Legislation
Requires the Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS) to collect data on newborn hearing screening programs that use currently available medical technologies. By February 5, 2003, DHFS to determine percentage of hearing screenings for deliveries in hospitals (with more than 300 births). If less than 88%, newborn hearing screening programs to be required by July 1, 2003.
Citation: 1999 Wisconsin Statutes 253.115
Web Resources
Easter Seal Society of Wisconsin, Inc.
Easter Seals' mission is to increase independence, maximize opportunities, minimize barriers and enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities.
http://www.wi-easterseals.org/
Mothers United for Moral Support (MUMS)
National Parent to Parent Network: MUMS is a national Parent-to-Parent organization for parents or care providers of a child with any disability, rare or not so rare disorder, chromosomal abnormality or health condition.
http://www.netnet.net/mums/
Waisman Center From the University
Affiliated Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Waisman Center is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about human development and developmental disabilities throughout the lifespan. The center is one of 9 national centers that encompasses a Mental Retardation Developmental Disabilities Research Center and a Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.
http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Wisconsin Association of the Deaf Home Page
Wisconsin Association of the Deaf To ensure that a comprehensive and coordinated system of resources is accessible to Wisconsin people who are Deaf and hard of hearing, enabling them to achieve their maximum potential, through independence, productivity, and integration into the community.
http://www.wi-deaf.org/
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services (DHFS)
The Department's mission is to lead the nation in fostering healthy, self-reliant individuals and families.
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/sensory/
Index of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Index of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/sensory/
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
I ask you to make the commitment every day through your words and deeds with parents, teachers, and children; by reaching out every day to those who do not have children or grandchildren in the schools; and by dedicating ourselves to bringing our communities together around our stories of hope, so our future will be determined by the greatness of our schools and the goodness of our children.
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
Special Education Team
Mission: To provide statewide leadership, advocacy, technical assistance, and promote collaboration among parents, educators, students, communities and other agencies to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education.
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een/index.html
Wisconsin Hispanic Association of the Deaf
WHAD: Wisconsin Hispanic Association of the Deaf
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6142/whad.html
Wisconsin NICHCY
Resources From the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY).
http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/wi.htm
