Speakers: Sara Miller and Cory Warren with Disability Rights Maryland
Frustrated with Baltimore City sidewalks? Unable to travel by your wheelchair through Baltimore because the sidewalks are not accessible? During this Independence Amplified Maryland, we speak with Disability Rights Maryland about accessibility in your neighborhood.
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Speaker: Ian Edwards, Durable Medical Equipment Re-Use Program Director with the Maryland Department of Aging
Many residents of Maryland require the use of durable medical equipment (DME), such as wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and other adaptive devices, in order to maintain their safety and mobility. Often the cost of this equipment is a serious burden, not only to uninsured residents but also to insured residents whose insurance will not approve the equipment needed or whose approval is delayed. To address this need, the Maryland Department of Aging (MDoA) has developed an innovative statewide Durable Medical Equipment Program that will provide durable medical equipment to Maryland residents in need.
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Community planning is a portion of the government involving the creation of strategies to achieve social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Planners have the power to make changes at the neighborhood level so knowing your local planners and what they do is important if you want to have a voice in those changes. Community planning has a history of exclusion when it comes to disability and that needs to change. This presentation discusses how to include those with disabilities in neighborhood planning and the ways in which community members can get involved in the planning process.
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Do you know about chronic disease self-management programs and how to access them? In this I AM, we heard from Wendy Farthing, Director of Evidence Based Integration CDSME/Falls with the Maryland Living Well Center of Excellence at MAC, Inc., who gives the who, how, why, when, and where of these programs. After the presentation, we discussed barriers to access of these vital programs and how the State of Maryland can implement innovative solutions to the barriers.
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In January 2013, Ethan Saylor, a 26-year-old man with Down syndrome, died following an altercation with off-duty police officers at a movie theater. This incident highlighted the lack of training law enforcement had on how to appropriately and effectively interact with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Since then, Maryland has made lots of progress through regulatory and legislative efforts. This presentation covers the state’s efforts to improve interactions between these two groups through the standardization of training objectives, the development of a model curriculum, and the inclusion of self-advocates in training.
Presenter: Jennifer Eastman
Since 2014, Jennifer Eastman has served as the Director of Community Living Policy at the Maryland Department of Disabilities. In addition to her work with the Ethan Saylor Alliance project, she oversees the state’s Attendant Care Program; manages the Money Follows the Person Peer Outreach and Support Program which supports the transition of people from nursing facilities; serves as the team lead for a caregiving learning collaborative; and assists the Department of Health with its efforts to improve the health outcomes of people with disabilities through public health programming. Prior to coming to the Department, Jennifer was a Service Coordinator for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Frederick. She received her Master’s in Business Administration from Mount Saint Mary’s University.
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