Michigan Woman with Ties to LCO Appointed to Governor's Developmental Disabilities Council

LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2023) – A Holland woman was among a number of appointees to state panels announced by the office of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday.

Rosalie Austin, a member of Partners Advancing Self-Determination, as well as with the Health Equity Advisory Committee for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, was tabbed to fill a vacancy on the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council. Austin is the mother of an adult daughter who is afflicted with Pervasive Developmental Disability, leaving her functioning as a two-year-old.

This panel acts as an advocate for those with developmental disabilities to increase access for appropriate treatment, services and habitation. This appointment runs through the end of September, 2027, and is not subject to “the advice and consent” of the state Senate.