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2. Why Kansans are waiting a decade-plus for aid for ... - AOL

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   The Intellectual and Developmental Disability Waiver backlog in Kansas is more than 5,000 applicants long, with people waiting more than 10 years. Why Kansans are waiting a decade-plus for aid for ...

3. Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act

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   The law defined the relatively new term "developmental disability" to include specific conditions that originate prior to age 18, are expected to continue indefinitely, and that constitute a substantial handicap. [2] These conditions included intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and dyslexia. [2]

4. Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waivers

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   Adoption of HCBS waivers by states was initially slow, but Congress has enacted a series of reforms since 1981 to make the use of HCBS waivers less prohibitive. The Supreme Court case, Olmstead v. L.C. (1999), found unnecessary institutionalization to be a violation of the civil right established by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ...

5. Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional - Wikipedia

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   In December 2013, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formally updated Appendix J to change the language used to describe developmental disabilities. [ 16 ] It is possible that, as facilities start to phase out or convert to other programs (such as waiver-type settings) for people with disabilities, the terms QMRP, QDDP, and QIDP may ...

6. Marion County Board of Developmental Disabilities celebrates ...

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   March began to be recognized as DD Awareness Month in 1987 when President Ronald Reagan issued a public proclamation urging Americans to provide individuals with developmental disabilities “the ...

7. New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities

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   It operates 13 Developmental Disabilities Services Offices which operate group homes for the individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in its care. Prior to July 2010, the agency was named the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. [2] [3] The agency is based in Albany, New York at 44 Holland Avenue. [4]

8. Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with ...

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   Operating ICFs/IID certified companies and organizations must recognize the developmental, cognitive, social, physical, and behavioral needs of individuals with intellectual disabilities who live in their setting or environment by requiring that each individual receives active treatment in regards to appropriate habilitation of their functions to be eligible for Medicaid funding. [6]

9. Prisoners with developmental disabilities face unique ... - AOL

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   In Indiana, where there isn’t a specialized developmental disability unit, Nick Stellema, the state's Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator, has helped corrections staff with tools to ...