Matt Knotts

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  www.kcpw.org/article/4922 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/4/2007    Last Visited: 12/4/2007  

  "For us to be effective, we need to hear what people are experiencing in our community," says Matt Knotts, Executive Director of the Disability Law Center, which is a nonprofit charged by the Governor to advocate for the rights and needs of Utah's disabled community.
  
  Every year Knotts says the need to shorten the waiting list for services for people with disabilities ranks high on the list:
  
  "The waiting list is always a big priority because people need services and there's nothing more discouraging than being told you need to wait," says Knotts.
  
  Access to special education and disabled access to rural buildings also figure prominently in public hearings, says Knotts.

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  commerce.resna.org/taproject/library/conference/2007at. - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/22/2007    Last Visited: 7/2/2008  

  Media as Advocacy, Matt Knotts, Disability Law Center (PPT format) (HTML version) Finding a Voice, Sample news story, UAAACT (WORD format) Disability Law Center Helps Child Gain Independence, Press Release (RTF format) Disability Law Center Helps Teen Speak Up, Press Release (RTF format) Wheelchair Gives Kid, Family New Freedom, Sample news story (RTF format)

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  utahddc.org/newsletter/newsletterfiles/JUNE%2007%20UDDC - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/1/2007    Last Visited: 2/18/2008  

  Toomer from Disability Rights Action Committee; Matt Knotts, Director of Disability Law Center; Jim

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  dread1mynproductions.com/rablog/2007/08/24/medicaid-rul - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 9/27/2008  

  "In the home" is a Medicare term that has been misinterpreted and expanded over the years, said Matt Knotts, director of the Disability Law Center.

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  www.nls.org/2007%20AT%20Conference.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2007    Last Visited: 3/10/2007  

  Matt Knotts, Advocate & PAAT Coordinator, Disability Law Center, Utah & Tom Masseau, Director of Government and Media Relations, Michigan P&A Service

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  Disability Law Center - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/17/2008    Last Visited: 8/17/2008  

  Matt Knotts
  
  Executive Director mattknotts@disabilitylawcenter.org

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  Disability Law Center - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/10/2006    Last Visited: 8/10/2006  

  Matt KnottsAdvocatemattknotts@disabilitylawcenter.org

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  Disability Law Center to reopen - Local News -... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/21/2004    Last Visited: 5/21/2004  

  The announcement was made by DLC representatives Matt Knotts and Christina Wong in a meeting arranged by the private non-profit organization as part of their plan to host similar assemblages in every county throughout the state.
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  Knotts responded by saying that Frost would no longer be working for the DLC due to a personnel decision made by director Fraser Nelson.Nelson could not be reached for comment Thursday due to inoperable long-distance and cellular service from a disrupted fiber-optic line in Monroe.But Frost said she had mixed emotions.
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  Knotts said the job description of the new advocate is in draft form.

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  Dpolicy Mailing List Archives Newsgroup Archives - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/6/2001    Last Visited: 2/28/2004  

  Several presenters also testified regarding the lack of information and knowledge on the part of individuals with disabilities and family members about their rights under laws governing various service systems (Michael Kluk, Senior Attorney, California Protection and Advocacy, and Matt Knotts, Lead Advocate for Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology at the Disability Law Center [Utah], Redmond, WA, March 4, 1998; Tom Hlavacek, Director, Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, Kansas City, MO, March 18, 1998).
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  For example, one member of a State P&A agency testified about his office's consulting role to Utah's Managed Care Improvement Project, an initiative funded by the Governor's Council for People with Disabilities (Matt Knotts, Assistive Technology Program Specialist, Utah Disability Law Center, Redmond, WA, March 4, 1998).Similar activities were also reported by representatives of another Tech Act project and P&A agency (Suzanne Elrod, Director, Texas Assistive Technology Partnership, Austin, TX, and James Comstock-Gallaghan, Texas P&A, Tallahassee, FL, April 2, 1998).
  
  Comparable services have been and continue to be rendered by P&A systems throughout the country.For example, in regard to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, the Minnesota Disability Law Center worked with its State legislature and the Minnesota Department of Human Services to write legislation that will provide expanded access to augmentative communication devices, and Legal Services of Central New York, a legal support provider for the New York State Protection & Advocacy System, and South Dakota Advocacy Services (a P&A agency) worked with their State Medicaid programs to develop AAC device-specific funding criteria.The outcome of these efforts has been to expand and make more predictable the coverage and funding of devices that enable their users to communicate.
  
  As described by witnesses in every region, the scope of legal representation through P&A systems for people with disabilities has ranged from corresponding with benefits and funding programs, to negotiating policy reforms, writing and responding to legislative proposals, pursuing administrative appeals, and filing court actions.As a result of these efforts, individuals with disabilities have secured necessary AT devices and services such as augmentative communication devices; hearing aids; aids to vision such as closed-circuit television systems; powered mobility devices; orthopedic car seats; other seating and positioning devices such as custom wheelchair seating systems and bathing aids, lifts, computers; and environmental control devices (Tom Hlavacek, Kansas City, MO, March 18, 1998; Mike Kluk, Senior Attorney, California Protection & Advocacy, and Matt Knotts, Redmond, WA, March 4, 1998; Tim Sindelar, Senior Attorney, Disability Law Center, Massachusetts Protection and Advocacy, Boston, MA, March 25, 1998).
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  March 4, 1998 transcript -- afternoon sessions - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/4/1998    Last Visited: 8/15/2006  

  Our next presenter is Matt Knotts, lead advocate for the P & A, protection and advocacy, for Assistive Technology Program at the Disability Law Center, he's chair of the Governor's Managed Care Improvement Project.He's a member of management and implementation board for the Utah Assistive Technology Program.
  
  Matt Knotts: Thank you.
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  KATHERINE SEELMAN: Thank you, Mr. Knotts.

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