Everyone who is eligible for services is entitled to receive assistance with planning, support and funding. Assistance with planning mean a Personal Agent will help people identify the services and supports they need to live at home and to be active members of their community. Personal Agents will also help people coordinate private funds, other resources and public funds to get support services. Universal access to the Self-Directed Supports Program will begin at different times in different areas throughout the state. Individuals of borderline intelligence may be considered to have mental retardation if there is also serious impairment of adaptive behavior.
Mental retardation is synonymous with mental deficiency.
All Universal Access pages are Bobby approved.