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Marlene Sallo

Marlene Sallo

Sep 24, 2026

9:01
Could you talk a little bit about when it's appropriate to reach out to a state P&A office?
9:07
So there's not a general checklist.
9:12
And here's the reason why.
9:13
Each P&A is an independent agency.
9:19
So every year in the summer months, they reach out to the communities that they serve.
9:27
and they ask for input from the community as to what issues are most important to you right now for us to focus on.
9:36
And so you might ask yourself, well, why are you doing that? Because the bandwidth, right? We don't have a lot of staff.
14:29
when
27:36
Yeah.
27:37
Well, the first thing that comes to mind in line with just the universal design is having to sometimes pay to get your apartment retrofitted, right? So that you can have an accessible apartment, especially if it's an old design.
27:52
You have the additional costs that are not always covered.
27:59
If you need a personal assistant and folks...
28:04
Like what we're hearing is with the Medicaid cutbacks that may not continue to be as effective.
28:14
accessible for the funding piece moving forward if things continue in the way that they're going.
28:24
There's the ongoing cost of losing time at work, right? And like salary.

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40:52
But just in case people need a little more convincing, why don't you do that?

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