LINCOLN- On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Pillen, alongside the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and several Nebraskans with developmental disabilities, proclaimed March as Developmental Disabilities Month. Pillen said he wanted to keep this March distinction, which was first established by President Reagan in 1987, alive to help with advocacy and support for people with disabilities.

"Every person matters, and we need to put in a special month where we recognize and support the families that have developmental disabilities," said Pillen, "We're encouraging, and we are supporting and we are helping all others have normal, meaningful, purposeful lives every single day." Tony Green, director of the division of developmental disabilities at the Department oh Health and Human Services, also spoke at the event, stating that the state already supports around 5,100 Nebraskans with developmental disabilities.

In addition, Green also said that Gov. Pillen's distinction will bring even more awareness to the issues people with disabilities face, such as barriers to employment. Pillen went on to encourage those in attendance to reach out to their state senators regarding his education funding proposals in the Legislature, which he says will include increases in special education funding.

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