After completing schoolwork, individuals with disabilities may be directed to a life of sheltered employment or a group home setting. University of Kansas researchers have been battling that type of guidance by proving that it is possible for individuals with disabilities to hold meaningful employment and live independently. Those researchers are sharing resources and training community members to spread the message, and now, they're taking it to other states.
Showing posts with label University of Kansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Kansas. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 9, 2011
Preventative Care Key to Medicaid Savings
A voice of reason amid all the talk of Medicaid cuts and it comes from the University of Kansas. I hold no grudges (having graduated from University of Missouri) and applaud this thinking. Hopefully the powers that be will listen to Amanda Reichard.
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Like several other cash-strapped states around the country, Kansas soon may trim its contribution to Medicaid, the federal-stahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifte program that provides health insurance to low-income groups, including people with cognitive and physical disabilities. In 2010, Kansas spent $747 million on Medicaid.
A series of public forums on Kansas' approach to Medicaid is slated for this month as part of a review that aims to reduce costs and enhance care provided to the 300,000 Kansans who depend on Medicaid benefits.
But Amanda Reichard, assistant research professor at the University of Kansas, already has spent years mining the state's Medicaid claims data in her role at KU's Research and Training Center on Measurement and Interdependence in Community Living.
"If there's one glaring need, it's preventive care," said Reichard. "Not just preventive screenings, but preventive care. It's not patients' primary disabilities that are most expensive to the Medicaid program. It's treatment of the associated chronic diseases that cost much more."
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Like several other cash-strapped states around the country, Kansas soon may trim its contribution to Medicaid, the federal-stahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifte program that provides health insurance to low-income groups, including people with cognitive and physical disabilities. In 2010, Kansas spent $747 million on Medicaid.
A series of public forums on Kansas' approach to Medicaid is slated for this month as part of a review that aims to reduce costs and enhance care provided to the 300,000 Kansans who depend on Medicaid benefits.
But Amanda Reichard, assistant research professor at the University of Kansas, already has spent years mining the state's Medicaid claims data in her role at KU's Research and Training Center on Measurement and Interdependence in Community Living.
"If there's one glaring need, it's preventive care," said Reichard. "Not just preventive screenings, but preventive care. It's not patients' primary disabilities that are most expensive to the Medicaid program. It's treatment of the associated chronic diseases that cost much more."
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Project May Help Children with Autism Find their 'Voice'
Great work coming out of the University of Kansas (yes, even Jayhawks do some good things -- go Mizzou) to help children on he spectrum develop communications skills.
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Eleven-year-old Tait Holter pushes a button that has a picture of a heart on a hand-held device. It has the word “love” underneath.
“I love you,” a voice says when pushed.
The device serves as Tait’s voice, and he uses it to tell his parents, Mark and Maria Holter, that he loves them.
The technology helps the Lawrence boy who has autism, a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication.
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Eleven-year-old Tait Holter pushes a button that has a picture of a heart on a hand-held device. It has the word “love” underneath.
“I love you,” a voice says when pushed.
The device serves as Tait’s voice, and he uses it to tell his parents, Mark and Maria Holter, that he loves them.
The technology helps the Lawrence boy who has autism, a complex developmental disability that causes problems with social interaction and communication.
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