Impacts of Budget Cuts on Arizonans with Developmental
Disabilities
$20 million cut in 2009
Affects 4,000 developmentally disabled Arizonans
*A Maricopa County Superior Court decision on March 11
indefinitely suspended cuts to state programs that serve the developmentally
disabled. The court order, however, will force the Department of Economic
Security to cut from other programs.
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Loss of funding for communication devices, wheelchairs and oxygen tanks
for the developmentally disabled
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Elimination of state-only services for developmental disabilities for
adults and children
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Elimination of state-only services for children at risk of developmental
delays
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Cuts to music therapy
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Cuts to Down syndrome services
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Cuts to speech, occupational and physical therapy for the disabled,
attendant care, after school and summer programs
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Cuts to transportation for developmentally disabled
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Elimination to training and job placement services for developmentally
disabled Arizonans
