California State Council on Developmental Disabilities | Seqouia

The California State Council on Developmental Disabilities (Seqouia) is committed to protecting and advocating for the civil, legal, and service rights of individuals with disabilities. We strive to provide the highest quality of services and supports to enhance independence, inclusion, productivity, and self-determination for individuals throughout their lifetime. Our mission includes helping to connect people to needed services and supports, providing information about available services and supports, informing people about their rights and how to be their own advocate, advising people on their appeal rights if a service they need is denied, striving to improve services and supports, reviewing policies and practices of publicly funded agencies, identifying the types of services and supports that are needed but not available, monitoring legislation significant to individuals with developmental disabilities, helping people become part of their communities, encouraging and assisting citizen advocacy organizations, and educating the public about disabilities and the importance of full inclusion of individuals with disabilities in the community.