[nfb-db] NFBMD 2013-04 SSP resolution

[Janice Toothman]

Randy,'
Your point is well said. However, when operating on a dead-line, I don't 
always think as clearly as I could have written things.
Janice
On 11/11/2013 9:21 PM, Randy Pope wrote:
>
> Thank Janice for posting the SSP resolution, Janice
>
> Not meaning to be critical but facilitators is not really the word I 
> would use in describing the roles of the SSPs.  To facilitate in this 
> content implied that the SSPs has some control in conveying the 
> communication, vision and guiding information.  Instead I would use 
> assistance or to assist which mean that the DB person has full control 
> of the information.  I think this kind of thinking would aligned with 
> the NFB thinking of being self-independent.
>
> See the difference?
>
> Randy
>
> *From:*nfb-db [mailto:nfb-db-bounces at nfbnet.org] *On Behalf Of *Janice 
> Toothman
> *Sent:* Monday, November 11, 2013 6:54 PM
> *To:* NFB Deaf-Blind Division Mailing List; Burnell Brown; Arlene 
> Naulty; Joe Naulty; janice.toothman at verizon.net; Matthew Pettit; 
> Marcus Simmons; Tracie Inman; Cathy Miller
> *Subject:* [nfb-db] NFBMD 2013-04 SSP resolution
>
>    Hi Everyone,
> I will paste the Maryland State SSP Resolution for 2013 as Passed Below:
>
> Regarding the creation of a statewide Support Service Providers 
> Program for deaf-blind people
>
> WHEREAS, Deaf-blind people rely on Support Service Providers (SSPs) to 
> facilitate communications, and to provide environmental and 
> situational information so that they can participate in all aspects of 
> community life, thereby reducing reliance on family members and 
> friends for these tasks; and
>
> WHEREAS, the SSPs are not responsible for providing personal care or 
> serving as interpreters as required by law at legal and medical 
> appointments, i.e., SSPs must serve only as facilitators, not decision 
> makers; and
>
> WHEREAS, Maryland currently has a few regional programs that supply 
> SSPs to deaf-blind residents who live in certain designated 
> localities, leaving many deaf-blind individuals with no assistance; and
>
> WHEREAS, these regional programs vary in the quality and extent of 
> services available; and
>
> WHEREAS, the purpose of the Maryland Department of Disabilities is to 
> coordinate services and to advance the rights and interests of people 
> with disabilities so they may fully participate in their communities; and
>
> WHEREAS, the Maryland Department of Disabilities is the right agency 
> in Maryland state government to create a statewide Support Service 
> Providers Program; and
>
> WHEREAS, service programs are most successful when the consumers who 
> use the service play an integral part in the planning and development 
> of the program: NOW, THEREFORE,
>
> BE IT RESOLVED, by the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland, 
> in Convention assembled this tenth day of November, 2013, in the city 
> of Ocean City, Maryland, that this organization strongly urge the 
> Maryland State Department of Disabilities to create a plan with input 
> from stakeholders that leads to the enactment of a statewide Support 
> Service Providers Program so that all deaf-blind Maryland citizens may 
> fully participate in all aspects of community life; and
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this organization strongly encourage the 
> Maryland Department of Disabilities to immediately begin planning for 
> this program so that it can be included in the Governor's 2016 budget.
>
> Sincerely,
> Janice
> Secretary
> Deaf-Blind Division/NFB
>
>
>
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