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Legislative Workgroup on Autism hits the road to hear from families and advocates

Submitted by Shelley Joyce on Thu, 08/14/2008 - 11:51am.

In response to the rapidly growing numbers of Oregonians facing the challenges of Autism Spectrum Disorder, a legislative work group led by State Rep. Chris Edwards will host a series of community meetings across the state to hear from parents and advocates of people with autism.
 
Over the course of the last two months the group has worked to assess current services, investigate other states’ best practices and begin the process of bringing the various components of autism services in the education and health sector together to provide a higher and more efficient standard of care. The group has compiled a draft report with preliminary findings and recommendations for the 2009 Legislature.  To view a copy of the preliminary findings please visit the Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities website at www.ocdd.org.
 
Before presenting a final set of recommendations to a joint meeting of the Interim House Committees on Education and Healthcare, the workgroup will be hosting the statewide tour to receive feedback from individuals and families on the report compiled by the workgroup.

 

 

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Housing for Severely Autistic Adults

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 6:31am.
I'm told that the system is broken but somebody tell me why parents can't run foster homes together with other parents for their own kids? Why aren't foster homes built out of love allowed to get foster home money? Why does the state favor breaking up families and spending a lot more money in the process? Why does the state no longer respect family ties once the disabled person reaches the age of 18? Following all the rules for foster homes is hard but if I ran one with other parents, eventually, we'd be too old to run around being care givers but we'd hope that after years of setting up the homes, we'd just hang around loving our kids while watching an established group of care givers do our old care giving jobs. We parents would have greater motivation to hire and keep contented care givers.
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