Okdrs.org Website Review

1993, then gov. david walters signed senate bill 356, establishing the oklahoma department of rehabilitation services. its pas*age was evidence of the state of oklahoma’s commitment to provide more effective consumer responsive services for its citizens with disabilities. drs was established to serve many of the major programs important to the disability community including rehabilitation services, visual services, oklahoma school for the blind, oklahoma school for the deaf and the disability determination services.. masonic charity foundation grant to empty school for the deaf waiting lists for senior citizens’ hearing aid program. sulphur, okla. – the masonic charity foundation of oklahoma has awarded a generous grant to purchase 776 hearing aids through the statewide senior citizens hearing aid program operated by the oklahoma school for the deaf. as a result, 572 low-income seniors with significant hearing losses will be immediately transferred from waiting lists and receive their in addition, the grant will fund hearing aids for the next 204 senior citizens who apply for help through the program. this media release was originally released on mar. 13, 2013. drs has been empowering oklahomans for 25 years.. muskogee rancher, rehabilitation services commissioner dies after sudden illness. community leader ray f. kirk died suddenly march 14 in muskogee after a brief illness. commissioner kirk was the first muskogee citizen ever appointed to the commission for rehabilitation services, the governing board for the the oklahoma school for the blind in muskogee is a division of drs. at the time he was appointed to the commission, kirk said, “muskogee is very fortunate to have the school (for the blind) because of the outstanding work the staff does to educate visually impaired students brings attention to our community from all over the state. muskogee, okla. – thirty oklahoma students competed for awards at the sixth oklahoma regional cane quest competition hosted recently in