Bridges to Better Advocacy, April 6-8, 2000
Conference Handouts
A two-day conference for attorneys, paralegals and
advocates who specialize in Assistive Technology Advocacy
| 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Enforcement of the Medicaid Act |
| Maintaining Health Services for
Children Amid Welfare Confusion: The Importance of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment |
The 1999 Federal Special Education
Regulations: New Obligations for School Districts; New Challenges for AT Advocates
Ron Hager, Esq., National AT Advocacy Project
Special Education Case Development for the AT
Advocate
Ron Hager & Diane Smith, Esq., National Association of Protection and
Advocacy Systems, Washington, D.C. - Special education file review: How do you interpret
assessment data? How do you determine whether an AT evaluation is needed? When do you seek
an independent AT evaluation? How do you integrate AT into school's special education
program?
IDEA, the Public Schools and AT
Primary Presenter: Ron Hager, Esq., National AT Advocacy Project
General overview of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and criteria for
approving services. Where does AT fit in? How to use U.S. Department of Education Policy
Letters on AT. Using section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act as an alternative for funding
AT.
The Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
Improvement Act of 1999
Steven Mendelsohn, Esq., New York, NY & Jim Sheldon
How "Ticket" program creates a special voucher for vocational rehabilitation
services, and the potential problems with the program; explain key Social Security, SSI,
Medicaid and Medicare provisions that will affect AT advocacy; and explain new funding
possibilities for P&A agencies under two titles of this legislation.
Medicaid and Exclusive Lists in the Year 2000
- Lew Golinker, Esq., Ithaca, NY
Following the DeSario litigation and the federal policy clarification issued in September
1998, exclusive list issues are still with us. When is a denial really the application of
an exclusive list? What policies is a state Medicaid agency permitted to have? When is the
policy illegal?
THE DEFINITION OF DISABILITY AFTER SUTTON v.
UNITED AIRLINES
by Brian East, Senior Attorney in the Legal Services
Unit of Advocacy, Inc. Mr. East provides technical assistance and representation to
persons with disabilities in a variety of areas, including employment matters. He is also
co-author of the chapter on "Workers with Disabilities" in the Employee &
Union Member Guide to Labor Law (West Group 1999).
Introduction to SSDI/SSI Work Incentives As A New Area
of Advocacy for P&As and Their AT Advocates
What are the SSDI/SSI work incentives? Why are they important to Protection and
Advocacy advocates, generally? Why should all AT advocates be conversant with the work
incentives? What new funding opportunities are available to P&As under the Ticket to
Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999?
SSI's Plan for Achieving Self Support (PASS):
An Example in Corel format
The PASS allows for special income and resource exclusions to allow an individual
to pay for items related to a vocational goal, while obtaining or retaining SSI and
Medicaid.
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