Bulletin 19: Leading the Future while Learning from the Past, Part 1 (July 2026)

This issue of the NLCDD Bulletin explores major topics in the disability field throughout recent history, asking Where did we come from? Where are we now? and Where are we going? The articles walk the reader through the evolution of pivotal disability policy, the direct support profession, how families are involved in the lives of people with disabilities, trauma-informed care, and more. There have been so many areas of transformation in the field that we are expanding this Bulletin theme into two parts. Issue 19 is part one of “Leading the Future while Learning from the Past.”