The creation of the Addup.org web site is a project of national significance granted to the Oregon Institute on Disability and Development. This is a 3-year grant with the first year focused on building an identity and foundation for future growth.

Their goal is to provide a central online resource for communication, collaboration and innovation among programs across the ADD network that provide services and solutions for people with developmental disabilities. They are also developing partnerships centered on data sharing to avoid duplication of effort, and ensure that the data on addup.org is as complete and up-to-date as possible.

The project kicked off with a series of interviews with various ADD organizations to determine some of the communication challenges facing the ADD network, and how a centralized web site could address some of those needs. The main focus of the project is to serve the interests of the disabled community by facilitating communication and collaboration between the groups that serve them.

Moving forward, the focus of the project will shift to enhancing the system by raising the bar on web site accessibility for authors and visitors, adding more content and more content providers by distributing passwords and training people on how to update their data, and by integrating the feedback of the people we are trying to serve.

Addup.org is YOUR site. Hopefully it will make it easier for you to find out what is going on within the ADD network, and foster collaboration. As the site continues to mature, check back often.