| Box # | Folder ID | Folder Title | Folder Dates | Content |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092 | 0058CL-001 | Handicapped | January-June 1981 | Funds needed to record books for the blind; mother seeks help with handicapped son's medical bills; information about personal care assistance for handicapped; complaint about Office of Protection an |
| 092 | 0058CL-002 | Handicapped | July-December 1981 | Office of Protection and Advocacy protests its negative depiction in an article published by the Department of Mental Retardation; complaint about the Office of Protection and Advocacy; constituent re |
| 092 | 0058CL-003 | Handicapped--Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired | 1981 | Commission's legislative agenda; parents express concerns about need for early intervention, better advocacy and facilities for mentally ill hearing impaired; parents express need for psycho-education |
| 092 | 0058CL-004 | Handicapped--International Year of Disabled Persons | 1980-1981 | Advisory Committee minutes and agenda; federal press and information packet; Governor appoints liaison with the U.S. Council for the International Year of Disabled Persons; Council newsletter and annu |
| 092 | 0058CL-005 | Handicapped | 1982 | Governor appoints liaison to the National Office on Disability; Office of Protection and Advocacy concerned that Department of Income Maintenance slow in developing regulations for enacting P.A. 82-23 |
| 092 | 0058CL-006 | Handicapped | 1983 | Office of Protection and Advocacy concerned about funding levels for several of its programs; state comments on proposed rules for the federal Developmental Disabilities Program; concern about which |
| 092 | 0058CL-007 | Handicapped | 1984 | Advocacy group for mentally retarded appalled about rape of retarded residents of convalescent home; Governor congratulates a rehabilitation facility on achieving accreditation; state comments on pro |
| 092 | 0058CL-008 | Handicapped | 1985 | Information concerning the Man in Motion Tour; Governor congratulates rehabilitation facilities on achieving accreditation; trouble implementing P.S. 84-514 requiring the Office of Protection and Advo |
| 092 | 0058CL-009 | Handicapped | 1986 | Monthly activity report of the Office of Protection and Advocacy; report on a Think Tank on developmental disabilities; urge Governor to fund Minority Outreach Program; urge Governor to enforce handic |
| 092 | 0058CL-010 | Handicapped | January-April 1987 | Student expresses concerns for handicapped citizens; disabled constituent requests funds to purchase modified van; unable to obtain health insurance; entertainment organization requests funds to devel |
| 092 | 0058CL-011 | Handicapped | May-June 1987 | Public transportation problems; National Employment Survey for Adults with Developmental Disabilities; Office of Protection and Advocacy strenuously object to state plans to locate residential setting |
| 092 | 0058CL-012 | Handicapped | July-September 1987 | Problem for disabled to purchase health insurance; criticism of program for reimbursing home adaptations for disabled; need for accessible public transportation; problems finding handicapped parking s |
| 092 | 0058CL-013 | Handicapped | October-December 1987 | Question about court case involving the Office of Protection and Advocacy, the Division of Rehabilitation Services, and the Department of Education; need for accessible public transportation; wages in |
| 093 | 0058CL-014 | Handicapped | January-April 1988 | Governor congratulates a rehabilitation facility on achieving accreditation; question about program for the disabled; law passed amplifying public telephones for hearing impaired people; alleged job |
| 093 | 0058CL-015 | Handicapped | May-August 1988 | Information about money earned in sheltered workshop being taken by state government; Governor congratulates a rehabilitation facility on achieving accreditation; need to enforce handicapped parking |
| 093 | 0058CL-016 | Handicapped | September-November 1988 | Alleged discrimination; need funding for Converse Communication Center; need transportation for disabled in rural communities; protest attacks on New Horizon Village in newspaper; Office of Protection |
| 093 | 0058CL-017 | Handicapped | December 1988 | Assurances to federal granting agency; constituent sends Governor issues concerning the disabled that should be considered by the legislature; Office of Protection and Advocacy application to National |
| 093 | 0058CL-018 | Handicapped | January-June 1989 | Ask Governor for help in obtaining Social Security disability benefits; disabled need help finding employment; disabled individual threatened with eviction from New Horizons Village, needs immediate h |
| 093 | 0058CL-019 | Handicapped | July-August 1989 | Complaint about Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; review of Connecticut's Client Assistance Program; protest decreases in Department of Mental Retardation budget; problems with Social Security; c |
| 093 | 0058CL-020 | Handicapped | September-December 1989 | Accessibility issues; requires Governor's help in obtaining Social Security benefits; Office of Protection and Advocacy director responds to critical report of state's special education advocacy; clie |
| 093 | 0058CL-021 | Handicapped--Disability Determination Services | 1989 | Physician protests low fee for the Services provide for patient evaluation; description of responsibilities of Determination Services. |
| 093 | 0058CL-022 | Handicapped | 1990 | Annual work plan and review of activities of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities; urge Governor to enforce handicapped parking regulations; student requests elevator to |
| 094 | 0058CL-023 | [Handicapped--Developmental] Disabilities [Council] | 1990 | Annual report; oppose mainstreaming deaf children; Report on Education; Governor describes and defends membership on Council; announcement of available grants; Guide to Personal Assistance in Connect |
| 094 | 0058CL-024 | Handicapped--[Reports] | 1990 | Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired annual report; audit report on the Office of Protection and Advocacy; Office of Protection and Advocacy annual report. |
| 094 | 0058CL-025 | Handicapped | 1991 | Audit report on the Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired. |