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Maryland offers "The New Directions Waiver" as a means of self-directing state and federal Medicaid dollars for individuals who qualify for supports due to their disability.

This offers the disabled individual the opportunity to use those dollars to best meet their own unique needs. However, it comes with the responsibility to create a plan, a budget, and find your own resources to make the plan a reality.

No centralized source of resources exists. The purpose of this blog is to direct others to resources in our communities and to provide one example of a self-directed plan. (*Caution: The self-directed plan described at the beginning of this blog is for an individual with a 5/5 needs rating, the highest possible rating in Maryland, and therefore the highest budget possible. Most will have a lower rating and a lower budget to work with.) It is also to share firsthand knowledge of experiences that may assist others who self-direct services.

Comments are welcome. Please share your knowledge with others.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Good News for Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism or PDD

One of my Google Alerts about the latest research including an interesting article about a summer camp for youngsters that are on the autism spectrum, but high-functioning. Although, this description does not apply to V, there are many out there that might find some hope for improved social skills from reading about this program.
To get the whole story, copy and paste this URL :
http://www.canisius.edu/newsevents/display_story.asp?iNewsID=6402&strBack=default.asp
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