers\/lme-mco-directory\">NC DHHS: LME\/MCO Directory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people involved in the justice system or who use substances also have intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD). Research from Prison Policy Initiative estimates that Around 15-25% of incarcerated people have intellectual or developmental disabilities. Understanding this unique intersection of experience is important for providers and staff who seek to serve these individuals. Intellectual and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/resources-2\/intellectual-and-developmental-disabilities-idd\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71689,"featured_media":0,"parent":2337,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3569","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3569\/revisions\/4099"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/nctac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}