Disability Rights Louisiana: Priorities Survey 2021 Question Title * 1. I am (choose all that apply): Person with a disability Family member of person with a disability Service provider Professional Advocate Age 60+ Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. I am (choose all that apply) American Indian or Alaskan Native Asian Black or African American Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin Middle Eastern or North African Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. Your Parish Acadia Allen Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Beauregard Bienville Bossier Caddo Calcasieu Caldwell Cameron Catahoula Claiborne Concordia De Soto East Baton Rouge East Carroll East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant Iberia Iberville Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis La Salle Lafayette Lafourche Lincoln Livingston Madison Morehouse Natchitoches Orleans Ouachita Plaquemines Pointe Coupee Rapides Red River Richland Sabine St. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James St. John The Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany Tangipahoa Tensas Terrebonne Union Vermilion Vernon Washington Webster West Baton Rouge West Carroll West Feliciana Winn Question Title * 4. Priority 1: Home and Community-Based Services Goal 1: Ensure that people with disabilities have access to necessary healthcare and long-term supports and services that will allow them to remain in their homes or return to their home communities.Goal 2: Ensure that people with disabilities who are waiver recipients have appropriate home and community-based services that meet their needs.With respect to this priority, do you think that the goals above accurately reflect the needs of people in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 5. Which of these items related to Home and Community-Based Services is most important to you? Developmental disability services Mental illness related services Aging services Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. Are there any other issues related to Home and Community-Based Services that we should be addressing? Question Title * 7. Priority 2: Accessibility Goal: Eliminate barriers related to physical and programmatic access with respect to critical programs, services, housing and transportation.With respect to this priority, do you think that the goal above accurately reflects the needs of people in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 8. Which of these items related to Accessibility is most important to you? Physical accessibility of buildings like restaurants and government buildings Programmatic accessibility Accessible Housing Accessible Transportation Curb cuts and accessibility of streets and sidewalks Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Are there any other issues related to Accessibility that we should be addressing? Question Title * 10. Priority 3: AutonomyGoal: Eliminate barriers to exercising autonomy and promote practices and policies that allow for enhanced independence and self-determination.With respect to this priority, do you think that the goal above accurately reflects the needs of people in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 11. Which of these items related to Autonomy is most important to you? Protections against interdictions Legality of continuing tutorships Information about powers of attorney, living wills, representative payees Information related to supported decision making and other alternatives to interdiction Other (please specify) Question Title * 12. Are there any other issues related to Autonomy that we should be addressing? Question Title * 13. Priority 4: Economic Mobility and Financial Self-SufficiencyGoal 1: Adults with disabilities in day habilitation and sheltered work programs are given opportunities to engage in competitive employment.Goal 2: Ensure that people with disabilities have access to information, advice and representation in the area of rehabilitation services.Goal 3: Ensure that beneficiaries of social security are not subjected to employment discrimination.Goal 4: Ensure that students with disabilities have access to Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS), particularly related to LRS transition obligations under Workforce Investment and Opportunities Act (WIOA).Goal 5: Ensure that beneficiaries of Social Security have access to South Louisiana Benefits Planning Program (SLBPP).Goal 6: Ensure that people with disabilities have pathways out of poverty.With respect to this priority, do you think that the goal above accurately reflects the needs of people with disabilities in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 14. Which of these items related to Economic Mobility and Financial Self-Sufficiency is most important to you? Access to supported employment services Access to Louisiana Rehabilitation Services Protection against discrimination in the workplace Access to transition services in school Reduction in the use of sheltered workshops and day programs Access to savings programs like the ABLE Act Other (please specify) Question Title * 15. Are there any other issues related to Economic Mobility and Financial Self-Sufficiency that we should be addressing? Question Title * 16. Priority 5: VotingGoal 1: Elimination of barriers to voting and increased knowledge of voting rights.Goal 2: Educate potential policy makers about the needs of individuals with disabilities.With respect to this priority, do you think that the goals above accurately reflect the needs of voters with disabilities in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 17. Which of these items related to Voting is most important to you? Opportunities to register to vote Accessible polling places Accessible voting technology Opportunities to vote privately and independently Training for poll workers Training for political candidates Other (please specify) Question Title * 18. Are there any other issues related to Voting that we should be addressing? Question Title * 19. Priority 6: Rights Protection/InstitutionsGoal 1: Ensure that the rights of people with disabilities living in institutions, residential facilities, jails, prisons and/or detention centers are protected and enforced, and that they are able to live in adequate and humane conditions, are able to access services in the community, and able to exercise autonomy to the maximum extent possible.Goal 2: Correct egregious conditions of neglect or abuse in all institutional type settings. Goal 3: Ensure that people living in nursing homes are able to obtain and or preserve Medicaid services.With respect to this priority, do you think that the goals above accurately reflect the needs of institutionalized people in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 20. Which of these items related to Rights Protections in Institutions is most important to you? Rights protection in nursing homes Rights protection in group homes/ICF-DD facilities Rights protection of people with disabilities who are incarcerated Rights protection in facilities for children Rights protection in state run institutions like developmental centers and psychiatric hospitals Other (please specify) Question Title * 21. Are there any other issues in the area of Rights Protection/Institutions that we should be addressing? Question Title * 22. Priority 7: Accessible Affordable Housing Goal 1: Improve housing options for people with disabilities.Goal 2: assist people with disabilities in maintaining their community-based housing.Do you think that the goals above accurately reflect the housing needs of people with disabilities in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 23. Are there any other issues in the area of Accessible Affordable Housing that we should be addressing? Question Title * 24. Priority 8: Strengthening Protections for Beneficiaries of Social SecurityGoal: Ensure the rights of social security beneficiaries are protected from abuse and exploitation.With respect to this priority you think that the goal above accurately reflects the needs of people with disabilities in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 25. Are there any other issues in the area of Strengthening Protections for Beneficiaries of Social Security that we should be addressing? Question Title * 26. Priority 9: EducationGoal 1: Reduce incidences of inappropriate discipline and illegal exclusions from public schools.Goal 2: Obtain appropriate transition services.Goal 3: Ensure educational access.With respect to this priority, do you think that the goals above accurately reflect the needs of students with disabilities in Louisiana? Yes No Maybe I don't know Question Title * 27. Which of these items related to Education is most important to you? Access to assistive technology Identification and evaluation of students with disabilities Implementation of IEPs Arrests of students with disabilities Overuse of suspensions and expulsions Access to appropriate transition planning and services Other (please specify) Question Title * 28. Are there any other issues in the area of Education that we should be addressing? Question Title * 29. Have you ever used Disability Rights Louisiana's services? If you have used DRLA's services, were you satisfied? Question Title * 30. Conclusion - describe any legal issues not included in our survey that you are concerned about: Done