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RAMP offers the
following services free of charge to people with disabilities:
Individual
Advocacy
Bus Training
Community Re-Entry
Brain Injury
Medicaid Waiver Program
Independent
Living Skills Training
Information & Referral
Peer Support
Personal Assistant
Referral Service
Youth Education Advocacy
Individual
Advocacy
RAMP will
help you learn the laws that mandate your civil rights as a
person with a disability. We can also help you access
regulatory agencies that enforce your rights.
RAMP can
assist you in urging employers, businesses, government and
housing providers to comply with disability laws.
Bus
Training
RAMP will help you explore your
public transportation options to
work, shopping, recreation and other destinations.
RAMP offers
assistance in learning bus routes, schedules, transfers, fares
and travel time management. RAMP also offers training in bus
boarding and wheelchair tie-down use.
Community
Re-Entry
RAMP can help you move out of a long term care facility into
your own home. Many people in nursing homes are able and
want to live in the community.
Until now, the
largest barriers to moving out of a nursing facility were
money and support. RAMP will help qualified individuals, under
60 years of age, to transition successfully into an
independent living situation by providing support for housing,
equipment, remodeling, initial utility and rent down payments.
Brain
Injury Medicaid Waiver Program
Persons who have had a severe brain injury may utilize RAMP's
Brain Injury program in addition to all other RAMP services.
The program assists persons with
traumatic brain injuries become more independent
and avoid institutionalization. Services available include
Personal Assistants , homemaker
services, home health and nursing, adult day care,
home-delivered meals, day treatment, behavioral/cognitive
rehabilitation, prevocational services and
supported employment.
Independent
Living Skills Training
RAMP offers training in budgeting, homemaking, shopping and
other independent living skills. We offer guidance in
finding appropriate housing and employment.
RAMP staff can help
you access community services and apply for monetary
entitlements.
Information
and Referral
RAMP is the local point of
contact for all people with disabilities, their families and
the community to find appropriate resources and information on
disability issues.
RAMP will provide you
with specific information on accessibility requirements
and can assist builders and remodelers to make commercial and
residential buildings accessible.
Peer
Support
Working with others who have "been there - done
that" is invaluable. RAMP can help you find a one-on-one
or group support situation with people with similar
disabilities.
Many people with
disabilities are overwhelmed trying to find out information
about their disability and how to not only cope with their
situation but thrive and excel.
Personal
Assistant Services
Personal Assistants (PAs) are
essential for many people to live independent lives. PAs
assist with
essential tasks of daily living that a person with a
disability cannot
do themselves. Frequently
asked
questions.
RAMP can help you
find and manage a PA. We maintain a list of people interested
in working as PAs. Contact RAMP's Personal Assistant
Coordinator for information on obtaining a PA, becoming a PA,
or for PA training schedules.
Youth
Education Advocacy
RAMP provides support for students and their parents working
through disability related education issues. We also provide
planning for the transition from school to life after
school.
RAMP will help you
learn your rights as a student (or the parent of a student)
with a disability and how to enforce every student's
right to an appropriate education.
Visit the Illinois
State Board of Education website at www.isbe.net
to learn more and to get your copy of A
Parents' Guide: The Educational Rights of Students with
Disabilities.
RAMP staff can help
you negotiate the special education and transition maze in
public education. Upon your request, we will attend any of
your school meetings (Individual Education Program-IEP,
Multi-Disciplinary Conference-MDC, 504), providing support and
assistance.
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