Governor signs name change bill

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Governor signs name change bill

Governor Strickland signed SB 79, removing the words "mental retardation" from the titles of Ohio agencies, boards, commissions, and other entities. With the signing of S.B. 79, sponsored by Senator Jimmy Stewart, Ohio now has the Department of Developmental Disabilities. Several county boards had already made this change, and others will now change to county boards of developmental disabilities.

Read Senate Bill 79 (PDF file)

News articles

• Don't use the 'R' word (Cincinnati Enquirer)
• Hurtful term nixed from agency names (The Columbus Dispatch)
• Let attitudes toward disability change (The Columbus Dispatch, letter to the editor)
• Local MRDD chief applauds law that changes name (Vindy.com)
• New name for MRDD (Akron Beacon Journal)
• Services for developmentally disabled locally not affected by statewide name changes (Chillicothe Gazette)
• Stark County MRDD's name to change in three months (Canton Rep)
• What's (not) in a name? (Fostoria Review Times)

Article posted July 9, 2009

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