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Residents, disability advocates urge Detroit City Council to fund language access and Office of Disability Affairs
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to fully fund the Office of Disability Affairs at $1,400,000, expand language-access services including ASL interpreters, and allocate money for senior-home repairs and accessibility programs.
Residents and advocates urged the Detroit City Council during the public-comment period to allocate more money for language access services and to fully fund the city’s Office of Disability Affairs (ODA), saying current staffing and translation resources fall short of residents’ needs.
Casey Peller, a resident of District 4 and policy manager at Detroit Disability Power, told the council: “we definitely need [ASL interpreters] here,” and thanked “especially council member Dural for moving to fully fund the Office of Disability Affairs at 1,400,000.0.” Peller said the ODA had grown from one staff position in 2021 to five today but still needs…
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