Disability Rights Florida
Public Input Survey
This year Florida’s statewide Protection and Advocacy system is celebrating 40 years of service to Floridians with disabilities. As we develop our goals and priorities for the upcoming 2018 fiscal year starting October 1, 2017, we are also asking you to “Envision 2022” and provide us some input on what you would like to see us accomplish over the next five years. We depend on you to tell us what disability issues are most important to you and this survey is one way for us to learn what you have on your mind for the coming year and for the future. Please help us by taking a few minutes to answer the following questions.
You can complete this survey online at www.disabilityrightsflorida.org/survey
If you choose to print out the survey and complete it by hand, please either:
· Fax it to 850-488-8640
· Mail it to:
Disability Rights Florida - Survey
2473 Care Drive, Suite 200
Tallahassee, FL 32308
If you want to call us to leave comments or request accommodations, please call
1-800-342-0823.
We would like your comments by July 21, 2017. Comments received after July 31 will be considered for next year’s plan.
Disability Topics
All the topics listed below are important. For this survey, please pick one.
1. Pick the one topic most important to you today:
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¨ Education
¨ Abuse or Neglect
¨ Information about Resources
¨ Living in the Community
¨ Disability Rights
¨ Employment
¨ None of the Above
¨ Other (please specify)
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2. Pick the one topic you think may be most important to you in 2022:
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¨ Education
¨ Abuse or Neglect
¨ Information about Resources
¨ Living in the Community
¨ Disability Rights
¨ Employment
¨ None of the Above
¨ Other (please specify)
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Disability Issues
Disability Rights Florida receives federal funds to focus on the following issues. Please pick two items under each of the following issues that are most important to you.
3. Preventing Institutional Abuse or Neglect: (Pick 2)
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¨ Community Transition
¨ Proper Medical Treatment
¨ Mental Health Treatment
¨ Overmedication
¨ Physical Violence
¨ Facility Conditions
¨ Staffing
¨ Quality of Programs
¨ Isolation
¨ Other (please specify):
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4. Rights Protection: (Pick 2)
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¨ Discrimination
¨ Independence
¨ Institutionalization
¨ Commitment Process
¨ Making your own Decisions
¨ Access to Benefits
¨ Protecting Legal Rights
¨ Rights in Institutional Settings
¨ Voting
¨ Other (please specify):
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5. Educational Opportunity: (Pick 2)
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¨ Assistive Technology
¨ Continuing or Post-secondary
Education
¨ Early Identification of Disabilities
¨ Inclusion
¨ Increasing Understanding of Mental
Illnesses
¨ Quality of Education
¨ Discipline of Students with
Disabilities
¨ Training in Self-Advocacy
¨ Transition Planning for Students
with Disabilities
¨ Other (please specify):
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6. Employment: (Pick 2)
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¨ Benefit Coordination
¨ Disability Discrimination
¨ Accommodations & Technology
¨ School to Work Transition
¨ Self-Employment
¨ Skills Training
¨ Transportation
¨ Vocational Rehabilitation Services
¨ Other (please specify):
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¨ Barriers to Employment
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7. Living in the Community: (Pick 2)
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¨ Safe and Affordable Housing
¨ Availability of Programs
¨ Community Mental Health Services
¨ Segregation
¨ Access to Services
¨ Quality of Available Services
¨ Transportation
to work/school/recreation
¨ Accessible Communities
¨ Choice
¨ Other (please specify):
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8. Do you worry most about individuals with: (Check all that apply)
¨ Developmental Disabilities
¨ Intellectual Disabilities
¨ Serious Mental Illness
¨ Physical Disabilities
¨ Other Disabilities
9. How important is it in the next few years that we continue our work in the area of abuse and neglect in facilities and institutions?
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¨ Not important
¨ Slightly Important
¨ Very Important
¨ N/A
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10. Disability Rights Florida has many tools to use to accomplish its goals. Pick one tool you think would result in the most improvement for Floridians with disabilities.
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¨ Advocacy for System Reform
¨ Educating Policymakers
¨ Legal Advocacy
¨ Monitoring Conditions
¨ Investigations
¨ Training
¨ Advocacy for Individuals
¨ Collaboration
¨ Other
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11. As advocates for the rights of individuals with disabilities, what would you want us to do differently?
______
______
12. How do you think we can best educate state policymakers about disability rights? (Check all that apply)
¨ Podcasts
¨ Website
¨ In-depth Reports
¨ Training and Presentations
¨ Collaboration
¨ Litigation
13. Envision 2022: Please share any other priorities you would like us to consider in developing our long range plan.
______
______
______
For Demographic information only (Optional)
14. Which of the following best describe you? (Check all that apply)
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¨ Person with a Disability
¨ Family Member of a Person with
a Disability
¨ Advocate for a Person
with a Disability
¨ Direct Service Provider
¨ Investigator
¨ Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice
¨ Medical Services (Physician, Nurse,
Paramedic, etc.)
¨ Peer Specialist
¨ Private Employer
¨ State Agency Administration
¨ Student
¨ Teacher
¨ Unemployed or Retired
¨ Other (please specify):
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15. My age is:
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¨ 21 or Younger
¨ 22 - 59
¨ 60 and Older
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16. I describe my race/ethnicity as: ______
17. My county is (Florida residents only): ______
Survey Complete!
Thank you for completing the survey! Your input is greatly appreciated.
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