Disability Concerns Commission

Disability Concerns Commission

***Under provisions of Executive Order 2012-10, issued June 27, 2012, the Disability Concerns Commission is abolished and the responsibilities are transferred to the Department of Civil Rights. The Executive Order takes effect 60 days after the Order is filed***

 

 

The Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns which includes the Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing responds to and advocates on behalf of Michigan's 1.9 million people with disabilities. This is done through information and technical assistance, disability rights training, working with the Michigan Business Leaders Network on employment for people with disabilities, coordinating the Michigan Youth Leadership Forum and conducting disability awareness and sensitivity training.  The Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing deals with issues involving Michigan citizens who are deaf or hard of hearing. Our Mission is to provide statewide leadership to empower and integrate people with disabilities into all aspects of society.

Statute

Executive Order 2009-40

Contact Information

Department of Labor and Economic Growth

Michigan Commission on Disability Concerns

Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing

201 N. Washington Square, Suite 150

Lansing, MI  48913

Phone:  (517) 335-6004  T/V

Toll Free: (877) 499-6232  T/V

FAX: (517) 335-7773

Commission on Disability Concerns:  mcdc@michigan.gov 

Division on Deaf and Hard of Hearing:   dodhh@michigan.gov 

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Members

Ronald Lee Bower, North Branch

Term expires 11/30/11

 

Miranda Marie Grunwell, Portage

Term expires 11/30/11

 

John M. Causley, Jr., Hessel

Term expires 11/30/11

 

Joseph M. Connelly, Livonia

Term expires 11/30/12

 

Kathy Loraine Ford, Okemos

Term expires 11/30/12

 

Lennard August Johnson, Jackson

Term expires 11/30/12

 

Daniel  R. Vivian, Lansing

Term expires 11/30/13

 

Catherine Elisabeth Mercer, Holt

Term expires 11/30/13

 

Zachary John Tomlinson, Clio

Term expires 11/30/13

 

Gerald Roger Mutty, Holt

Term expires 11/30/13

 

Richard Carlson, Muskegon

Term expires 11/30/14

 

Sara Grivetti, Midland

Term expires 11/30/14

 

Andrew Brandt, Canton

Term expires 11/30/14