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This bell was forged from shackles that used to
bind the feet of psychiatric inmates across the
nation. It is a reminder of what our liberty really
means, and why we must never stop until we are
all free.
Incitement, the newsletter of ADAPT, Fall 2000
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
bind the feet of psychiatric inmates across the
nation. It is a reminder of what our liberty really
means, and why we must never stop until we are
all free.
Incitement, the newsletter of ADAPT, Fall 2000
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Change is coming - and not a moment too soon. But we need to make sure the candidates "get it 'when it
comes to our issues. Go to your (Democratic - we're screwed with McCain) candidate's web site and check
out his/her platform on disability issues, health care, and long term care. Let him/her know what you do and
don't agree with. We need to participate to get action on our issues in housing, transportation, health care, long
term care, budgets for Medicaid and HUD – all the programs we so badly need to live in our own homes and
communities.
Your ADVOCACY and ACTION is needed now more than ever before. Remember what Justin Dart told us: "Get
involved in politics as if your life depended on it, because it does." You better believe it. Katrina proved how disposable
a commodity we are. To me, terror is not an Al Qaeda recruit with a bomb - it's losing my attendant services that
support my freedom, or access to my supplies and medication - my lifelines. Politics doesn't just happen in distant
capitals - it's local and personal in its impact.
Watch this spot for daily updates.
_______________________________________
MEDICAID is a major chunk of the federal budget, all state budgets, and often over half the counties'
budgets.
So taxes are raised.
Services are cut.
And we are being blamed.
But it is not we, but our imprisonment in institutions, that is to blame.
FREE OUR PEOPLE to live in their homes and communities at less than half the cost of nursing homes, mental
institutions, and OMRDD "schools," and it will substantially reduce Medicaid costs at all levels.
You must inform your legislators - federal, state, and county, of what the institutional bias is costing the
taxpayers.
Data for your state can be found at
http://www.stevegoldada.com/stevegoldada/archive.php?cat=Nursing
But don't stop there. A lot of people end up in nursing homes because they just don't know there are other
options when they are discharged from hospitals or have difficulty caring for themselves at home. Get the word out -
write letters to the editor, talk to people, talk to groups, about how to access support services to remain in, or return to,
their homes and communities.
comes to our issues. Go to your (Democratic - we're screwed with McCain) candidate's web site and check
out his/her platform on disability issues, health care, and long term care. Let him/her know what you do and
don't agree with. We need to participate to get action on our issues in housing, transportation, health care, long
term care, budgets for Medicaid and HUD – all the programs we so badly need to live in our own homes and
communities.
Your ADVOCACY and ACTION is needed now more than ever before. Remember what Justin Dart told us: "Get
involved in politics as if your life depended on it, because it does." You better believe it. Katrina proved how disposable
a commodity we are. To me, terror is not an Al Qaeda recruit with a bomb - it's losing my attendant services that
support my freedom, or access to my supplies and medication - my lifelines. Politics doesn't just happen in distant
capitals - it's local and personal in its impact.
Watch this spot for daily updates.
_______________________________________
MEDICAID is a major chunk of the federal budget, all state budgets, and often over half the counties'
budgets.
So taxes are raised.
Services are cut.
And we are being blamed.
But it is not we, but our imprisonment in institutions, that is to blame.
FREE OUR PEOPLE to live in their homes and communities at less than half the cost of nursing homes, mental
institutions, and OMRDD "schools," and it will substantially reduce Medicaid costs at all levels.
You must inform your legislators - federal, state, and county, of what the institutional bias is costing the
taxpayers.
Data for your state can be found at
http://www.stevegoldada.com/stevegoldada/archive.php?cat=Nursing
But don't stop there. A lot of people end up in nursing homes because they just don't know there are other
options when they are discharged from hospitals or have difficulty caring for themselves at home. Get the word out -
write letters to the editor, talk to people, talk to groups, about how to access support services to remain in, or return to,
their homes and communities.
