Gov. Rick Scott orders immediate cuts to programs for disabled

--Teabagger invokes 'emergency powers' to kill poor, disabled 31 Mar 2011 Florida Gov. Rick Scott (T) ordered deep cuts Thursday to programs that serve tens of thousands of residents with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and other developmental disabilities. Though a range of state services face cuts from this year's Legislature, the governor invoked his emergency powers to order the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities to immediately roll back payments to group homes and social workers by 15 percent -- an amount providers say could put them out of business and threaten their clients' safety. An estimated 30,000 Floridians with severe developmental disabilities receive services that help them live outside of nursing homes... Aides help them eat, bathe, take medication and otherwise care for themselves.READ MORE