Thirtieth Anniversary Issue on Progress and Priorities in Direct Support

A group of 18 people at a signing of the bill to change the New York state that supports people with I/DD from the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD) to the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) on July 13, 2010.

The people are either sitting or standing behind a large brown conference table that has a short stack of white papers in the middle in front of Governor David Patterson of New York state. There is a white sign standing up on the right end of the table that says Putting People First.

In the front row is a woman (Shameka Andrews) who is seated in a wheelchair who is clapping. She is wearing a dark outfit with long sleeves. She has short dark hair and glasses. Beside her is a female standing and is wearing a sleeveless purplish-pink, blue and white dress. She has chin-length brown hair and glasses. Next is a man,(the Senator who drafted the bill) the governor wearing a light gray suit, white shirt and silver tie. He has short brown hair. He is turned to his left, shaking the hand of a man wearing a dark grey suit, with white shirt, he has short brown hair. To the right of the governor is a man (David Liscomb) who is wearing a brown suit, light green shirt and tie with blues and pinks. He is holding a white cane, has short grey hair and wears glasses. Next is a man wearing a red and white checked button-down shirt with dark pants. He has short brown hair and wears glasses. To his left is a woman with short blond hair, who is clapping and wearing a sleeveless blue, V-neck, button down top. Behind her is a man in a shirt whose face is not visible. In the second row is a man wearing a light gray suite and peach shirt with a dark tie. He is bald and wears glasses. He is clapping. A woman stands next to him with chin length blonde hair, she is smiling and clapping. She is wearing a read short sleeve blouse with black pants. In front of her is a woman with chin length blonde hair who is clapping, wearing a short sleeve floral dress of green, yellow, blue, white and black. Behing the woman with the red blouse is a person is a brown suite coat. Their face and not be seen. Next is a man with short blonde hair, glasses, wearing a gray suit and clapping. Next is a woman (Ann Hardiman), she has white should length hair and is wearing a long-sleeve yellowish-green jacket. Next to her is a woman (Diana Jones Ritter) who has short gray hair and is wearing a white suit jacket with blue trim. Next to her is a man (Chester Finn) who has short black hair and dark glasses. Behind him is a person with short brownish-blonde hair, the rest of them is not visible.