From September 23-25, 2024 West Region Self Advocate Steven Tobey and Self Advocacy Peer Coordinator, Amber Pettell traveled to Marlborough, MA to participate in the 2024 Paul W. Spooner Generational Leadership Summit. The summit, hosted by the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council (MDDC), Disability Policy Consortium (DPC), and Boston Center for Read more…
The West Region Rainbow Support Group will be meeting virtually Thursday March 21st from 5:30pm-7:30pm. The Rainbow Support Group provides support and information to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or are questioning. For more information please contact: Ris Houde, Read more…
Please join us as we celebrate 20 years of learning and connecting at the Annual West Region Self Advocacy Conference! Saturday June 29th 2024 Sheraton Monarch Place Hotel Questions? Contact: Amber Pettell, Peer Coordinator Phone: (413) 535-6999 Email: apettell@wmtcinfo.org
The theme for this year’s event is Healthy Connections! Are you interested in acting as the Keynote Speaker and sharing your story with everyone at the conference? Do you have valuable skills that you can teach others in a workshop? Download the forms below to get involved!
Our 19th Annual West Region Self Advocacy Conference at the MassMutual Center was so inspiring! Collective voices were heard, as advocates from across Massachusetts came together in the name of Human Rights for All. Keynote Speaker and Advocacy Coordinator, Bill Krebs of Keystone Human Services shared his journey on how Read more…
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We are excited to announce that the theme of the 2023 Massachusetts West Region Self Advocacy Conference will be Self Advocacy & Human Rights For All
We are happy to share that you can now watch recordings of the 2022 West Region Self Advocacy Conference Keynote Speaker, awards ceremony and Department of Developmental Services question and answer session. Click the purple button below.
CALLING ALL LGBTQIA+ SELF ADVOCATES Rainbow Support Group will be hosting a Zoom Meeting about our return to regular meetings on August 25th! The Rainbow Support Group provides support and information to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, or are Read more…