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1 HEALTH -These websites will provide information about topics including: speech-language pathologists, doctors, counselors, therapists, immunizations Speech-Language Pathologists Damarys Rivera Speech-Language Evaluation Portuguese and Spanish 158 Roosevelt Street Fitchburg, MA Dr. Sachielle Samedi Speech-Language Evaluation Haitian/Creole (home) (cell) Ell Ho Speech-Language Evaluation Cantonese or This website will allow you to find a Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist that speak different languages These Speech-Language Pathologists provide services in Spanish: Lambropoulos, Katherine M.A Avalon Drive Bedford, MA katerina1401@hotmail.com Facility Type: School Mode, Deborah M.S. 80 Congress St., Suite 106 Ludlow, MA deborahmode@verizon.net Director:

2 Payment Type: Referral Restrictions: school setting Facility Type: SLP or AUD Office Payment Type: Medicaid,Health Insurance,Credit Card Referral Restrictions: Central Ma Speech, Language & Behavior Specialists 1 East Main Street Northboro, MA Director: Stephanie Higgins Facility Type: Speech/language clinic Payment Type: Medicare,Private Health Insurance,Credit Card Banigan, Rae PH.D. 7 Christine Street Palmer, MA (413) drraebanigan@comcast.net Facility Type: SLP or AUD Office Payment Type:,Health Insurance,Credit Card These Speech-Language Pathologists provide services in Portuguese: Pereira, Helena 140 High Street 2nd Floor Springfield, MA option 2 helena.pereira@bhs.org Facility Type: Outpatient Rehab Cntr Payment Type: Health Insurance Referral Restrictions: physician generated referrals The Futures HealthCore 136 William St. Springfield, MA eedwards@futureshealth.com Director: Erin Edwards Facility Type: Rehab Agency Payment Type:,Health Insurance,Credit Card,Reduced

3 Website that will help you find clinics to receive vaccinations for both if you have health insurance or do not have health insurance. Dentists This site will help you to find a dentist Counselors This site will help you to find a counselor

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9 or Center for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation -This agency provides services for internationally adopted children Massachusetts Network of Information Providers -This section will provide a list of various services offered and the languages that are spoken Medical Interpreter Services Office of Civil Rights Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits exclusion from services and discrimination on grounds of race, color or national origin. This extends to people with non- English or Limited English Proficiency. The federal Americans with Disabilities Act and Article 114 of the Massachusetts Constitution extend those rights to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. Massachusetts State Law Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 111, Section 25J and Chapter 123, Section 23 A, state that acute care hospitals must provide adult competent medical interpreters, face to face or over the phone, at no cost to all non English speaking and limited English proficient patients seeking care or treatment in Emergency Departments or acute psychiatry units. Patients have the right to: request a medical interpreter anytime, even if they speak limited English- this should not be decided by hospital staff. Finding ASL Interpreting Services If an individual or an agency is in need of interpreting services for American Sign Language (ASL), Signed English transliteration, spoken English, oral, tactile and close vision interpreting for Deaf and Deaf - Blind individuals, or CART services on behalf of hard of hearing and/or late deafened individuals in a wide variety of settings such as medical, legal, mental health, employment, education and recreational situations in Massachusetts, he/she can contact the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) at (Voice) or (TTY) or Toll-free voice: Toll-free TTY: Although there are fulltime staff interpreters employed by MCDHH, the majority of requests are filled by freelance interpreters. All CART requests are filled by freelance CART Providers.

10 Deaf & Hard of Hearing Interpreting Services Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) Requests for ASL interpreters are made either directly by Deaf, Deaf-Blind, late deafened, hard of hearing and hearing individuals and/or agencies, organizations, schools, employers, businesses, doctors, hospitals, police departments, and courts. MCDHH Interpreter Service 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA (Voice) (Toll Free Voice) (TTY) (Toll Free TTY) (Fax) Hours: 8:45 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday Emergency: For medical, mental health and legal emergencies only, call TTY/Voice

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