Disabled citizens groups recognize PWC’s Rich Anderson as top legislator for 2012

Virginia’s disability community recognized Del. Richard L. Anderson (R-51st) as its top legislator for his support to disabled citizens of the Commonwealth over the last year. 

The “2013 Collaborations Leadership Award” was presented to Anderson in front of hundreds of attendees at the 2013 Collaborations Conference in Virginia Beach.

The award is presented annually to recognize “an individual whose outstanding efforts on behalf of people with disabilities merits special attention, according to officials of Virginia’s three major organizations that provide for Virginians with disabilities. Collaborative efforts on behalf of this individual must have resulted in improved and expanded services for citizens with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

Officials went on to explain that the award recognizes “a single individual whose efforts have resulted in improved outcomes for the Virginians with disabilities that we serve.”

The award was first presented in 1998. It is given jointly by Virginia Rehabilitation Association, Virginia Association of Community Rehabilitation Programs, and Virginia Association of Persons in Supported Employment.

Prior recipients of the award have included Virginia Governor Mark Warner, Sen. Chuck Colgan, Sen. Toddy Puller, Majority Leader Kirk Cox, and a number of legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle, the news release said.