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State Sued Over Funding
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Published: January 14, 2009
TALLAHASSEE - An advocacy group has sued the state over funding cuts to programs for people with mental retardation, cerebral palsy and other developmental disabilities.
The Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, in Tallahassee, filed the lawsuit in the 2nd Judicial Circuit against the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities. It says that the cuts will cause the plaintiffs and about 3,600 others to lose medical care and suffer "immediate irreparable harm."
The center also says the state has refused thousands of disabled people a hearing on whether the cuts are justified.
One plaintiff is Francesca Correa, a 19-year-old woman who has severe autism. She has been denied a hearing, said the Advocacy Center, but her twin sister, who also has severe autism, has been granted a hearing.
Reporter Lindsay Peterson can be reached at (813) 259-7834.
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