| # | Name | Comments |
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| 551 | Anonymous | The waiting list for services for MR/DD children is particularly hard on military families moving into the state of Kansas. As more and more states develop waiting lists for services, military families find their children perpetually on a waiting list as they move from state to state -- they are never in one place long enough to rise to the top of a list.
Waiting lists must be reduced for all severely disabled children -- but there must be an exemption put into place for children of military personnel who do not have time to repeatedly wait to rise to the top of each states waiting list. It is hard enough for a regular civilian family to take care of severely handicapped kids without state supports, but it is infinitely more difficult for military familes whose supports have to be "reinvented" every time they move and who often have the military servicemember deployed repeatedly for up to 15 months at a time. |
| 552 | Anonymous | |
| 553 | Kurt Sellers | |
| 554 | Julie Chism | |
| 555 | Joy L. Encinias | |
| 556 | Debra Lawson | |
| 557 | Kathie Pelan | |
| 558 | Gina Malashock | |
| 559 | Pamela Patrick | |
| 560 | kendra maley | |
| 561 | Micah Sechrest | |
| 562 | J Gail Beale | |
| 563 | Luis M. Solorio | |
| 564 | Rachel Mortensen | |
| 565 | jessica salsbury | |
| 566 | Kirsten Salcido | These kids/people are gods children, they still need help! Do not turn your back on them. |
| 567 | Heather Schulte | |
| 568 | Joan Clair | I think this is a really good idea I have several members of my family that will be affected by this. |
| 569 | Anonymous | |
| 570 | Anonymous | |
| 571 | Lisa Long | |
| 572 | Michelle Call | |
| 573 | Patrick Call | |
| 574 | Anonymous | |
| 575 | Darla Nelson-Metzger | |
| 576 | Harrietta Harris | |
| 577 | Michaela Kadera-Redmond | |
| 578 | Lynette Mitchell Smith | |
| 579 | Denise Miller | |
| 580 | Anonymous | |
| 581 | Kathy Forner | Please consider this petition. Families are desperately trying to get support they need! |
| 582 | Anonymous | |
| 583 | Anonymous | |
| 584 | Molly McKechnie | |
| 585 | Rhonda Morrison | I live in El Dorado, Kansas and have a 11 year old daughter with seizures and developmental delay. |
| 586 | Elizabeth Benteman | I've seen the emotional and financial strain a family faces when caring for a child with special needs. My neighbors are fortunate to live in a nice neighborhood and have the support of friends and family. Unfortunately the cost of occupational and speech therapy, not to mention the equipment needed for their son, takes a huge chunk of their income. I can only imagine how difficult it is for families that do not have the same income or support. Please help these people. |
| 587 | Abby McGrath | |
| 588 | Lisa Newkirk | |
| 589 | Lisa Newkirk | |
| 590 | Candance Burris | Why is the state and federal goverment willing to toss people with disabilities in the trash. They make the decision of whether a person is disabled so long that people are dying before they get approved. Folks with disabilities need help not hindrance. |
| 591 | christine zimmer | Our son has not been diagnosed yet, but we have a dev. eval. in the works. Our insurance does not cover any ongoing treatments, so it will fall back on us to find the funding to make sure Dylan gets what he deserves. I am aware of the fact that there is not enough funding out there for these children. I as a parent find it apalling that most pediatricians are not even knowledgable to most warning signs for the most part when it comes to diagnosis. So it falls back on the parent, usually the mothers to see the warning signs, or sometimes daycare centers. I am so mad there is not proper knowledge given to doctors so we can stop this!!!! It is an epidemic now (autism), it deserves just as much awareness as aids, and cancer, we need to make sure Kansas steps it up, and gets with the program, it is 1 in 150 now, mostly boys, sometimes in New Jersey it is 1 in 94. It is Autism awareness month and I've only seen 2 or 3 items on the news and televised, come on people, so you not have anyone you know, even briefly whose life has not been touched by this?????? I am crying for all these poor children who are going undiagnosed and cannot get the proper funding to educate, and get the help their children need so badly, and in most cases the parents could use it to better their lives, there are some stay-at-home moms who could use some down time from providing 24/7 constant care, they could use some respite help, to enjoy life a bit, it inturn would help them be able to keep on keeping on. No one can imagine how your life changes when you have an individual that needs your constant care and understanding, and then you can't even afford it to compound matters makes it despicable. Let's pass this bill people! |
| 592 | Rachel Kroemer | |
| 593 | Rachel Kroemer | |
| 594 | Lynn & Karen Schwartzkopf | |
| 595 | Anonymous | |
| 596 | Anonymous | |
| 597 | Angie Dunbar | Please pass full funding for community services for those with developmental disabilities. |
| 598 | Ashley L Yohn | |
| 599 | Madeline McCullough | |
| 600 | Lilli Bilson | |