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A Chat With … Judy
Heumann
By Deborah Kendrick
Anyone who knows anything about the
independent living movement knows the name Judith Heumann.
She served eight
years in the Clinton administration as assistant secretary for the Department
of Education, was a leader of the well-known 27-day sit-in in 1977 that led to
the enforcement of access to federally funded buildings and public
transportation (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act),
To read the full
cover story click here
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Frank Bowe, One of Our
Greatest, Dead at 60.
Frank G. Bowe, the first nationally
recognized cross-disability leader, a deaf professor who helped win civil
rights protections for people with disabilities, and an advisor to Congress,
has died at age 60.
By P.A. Figueroa, Jr
To read the full Frank Bowe obituary
click here
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Terry Moakley: Not Just Along
for the Ride
By Kathi Wolfe
To read the full Terry Moakley
story click here
If you’re unable to work, go to
school, shop or socialize, you’re going to have an isolated and
impoverished life. Seventeen years after passage of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, many people with disabilities still can’t get to
work, school, stores, medical appointments or other places.
This is another in a series of interviews conducted by
Independence Today with leaders in the disability rights movement.
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CIL and SEIU: Can This
Marriage Work?
By Janine Bertram Kemp
In a move that has rocked the Pennsylvania independent
living community, Tri-County Patriots for Independent Living (TRIPIL) announced
on May 17th that its direct-care workers (personal care assistants,
or PCAs) had voted to unionize. Will unions mean striking workers and the loss
of consumer control?
To read the full cil&seiu story
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A Note from the NCIL Executive
Director:
This year’s Annual Conference, our 25th
Anniversary Celebration, was an incredible success, and was the most
well-attended Independent Living Conference to date!
by John A. Lancaster
To read the full note from NCIL's ED
click here
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NCIL 25th Anniversary
Celebration: Annual Conference Update
Fire and Rain: NCIL March and Rally Achieves Success at
the Capitol!
Setting the Record Straight on the Community Choice Act
Cost Estimate
To read the full NCIL
updates click here
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To read the
candidates Comments click here
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SSI story:
Monthly check,
daily struggle
By Mike Erwin ...for the 4 million non-elderly
people with disabilities who try to survive on a monthly Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) check from Social Security, a monthly income of $1,000 would be a
joyous windfall.
To read the full SSI story click
here.
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"Good Boardsmanship"
Part 2 of 2 suggests tips
for Working as a Team.
By Patricio Figueroa, Jr.
To read the full story on Good Boardmanship part 2
click here
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| Additional Articles |
| Calendar of
EventsBy Steve Mahoney |
| NEWS
SUMMARIES |
| Writing a
Self-Portrait By Roberta C.M. DeCaprio |
| Lack of Language
Classes a Sign of the Times By Opal Colvin |
| NYS Medicaid
Buy-In Option: Do You Qualify? By Rick Fitzgerald |
| THIS DAY IN DISABILITY
HISTORY |
| Key Articles
from back issues |
| A Gift of
Leadership: Max Starkloff and the Formation of NCIL Coverstory 7/07 |
| Mental Health Stigma Still Hard to
Shake 7/07 |
| PTSD Not Just
a Soldier’s StoryBy Brenda Brown-Grooms7/07 |
Good Boardsmanship with tips
for Working as a Team part 1 By Patricio Figueroa, Jr.7/07 |
| Asperger’s Disorder: A Mother’s
Perspective By Dana Cacchione 4/07 |
| Medicaid Estate
Recovery2/07 |
Saw "Euthanasia
Blues" on YouTube.Com 2/07
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