Legislation
Requires all hospitals performing deliveries to conduct hearing screening of all newborn infants by December 31, 2002, unless parent objects on religious grounds. Department of Public Health required to maintain a registry of children with positive screening results reported to them by the hospitals. Department of Human Services to organize a hearing advisory committee by July 1, 2000, for training hospitals to implement programs; developing systems for tracking, follow-up diagnosis, and referral for early intervention and hearing aids; developing educational materials; monitoring third party reimbursement for universal screening; developing an application process for financial assistance from the Division of Specialized Care for Children for follow-up diagnostic hearing testing; and recommending rules to implement the law.
Citation: 1999 Illinois Laws 67
Web Resources
Council for Disability Rights
Advancing rights and enhancing lives of people with disabilities http://www.disabilityrights.org/
The Family Clinic
From the University Affiliated Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago: The Family Clinic provides family-focused comprehensive assessment services for children at risk who live in some of Chicago's most economically challenged areas. The Family Clinic is composed of professionals from audiology, education, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, and speech/language. The clinic's medical staff have specializations in developmental pediatrics, psychiatry, and otolaryngology.
http://www.uic.edu/depts/idhd/clinical.htm
Easter Seal Society of Metropolitan Chicago, Inc.
In response to our communities, Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago provides comprehensive services for individuals with disabilities or special needs and their families to improve quality of life and maximize independence. http://chicago.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ILCH_homepage
Highlighting Education and Resources (HEAR)
Highlighting Education And Resources is an Illinois service delivery project supporting students who are deaf or hard of hearing. It provides free training, consultation and technical assistance to school teams, parent groups, or students on topics related to deafness.
http://morgan.k12.il.us/isd/hear/index.html
Illinois Assistive Technology Project (IATP)
We help people with disabilities in Illinois find the right technology . . . technology that lets them learn, work, play with greater independence.
http://www.iltech.org/
Illinois School for the Deaf
Mission: to educate students who are deaf or hard of hearing to be responsible, self-supporting citizens.
http://morgan.k12.il.us/isd/
Parent Infant Program
The ISD Parent Infant Program is focused on the development of children who are deaf and hard of hearing under the age of three. http://morgan.k12.il.us/isd/services.html
Illinois State Board of Education
Illinois State Board of Education http://www.isbe.state.il.us/
Early Childhood
The Illinois State Board of Education has identified early childhood education, birth through eight, as one of four priority areas for educational leadership in Illinois. The initiative, based upon research in early education and building on the work of numerous early childhood groups in Illinois, reflects a system that enables all children to achieve academic success by the end of third grade. http://www.isbe.state.il.us/earlychi/Default.htm
Illinois NICHCY Resources
From the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/il.htm
Seguin Services Incorporated
Seguin Services Incorporated is an industry leader providing services and support foradults and children with disabilities. http://www.seguin.org/
