Mental Health Services for the Deaf in Florida
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CALLING FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IN THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
The following petition calls for legislative changes pertaining to the States delivery of services to individuals that are deaf consumers who require mental health services and are entitled to receive those same services from the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD). Currently the agency (APD) is not providing communication accommodations for these Deaf consumers and instead is authorizing, financing and facilitating placements into community group home settings without the benefit of American Sign Language and/or forms of communication accommodations. The situation thereby effectively eliminates any opportunities for these individuals to effectively communicate and actively participate in their behavioral supports and programs. Furthermore, to be forced to live in environments that cannot accommodate their unique communication needs, the current situations render it practically impossible for these individuals to ever achieve the maximum level of independence that the State of Florida has expressed as being optimal and is described in several sections of Florida Statutes as it relates to mental health and developmental disabilities.
CALLING FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IN THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA AGENCY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
The following petition calls for legislative changes pertaining to the States delivery of services to individuals that are deaf consumers who require mental health services and are entitled to receive those same services from the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD). Currently the agency (APD) is not providing communication accommodations for these Deaf consumers and instead is authorizing, financing and facilitating placements into community group home settings without the benefit of American Sign Language and/or forms of communication accommodations. The situation thereby effectively eliminates any opportunities for these individuals to effectively communicate and actively participate in their behavioral supports and programs. Furthermore, to be forced to live in environments that cannot accommodate their unique communication needs, the current situations render it practically impossible for these individuals to ever achieve the maximum level of independence that the State of Florida has expressed as being optimal and is described in several sections of Florida Statutes as it relates to mental health and developmental disabilities.
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