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Indiana Disability Rights outlines services, urges public comment as funding uncertainty continues
Summary
Michelle Wickham of Indiana Disability Rights described the agency’s legal and advocacy services, urged public comments on FSSA waiver changes open through Aug. 8 and answered questions about how local residents can get involved. The advisory board did not have a quorum and took no votes.
Michelle Wickham, special projects manager for Indiana Disability Rights, told the Evansville City Advisory Board on Disability Services at a July meeting at the Civic Center that the state agency provides legal protection and advocacy for Hoosiers with disabilities and is encouraging public engagement as federal and state funding questions continue.
“We are a state agency that provides protection and advocacy services for individuals with any kind of disability in the State of Indiana,” Wickham said. She described intake and referral services, legal representation when needed, and broader systemic advocacy work, including class actions, policy comments and public reports.
Wickham said the agency’s intake team fields about 250 calls per month and that Indiana Disability Rights (IDR) holds what she described as “special access authority to go into facilities that serve people with disabilities and investigate abuse, neglect, and…
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