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Report Finds Government Dollars Used to Segregate and Exploit Workers with Disabilities.
In a report, the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) outlined how federal funding is being used to shuttle people with disabilities into sheltered workshops and deprive them of meaningful employment opportunities. To view report click here.Each year IPAS solicits input from the public which is used to help determine how IPAS spends its resources and efforts for the next year. Please help us by taking a few minutes to complete the 2012 Disability Critical Barriers Poll. To access the poll just click on the following link: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cpps/survey/. Thanks for your help.
Participate in the 2012 Indiana Disability Poll: The purpose of this survey is to identify the current state of services, programs and supports for people with disabilities in your community. The results will be used to help guide programs in local communities around the state, ultimately with the goal of fostering independence, choice and control for people with disabilities. Click HERE to Take the 2012 Disability Poll. Go to http://www.thepollingplace.org for more information.
If you are on the Medicaid Waiver Waiting List, Read this! To quickly find individuals when the time comes to target them for services, DDRS has mailed letters to all individuals on waiting lists for Developmental Disabilities (DD), Autism, and Support Services Medicaid Waivers to determine if the want to remain on the waiting list(s), update any changes in their contact information. Return the form by April 10, 2012. DDRS will be placing a Waiting List Status Form on their website. for more information, please visit: http://www.arcind.org/news/?naid=90
The Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services 2011 Critical Barriers Survey Final Report is available. Click here to access the report.
Public Policy Advocacy Opportunity Available - Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission (IPAS) is always looking for new Commission and Mental Illness Advisory Council (MIAC) members. Members must have a commitment to promoting the legal and civil rights of people with developmental disabilities, mental illness or other disabilities, and to the cause of protecting and promoting those individuals’ rights to make their own choices. Persons interested in applying for consideration should contact Karen Pedevilla, Education and Training Director, at 1-800-622-4845, ext. 232, or by emailing kpedevilla@ipas.in.gov. Click here to view a brochure that gives more information on both the Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission and Mental Illness Advisory Council.
Disability Rights Online News, the bi-monthly update about the Civil Rights Division's activities in the area of disability rights, is available online at: http://www.ada.gov/disabilitynews.htm.
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