LaCAN Region 7 Community Input Meeting Registration 2026

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Individuals with developmental disabilities, their families and the professionals who support them are all invited to join us as we discuss the issues that we would like to see the Louisiana Developmental Disabilities Council address in forming the Council's 2027 Legislative Agenda.

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Which meeting would you like to register for? Locations will be updated here once finalized & again to all previously registered members via email provided at registration.

6pm July 24, 2026 Imperial Cathay 6359 Youree Drive Shreveport

6pm August 21, 2026 TK's Treats & Eats 3030 Youree Drive Shreveport

By supplying my information via the entry forms at the bottom of this registration

By emailing my concerns to mwebb@lacanadvocates.org

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Home and Community Based Services~

This includes services such as the NOW Waiver, the ROW Waiver, the Supports Waiver, or Children’s Choice.

This area might also include Individual and Family Supports or Flexible Family Fund, respite services, childcare etc.

Do you see part(s) of the system that aren't equitable or fair for people with developmental disabilities or that contains barriers of any type to accessing them such as application processes or information processes that are difficult to navigate or unclear or in some cases simply not available?

It might be deficits in funding or problems/changes needed within these programs or these programs compared to other types of similar programs in other states for example.

We are looking for issues and instances that could require some type of Legislative action, a law, an amendment, creating a task force, a needed rate study (DSW study is one recent ex.) etc. to remedy or fix the process or problem(s) at hand or even that would create new needed services that aren't already available that are missing from the available ones.

Send me your ideas or come prepared to discuss them (a list is always handy & can be given to me with any supporting information on how other states may address the issue(s) so we can submit that to the Council for review as well. This year is a fiscal year, so issues relative to funding will be the most likely to resonate with policymakers.

Special Education Services~

Are there services for students with disabilities that are not working right?

Are there statewide programs that are not working right?

This has to be something not already required by IDEA.

This is oftentimes tricky because many times the answer is for the parent to use one or several of the Dispute Resolution Processes instead of Legislation.

There are several issues that have come up out of this past sessions in the area of the GATOR program for example and a few previous issues that could be amended or tweaked to work better such as cameras in the classroom policies, ABA in schools policies and things of that nature that may be something to consider that fall under the education classification.

We want YOUR wish-list of things you would like to see changed or brought into being that can

. be changed/added or funded through legislation

. affect the developmental disabilities community statewide & not purely at local level

. help make our service system(s) more accessible and usable to the population it is meant to serve

LaCAN advocates for service systems that support children and adults with disabilities to live in their own homes and be fully-included and participating members of their local schools and communities.

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Please provide your first & last name for the RSVP list *

Address, City, State & Zip code

Phone Number

Organization

Job Title

Select the participant type that best describes your role today.
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Self Advocate / Individual With a Developmental Disability

Parent of a Child with a Disability

Family Member of an Individual With a Developmental Disability

Professional, Service Provider, or Direct Support Worker, Non-Educator

Educator

Legislator or Other Elected Official

Legislative Assistant

Other:

Age range of child or adult with a disability

Birth through age 2

Ages 3-5

Ages 6-11

Ages 12--14

Ages 15-22 (through high school)

Adult - student - post secondary education/program

Adult - out of school

Professional that works with individuals with disabilities

Does not apply

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I consider my race to be: *

African American/Black

Caucasian/White

Hispanic

Native American/American Indian/Alaskan Native

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

Two or more Races

Other

I Prefer Not to Say

I consider my ethnicity to be: *

Hispanic/Latino

Non-Hispanic

My Primary Language is: *

English

Spanish

Vietnamese

French

Chinese

ASL-American Sign Language

Other

The area I live in is considered to be *

Urban

Rural

Gender Assigned at birth *

Female

Male

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Parents/Guardians/Family Members: Choose your school's classification or disability.

Student/Youth with disabilities: Choose your school classification or disability.

Professionals and others: Choose the most appropriate answer.

Autism (3 to 21 years old)

Deaf-Blindness (3 to 21 years old)

Developmental Delay (3 to 9 years old)

Emotional Disturbance (3 to 21 years old)

Hearing Impairment (3 to 21 years old)

Infant/Toddler with a disability (Birth through 2 years old)

Intellectual Disability (3 to 21 years old)

Multiple Disabilities (3 to 21 years old)

Orthopedic Impairment (3 to 21 years old)

Other Health Impaired (3 to 21 years old)

Specific Learning Disability (SLD) (3-21 years old)

Speech and Language Impairment (3 to 21 years old)

Traumatic Brain Injury (3 to 21 years old)

Visual Impairment (3 to 21 years old)

Inappropriately Identified (3 to 21 years old)

Section 504

Suspected Disability (all ages)

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