Fast Facts
- One in ten American families is affected by mental retardation.
- Mental retardation cuts across lines of racial, educational, ethnic, economic and social backgrounds.
- Mental retardation can occur in any family.
- Kentucky currently has approximately 2500 individuals waiting for services on a waiting list with an average of ten years expectancy before acceptance.
- Our government on the state and federal levels is on a tight budget and must set priorities.
- Medicaid is a lifeline for persons with mental retardation. Medicaid not only helps pay for medical expenses for most adults with disabilities, it also helps pay for their services.
- These individuals are facing a critical time with Medicaid cuts and Medicare prescription drug upheaval and not everyone is entitled to services. These facts implore our community to act immediately. We can act by responding here at home. We can stand as a community and prove that disability issues are a priority and CAN be put in the forefront of a statewide political agenda.
