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The Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities office oversees two Medicaid waivers, the Person/Family Directed Support Waiver and the Community Living Waiver, that pay for supports so a…
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Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services has a Client Consultant, Lori Fisher, who works with people one to one, giving them information, education, advocacy and community referrals to help with…
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Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services schedules nationally certified sign language interpreters and CART captioners so Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing people and hearing people can understand…
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Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services does hearing screenings, a check for hearing loss, and the screenings are available in English and Spanish. Screenings are done on individuals of all ages…
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The Vision Resource Center of Berks County helps people who are blind or have vision loss with daily activities, safe travel, and support groups, so they can keep their quality of life and live…
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Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at 2045 Centre Avenue in Reading keeps many assistive devices on display so clients can see and test them for compatibility, helps people apply for…
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Berks Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services keeps applications on hand for people who want to apply for low cost hearing aids and low cost hearing aid repairs, and staff help individuals get information…
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Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania runs Camp Lily Berks, a summer day camp held at its campground on Mount Penn in Reading that offers a traditional outdoor camp experience with air conditioned indoor…
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Special Olympics Pennsylvania, Berks County offers sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Training and competition are free for athletes and their…
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The Consolidated Waiver is a state and federally funded program that provides support for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism. In Berks County it is one of the waivers listed under…
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Service Access & Management, Inc. runs Early Intervention Service Coordination, which helps support families and meet the needs of infants and toddlers, birth to age 3, who have a developmental delay…
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The Berks County Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities office arranges Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder services so that people with an intellectual disability or autism can be…
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Access Services runs Community Engagement Supports, a program in which a Direct Support Professional works one on one with a person who has an intellectual disability or autism, in their home and out…
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ProBerco's Family Support Services send a Direct Support Professional to work one to one with an adult with a disability in their own home and in the community. The supports are for people living…
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ProBerco provides respite as part of its Family Support Services, giving temporary overnight supervision of adults with disabilities so the person who normally cares for them can have a break. The…
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The Arc Alliance provides Supports Coordination services to people of all ages with an intellectual disability and/or autism diagnosis, and to children diagnosed with complex medical conditions. A…
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Service Access & Management, Inc. (SAM) provides supports coordination for people with developmental disabilities and their families, and Berks County is one of the territories where it offers this…
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The Arc Alliance Guardianship Services can be appointed by the court as guardian for a person a judge has found incapacitated, to manage that person's health decisions, financial affairs, or both. A…
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The Greater Reading Mental Health Alliance has educational non-attorney advocates who work to make sure children receive a free, appropriate public education by building collaboration between parents…
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The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs two monthly support groups for people who are blind or have vision loss, one general group and one for people who feel more comfortable within the…
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ConsultLine is a help line run by the Office for Dispute Resolution that connects parents and advocates directly with a special education specialist. The specialist explains federal and state laws…
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The Office for Dispute Resolution, known as ODR, gives families and educational agencies ways to settle disagreements about a child's education, through mediation, facilitated meetings and due…
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TechOWL runs Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library, a statewide device loan program that lets you borrow a device and try it out before deciding whether it is right for you. Anyone in…
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The Autism Society of Berks County offers monthly family events, music therapy groups, social skills classes, yoga groups, and scholarships for camps, schools and other organizations. These…
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The Autism Society of Berks County runs free music therapy groups led by Board Certified Music Therapist Cindy Long at its office in Temple, for people with autism and their families in Berks County.…
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The Vision Resource Center of Berks County runs a Lunch Bunch group and other social and recreational programs for people who are blind or have vision loss, so they can get out and spend time with…
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The ASERT Resource Center is a statewide information line about autism in Pennsylvania. Its Resource Specialists help individuals with autism, families, professionals and community members learn more…
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Pennsylvania Statewide CONNECT is the helpline to contact when you have a concern about a young child's development, such as walking, talking, hearing, seeing, learning or getting along with others.…
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