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The Elections and What it Means to You
By Pat Figueroa
The results of the November 7th mid-term
elections seem far in the past by now. But the takeover by the 110th
Congress is upon us. The two chambers of the Congress, the Senate and the
House, will have a Democratic majority for the first time in nearly 20 years.
As usual in mid-term elections, the party in power lost a few seats. In the
recent elections, however, Republicans not only lost the majority but did so in
a big way.
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Election story
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New Leaders Bring New Hope to ADAPT 
By Mike Ervin
In the fall of 2005, ADAPT protesters in wheelchairs
showed up unannounced on Capitol Hill and demanded, in part, that members of
Congress sponsor and push forward the Medicaid Community-Based Attendant
Services and Supports Act, better known as MiCASSA.
Adapt continued..
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CILS Can Make or Break Money Follows the Person
By Janine Bertram Kemp
The guiding principles of the George W.
Bush administration have been a shock and awe foreign policy and a
slash and burn domestic strategy. Yet tucked in the 2006 Budget
Reconciliation Act and signed by the President is a 1.75 billion dollar pearl.
CIL's can make or break..
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For the Sake of Convenience: A Regrettable Decision
By Penny Reeder
I have a friend whose eyes were removed when he was a
newborn, a day or so after doctors told his mother that he would never be able
to see. "The doctor told my mom that my eyes were useless," my friend explains.
"So, the doctor said they should just remove them, because they would cause me
nothing but trouble.
convenience, continued
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COMMENTARY
Elder Care: Can We Make it Better?
By Brenda Brown-Grooms
A major question facing a society unprepared to take care
of its aging population is this, "What do seniors fear most - being a burden on
their children or living out their days in a nursing home?"
Elder Care
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 Guide Dog
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The
Health Insurance Safety Net Today |
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COMMENTARY: Getting Clean
from Old Attitudes PART II |
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Op. Ed.:
Accessible Currency |
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Winter
Watchwords: Be prepared |
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News
Briefs: Inclusion Daily Express |
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Surviving the IEP Process: Part
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UPDATE ON
ADAPT AND HUD.
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The Nine Functions of
CIL Success Illustrated
By Ron House, Ph. D.
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Medicare
Drug Aid No Longer Automatic |
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Calendar of EventsBy
Steve Mahoney |
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