Undiminished

In this video Linda, Mahmoud, Sue, Erika, Martha and Rachel show that maintaining communication, fine and gross motor skills are vital for independence and functionality in daily living.

Specifically, access to physical, occupational and speech/language therapies that home and community-based services enables individuals to maintain daily life skills such as walking, operating and transferring in and out of a wheelchair, using adaptive equipment, operating technology, communicating, language development, preparing food, eating independently, dressing and undressing, and doing self-care activities. Regrettable, because the reimbursement rates for habilitative therapies are so low these services which would constitute a basic service for individuals who have multiple physical and neurological issues are unavailable for too many.  Habilitative therapy services in home and community-based services, must not only remain but be adequately resourced.