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The su-ary prepared by Comlaanv. ,, to- name a - few. -- ..- The RE-PC project generates staff states that the fare inOver 250 COmpUterS have high technology skills train$760,000 due creasewill save been donated by individuals ing and transitional employtn ~ t r nMnhilitv -,.-----,.-..,I-, r-..- _ _ -,_ -- s- M -.----,nemand IIIE;IILUPI]UILUILILI~S ~urpeuple so far in 1995. with disabilities when the do- Reduction. What that really means is that neo~le cannot i arc rsrurr r M~~ peopledon~trealizethat ,r,a~r v+u~ rurrlyurblJ o,,,.,,,, rl , , ,n., disposal of obsolete comput- bished and placed with those afford the increase for 60,000 "The new facility isover three er technology falls under fed- who could not otherwise af- ridestimes larger,"saidBill McCar- eral hazardous waste guide- ford similar equipment. Uswho,ly reused; The Service Area and Hours thy, RE-PC Director. "We'll lines. DRAGnet RE-PC is the able parts Reductions will save $1.066 unusable parts are recycled, only Minnesota, n ~ n ~ r o f i t establish a space for assisting million. That means that people with disabilities and organization fully licensed at and the cash produced from 88,800 fewer rides will be both the state and federal levscrap offsets some of the rehabilitation agencies with I n . , o ~rovided. ., ,,,I , J - , ~ finding appropriate comput- el for handling computer haz- L, ,,,,,,,,,,, ardous waste. Corporate and DRAGnetcont. on p. 5 3 ' . ers and software; processing ~smissjm.TheDRAGn& ernational Disability Network (DIDnet), a computer on-line disability information resource continues operations h m Andover, Minnesotai

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/ h i e Year 4~ y Leader Dole mated As Calling For

Marty programs over step backwards. If only 5% of the next two the children now served by the years, the State TEFRA program were instituwill actually tionalized, all of the anticipatend up spend- ed savings fromthe cutswould ing more tax be wiped out. dollars on institutionalization In addition to being fiscally and Welfare in irresponsible, these cuts are one more instance where the the future. State denies people with disabilities the opportunity to To make shortihm- qheiR and contributeto sociterm savingsof ety. $10 million, the Legislature Cuts in TEFRA and P.C I the owha visible examp

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.&rtskhted - choices bcingIties. The same Arne Carlson cuts in the PCA program, but made at the Ca~itol.Minnesohe who wanted to eliminate the delayed some of the changes ta has done a poorjob of makSUNDAY BOSTON GmBE: persons in the nation. He has ~ont~ngt~emisinfomation our TEFRA program, a move that until July of 1996,to allow for ing sure that we have an adehas received, presenting "Dole, the Senate Majority been ourally and friendduring would likely thmw many chil- a study of the issues involved. quate amount of accessible t**lold&u.PP,weTf Of his 26-year Senate cato cooperae. dren with disabilities out of Unlessalternativecostsavings housing. Creative ideas, such ence of Mayors (Miami, june IWr. He is one of Us. Yet we their homes-that same Gov- are found, the recommends- as requiring a certain percent),. that he to review a let him bow that he is T A L ~ POMTS: G S ~ A viaietyoffederslmandatesthat ~ i v ~ g m i s i n ~ m a t i o n TOR ~ m DOLE, people with dis- emor enthusiasticallysupport- tions of the Governor will be age of new construction to be take up as much as a third of lobbyists who are advocating abilities are p r o ~ o u n ~con~ y ed dumping $15 million into implemented in 1996. Hisrec- built accessibly and avoid the the Winnipeg Jets hockey team ommendations include cuts in need for much more costly many city budgets. Among a retreat to segregation. we cerned. youare one ofus. For those he mentioned were the must counsel with him to re- 26 years you have been our buyout. Carlson attempted to PCAhours,especiallyforthose modification, don't even get this deal by saying it with the highest nee4 and the considered. storethegreat productive part- champion,our hero in the SenClean Water ~ ~Thet Safe , Of services ~ the nership of the last two and a ate. YOUhave participated in was an "invesment", even Drinking Water A C and though it would mainly bene- for people who cannot direct Progress on health care relunrl of every law and the creation Americans with Disabilities half dc~ades. program that is positive for fit only a couple of wealthy theirown care. These individ- has shifted into reverse, with Act. Dole, a supporter of the uals will have to apply for a Minnesota backing offitsgoal disabilities law, said 'maybe THIS 1s NOT A CALL TO people with disabilities. We businessmen. waiver slot, which may not be of universal coverage. Heavy we've gone too far in some "BASH BACK." This is not a owe YOU a &bt of gratitude -, in implementing i t He call to f l d senator ~ ~ that lwe can~ never, rwy.~ B~~ It'sunfortunatethattheLegis- available. Even if a waiver is lobbyinghompharmaceutical lature joined the Governor in granted, the cost of care is corporations defeated a bill I said he'd like to retool it, 'not 0 f i ~ with e thousands of C ~ I S now, just as We have gotten mess%- our foot in the door of the making deep cuts in TEFRA actuallyhigherunderthewaiv- authored this year that would to devastate the program, but and cards, with ~~~~i~~ dream, at a time and PCA, programs which re- erprogramthanunderthePCA have made prescription drugs es and demonstrations. to make it work better."' when bur hard-won new citi- ally are sm% humane invest- Program. more affordable by allowing 'Ihis yea& $I5 consumersto benefit fiom big IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT zenship isunderassault by othTHIS PRESENTS A SERIAnother $4.5 million was savings negotiated by an exOUS POTENTIAL PROB- ORGANIZATIONS AND e r s w h o w o u ~ d a m e n d ~ emillion ~ ~ ~ (the same amount that CiV1son was to spend squeezed from the TEFRA is@ statemmanageddrug~urLEM FOR OUR COMMU- INDIVIDUALSWMTEcare- to restore traditional wgregaNITY. Senator Dole is one of fully considered letters to tion, our most powerful s u p On the Jets) was cut from pro- p r o w by increasingfeesand chasing pool. grams that allow people with changing the criteria for parthe two or three most powerful Majority Leader Dole, con- Dole cont. on 9 disabilities and the parents of ticipation so that nearly 40% More short-sightedness was children with disabilitiesto be ofthe 3900 children skrved by evident in inadequate transit productive, taxpaying mem- TEFRA will no longer be eli- funding during the 1995 SesPublisher Wm. A. Smith, Jr. bers of the workforce. By gible. Thiswasbetterthanthe sion. This underfunding is Editor Charles F.Smith Cartoonist Scott Adams choosing to cut $15 million Governor's proposal to elimi- already resulting in reductions Production Presentation Images, Ellen Oestreicher from the PCA and TEFRA nate TEFRA, but it is still a big M w .cant. on p. 4 Staff Writer & Editorial Assistant Jeff Nygaard ACCESSPRESS isamonthlytabloidnewspaper ublished for persons withdisabilitiesbyPolychrome, distributedthe 10. of each month through more Ltd., W.A. Smith,Jr., President. Circulation is 1~000, SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION than 120 locations statewide. ~p roximately 650 copies are mailed directly to political, business, institutional and civic leaders. ~ugscri~tions are available for $IUyr.

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peo- cry year to seniors, faster than ple with dn- general inflation, and increasabilities.and ing numbers of poor elderly ' c h i l d r e n who require Medicaid coverMinnesota age to fill in the gaps oftheir would lose Medicare coverage under this proposal be- Medicaid might save itself cause we some money by eliminating, have-a high - - savices bGt at a significant standard of cost to everyone else. Anyone services and familiar with health care fia growing nancing knows that we cannot -

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Access Press

Religion & Disability

SUMMER Musings by Sister Mary Kraemer

express just wouldn9t come to use a wheelchair. I felt self indwelling power out? ?hat3 how I am as I write consciousand deeply afraidof

th disabilities that they may picking up m school, with

fear surrounding dis- tant that you address your children's fears or negativity in an open, respectful is pret- manner. If you scold them

say just doesn't want to come off my pen.

myth to the practical realities Many yearsago, the storygoes, and challengesoftoday. SumPerhaps it is because, I pan- a child was born. His parents mer's heat always raises the demdandprayed oGrthe sub- knew that their Son Was ex- fatigue level in me. Coupled

y and pos- nothing wrang in having fear,

makes them feel bad, when they'see a person with a disability they conclude people with disabilities must be bad --thisishaw reaiity is lost and

disabilityorganizationssuch as the Muscular Dystrophy Association, United Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis Society, a hospital rehabilitation center or even a

I'd like to closethis "smorgason selves that a person I think a lot of the reason negative ideas about disabilities persists is because in

eliefs the truth of life with a dis-

well as to see God reflected more in all with whom I am prid~~d t~ travel this life. This ancient sfory became the core of my spiritual convicMany years ago, 1 anended a ti0IIs. That power within canworkshop where a women not be weakened by outward shared a myth firom India ~t physical limitations. But, oh, the time, I was feeling very OW I need to continue to hear

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in both Metro Mobility ser- sitbureaucracy. While ATE is vice and regular route transit. gone, the system still needs Several years ago, I authored a improvement The most rebill to respond to ATE'S mis- cent cuts in service will only management of Metro Mobil- make it more difficult for peoity by putting it under the con- ple with disabilities to get to trol of Metro Mobility riders. work, attendschool or visit the fiis would have ended the doctor. lnsensitivitvshown bv thetran-

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Sister M i Kraemer &mauthor, spiritual director and sp&. She can be reached at 731-9528.

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I "Break Your Own Barriers"

To be sure, there were some modest victories this Session. Having fiur while experiencWe strengthened protections for vulnerable adults and ing challenges faced by those fought off an attempt to take with disabilities is the goal of control of the telephone mes- the third annual "Break Your sage relay sekice away from Own Barriers" event at Lake the consumer group that man- Nokomis Saturday,August 14 ages it now. But there is still from 12 noon to 4 p.m. The clearly much to be done at the event is organized by Vinland, a not-for-profit social service Capitol. agency which specializes in serving people with multiple, This is not a time to give up or complex problems associated back off. We can't stand by with disabilities, and co-sponand allow the State to put milPark sored by the Minneapolis lions of tax dollars into the and Recreation Board and ~~:ketsofthemillionaires who

American Express Financial equipment, and Wilderness Advisors, Inc. Inquiry canoe and camping demonstrations,as well as varBreak Your Own Barriers is ious activities which foster designed as an inclusiveevent education and awareness refor families and community garding living with disabilimembers to show able-bodied ties. people what day-to-day living is like forthose with disabili- All events take place near the ties while demonstrating mainswimmingbeachatLake their many capabilities. Nokamis, just east of Cedar Avenue on Lake Nokomis "It's diversity training of the Parkway. The first 100 in atmost fun kind, meant to be tendance receive a T-shirt enjoyed on a summer Satur- commemorating the day. day afternoon," said event cobuy and sell hockey teams. ordinator Courtney Cushing, Founded in 1976, Vinland We have to fight the cuts that who promises Break Your S1.4miIlion-a-yearnon-profit will kick kids with disabilities Own Barriers will take place organizationdedicatedtoservout of their homes. commitment to offering all rain or shine. ing people with a variety of people the support they need disabilities, chemical health Our investment in disability ,toparticipate fully in our comEvent highlights include bicy- challenges, and employment programs and services is sim- munity. cle rides around Lake obstacles, including targeted ply a matter of justice. It is Nokomis, a wheelchair obsta- programs for high-riskNative also an acknowledgment of John Marry is a State Senator what we stand to lose if we from Roseville and the 1994 cle course, demonstration by Americans and veterans. miss out on any person's con- DFL candidatefor Governor. Canine Companions for lnde- Vinland is also active in edutributions to our families, He has been a strong advo- pendence, 'adaptive sports cating the community at large neighborhoods and business- cate* disability rights in the demonstrations such as hand- about preventing disabilities operated bicycling, specially and heightening awareness es. We need to renew our Legislature. designed fishing a archery about {ith disabilities.

' July 10,1995

Access Press 1 Life Goes On

1 On Mental lllrkss

THE CHALLENGE OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

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placed on aging and keeping Lemon,theownerandmanag- ty to meet with other women c; In 1992,psychologist Dr. Fred position for a day ortwo. After very bleak, but 1 have for the in good condition, I thought it er ofthe program. The minute andgives me both the physical iz'. - Frese gave a speech to mem- being let out of the seclusion most part recovered. After a might be fun to explore what I met her I liked Sue and was and mental conditioning that ..h.this really means for the disimpressed by her explanation any body requires. It even , bers of the Alliance for the room, the young man wanders total of some 10 hospitalizaofthis unique exercising techprovides me with better bladabled population. Two years Mentally Ill of Minnesota. I about trying to interact with tions in 6 different states, I der control." saw a tape of it recently and several dozen other seriously have not been rehospitalized ago when this column was nique. -73- ;, - -. was so moved, that I want to mentally ill persons. He's be- since 1974. I still have symp- launched under "Aging -It's Althougn tnls wrlrer nas only Not Just "Staying Alive", TODAY'S CONCEPT has share some of the introduc- having in a very strange man- toms fiom time to time, but I tion with you. The speech is ner. ..Sometimeshe starts lick- have learned to live with them, Eunice McClurg and I had been in existence since Octo- gone for a short time, it's giventitled "The Challenge Of ing the dirt off of the floor in only infrequently having to certain preconceived ideas on her, 1987. According to Ms en me anew surge ofenergy as Schizophrenia"; the story he the day room. Sometimes his take off for a few days or a few how we wanted to approach hmon, "There are seven dif- well as a better sense of balthis whole subject. While I ferent machines that combine ance and mobility. While I tells spea-hfor itself: body starts moving around the weeks from work. can't speak for Eunice, I feel bdth physical therapy and iso- know that exercise programs room as though he has no conthat my idms have shifted metric exercise along with the may not be for everyone, I can In the past 25 years I've man"I'd like to begin my talk to- trol ... somewhat. You seG I looked traditional extras like bikes, attest tothe factthat this o m is aged to earn 3 degrees fiom day by tellingyou a littlesomeat the area of aging as pretty treadmills, rolling machines, pmvingto beeffective forme. '---;.:, w. + Sing about a young man. The After a few weeks, the young graduate school, includingone man is in his twenties and he's man will be asked ifhe is ready in management and a doctoral SCW. NOW,I'm beginning to stair-steppers and step boxes in my opinion, I feel that this I walking down the street in a to leave. Although he is still degree in psychology, and I relax more and I view aging to get your cardiovascular alternative exercise is worth looking into for people with large Midwestern city. The quite delusional and he knows was also a special pbstdoc- and disability as somethingthat workout." disabilities. However, you ;man is stopping for red traffic he is quite delusional, he is toral student in the University no one can escape. If you to go at your own speed need don't have adisability to begin Unlike the average fitness falights whenever they turn red, going to respond "yes" and he of Akron Law School for 3 with, you will acquire one cilit',thisfitness alternative is and in your ww$ tim? m e . but d i k e the other people will be released into somecold semesters. For the past 15 Sbffed by older, QMMX &% % % : ~R'nh'ometer. somewhere along the way. ....he doesn't wait to get to the streets ... Still confused and years, I have functioned as a : .; =Q And if y ~ already u have a dbcomer to stop. delusional and saying and do- licensed psychologist and Ifyou think you night be inter, ' ability, you em l e m Plb tkd ing very unusual things, he administrator...in Ohio's k g ested in this type of exercise, w * @ m l a f & & g b , t est state-operated hospital for He's proceeding to church.... will make his way across sevdetermining how best to take who have disabilities. The give Sue a call at 483-27 19. ~ ~ . It's Sunday morning. And eral states until relatives come seriously mestally i exercises for the person with a TODAY'S CONCEPT is k care of yourself. cotpacify, I work every In that when he arrives there ,. he after him and place him in disability are pretty similar to cated at 1075 County Road E interacting with and carday feels that he must go up and another mental hospital. other participants "except for at Lexington in Shoreview F O quite ~ some time now I've ing for individuals with the help the priest celebrate the high mass. This is not custom- In the next few years, the man same disorder...that I have but, been looking for a well bal- str'aps that can be used to keep The building is accessible an ary in Catholic churches for will be released andrehospital- obviously, for the most part anced exercise program, be- limbs in place and p i l l ~ wrolls withhthelbletroM&m of the usedtoprotectthelowerback. Fees are demm&& by fie people to do that, by the way ized again and again. Eventu- they are more seriously dis- cawe I'm well 6(audiencelaughter). After par- ally he will be determined to abled than I am. For most purticiwting in the c ider lmyseK re-

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Roberta, meet in a Bronx bar. He is a self-loathing man, in'DANNY AND THE DEEP capable of tender emotion. BLUE SEA is the equivalent He resorts to violence rather of sitting ringside for a fight. than reason. She is adivorced, A wrenching love story. A guilt-ridden young woman h y , frightening,hypnotical- haunted by the memory of an ly fascinating evening of the- incident for which she does a*. The play, by the Acade- not forgive herself. Both are my Award-winning MOON- paralyzed by fear and guilt. STRUCK screenwriter John And yet, the possibility of a Patrick Shanley, is about two meaningful relationshipbegins

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with disabilities is what I find most practical). interesting. It is a long-term action that frees us from what one of my So why haven't I done all this? I friends calls"economic subjugation" haven'tthe timeto run DRAGnetand (a.k.a. government control). It also give starting this kind of project the is a very visible way to demonstrate attention it deserves. Somebody else we are capable people with the same is going to have to step up tothe plate abilities as everyone else. Besides, and take a swing at this one. I'm sure

absence of my usual morning caf- ity or retirement. eventhoughtheorganizationdoesn't a club is the problem of mobility. feine, I began to wonder if this endorse commercial services. Getting people together for a monthassumption was correct. Now, this may come as a shock to ly meeting would be nice bat diffiyou: I'm an investor. Try not to boo I learned most of what I know about cult. It'sthe principle reason 1didn't Granted, not everyonehas the ability and hiss too loudly. You see, I'm investing fiom NAIC and other eas- join one of the Twin Cities chapters to save money. People with disabil- largely self-taught and have been ily accessible financial information ofNAIC . !t's also one ofthe reasons ities are facing the same economic activelyinvestingsince1986. Idon't resources. Back then, they weren't I founded DRAGnet - so people and political realities as everydne put away a lot, but I do invest s m e - onlinebutnow many,manyfinancial wouldn't necessarily have to leave else-except lately its been more of thing each and every month. I be- resources are available through a their homes to do something wortha nightmare. We've all read about lieve in being self-taught, even if computerandmodem. Thatmakes it while. Why wouldn't we be able how tight the federal budget is and you're going to use professionalhelp even easier. Many sources such as to have quarterly meetings in person we've heard Uncle Arnie whine in managing yo* money. Other- NAIC have a lot of free information (at a nice restaurant, of come) and about how bad it's g o i ~ gto be for wise, you have no idea when some- available directly. Many financial otherwise meet on-line through the state. Every one - es- one is sugge!sthg somethingterribly magazines now publish online edi- DRAGne? For that matter, it's peciallythoseleast qualifiedto under- unwise for your situation. It is, after tionsavailablefiommanyofthecm- possible to have a much larger group stand what social services we actual- all, your money. mercial online services. If all else participatewithoutnecessarily limitly really need - is starting fails, there's always the library. ing it to specific geography and not with us in the race to cut the most My intention isn't to turn this colhave any in-person meetings at all

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ARC RECOGNIZES IN BRIEF. . . . VOLUNTEERS AT ANNUAL CELEBRATION JOHN HOCKENBERRY - FREE LECTURE Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton presented the 1994 volunteer awards at Arc ofHennepin County's Annual Celebration held May 3 1. Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton also spoke at the event, encouragingvolunteers and community members to continue their work in support of Arc of Hemepin County and individuals with developmental disabilities.

vehicle of television to spread the word about self-advocacy and People First -Central on the Judy Corrao Show on Channel 6. In addition to all of these activities, John has volunteered at Arc of Hennepin County for over 70 hours in the past eight months.

far beyond her personal situation or needs. These qualities have impacted key policy decisions and activities which Arc of Hemepin County has pursued as an organization.

Arc of Hennepin County is a non-profit organization that provides advocacy and supDarlys Westlund is a strong port to people with develop-

The 1994 Dick Rothmund Memorial Award honoring a self-advocate who has participated fully in their community in an outstanding manner through leadership in self-ad- . vocacy or community service was awarded to John 4 Rischmiller. Arc of Hemepin County's 1994 Founders Award was presented to Darlys Westlund for her efforts in helping to improvethe lives of Jo.... ,.,....,. and Mayor Sayles-Belton people with developmental disabilities and their families. leaderwhohasdedicatedyears mental disabilities and their The Founders Award honors ofservice to strengtheningArc families. Arc of Hemepin an individual who exemplifies of Hennepin County to ensure County was founded in 1946 the vision ofthe founderswho the mission of securing for all by a small group of parents dreamed of a community in people with developmental and volunteers. This group which all people with devel- disabilities the opportunity to served as the nucleus to a ~pqggtal~disabilities would choose and realize their goals grassroots movement that ~ gi se fully included and pfoy,g@&&e and how they learn, bread acrossthe U.S. and es-

Public Radio station KNOW- is currently a correspondent plegic since the age of nin FM in the Twin Cities wel- for ABC-TV, most recently teen, when a car in which he comesformerNationalPublic with thenewsmagazine show wasridingwithatiiendcrashed Radio (NPR) correspondent Day One. BeforejoiningABC- on a rural road in PennsylvaJohnHockenbenytotheTwin TV, he spent 12 years as a nia. Moving Violations is a Cities on Thursday, July 13 general assignment reporter, vivid account of for a free public lecture at the Middle East correspondent, Hockenbeny's extraordinary Macalester College Chapel in and host of a number of NPR life and award-winning work St. Paul. The lecture will be programs, most recently Talk as a journalist -and it is also recorded and broadcast on oftheNation. DuringthePer- . a meditation on the conseKNOW'S Midday program at sian Gulf crisis in 1990-199 1, quences of being different noon on Friday, July 14 (re- he was assigned to the Middle which resonates farbeyondthe East, where he was one of the individualexperienceofa man broadcast at 9 p.m.). first Western broadcast jour- in a wheelchair. Hockenbeny will discuss his nalists to file from the Kurdish new memoir, Moving Viola- refugee camps. He spent two Moving Violatr*ons will be tions; War Zones, Wheel- years (1988- 1990) based in available forpurchase at a book chairs, and Declarations of Jerusalem during the recent signing to follow Hocken-berIndependence. A political intensive conflict ofthe Pales- ry's lecture. This event is coanalyst, journalist, and advo- tinian uprising. sponsored by Minnesota Public Radioandthe Hungry Mind cate for the rights of people with disabilities, Hockenbeny Hockenbeny has been a para- Bookstore.

I COMMUNITY INCLUSION AFTER BRAIN 1 AINJURY CONFERENCE OFFERED conference on community community. inclusion afterbrain injury will be held on Friday, August 18 The all-day conference, sponat the Holiday Inn Minneapo- sored by Courage Center, adlis West in St. Louis Park, dresses a paradigm shift to inMinnesota for social workers, terdependence and moves bepublic health nurses, teachers, yond the theory to the realities qualified rehabilitation coun- of how integration can hapselors,case managers, and oth- pen, how to better understand ers who work with clientswith the world ofthe person with a traumatic brain injury in the- brain injury, how to help indi-- -

viduals find value and meaning in a confusing new world, and how to help people with brain injury and the community come together. For more information, contact Ann Roscoe, Courage Center, (6 12)520-02 10. ~egistrations are needed by July 28.

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social and ~hysicaliarriers. committees, includha; --strate- tiod's largest volunteer orgagic planning, policy and pro- nization devoted to improving porter in government is quotgram advisory task forces of the livesofchildren and adults ed as saying "maybe we've President of People First - the National Convention, and with developmental disabiligonetoo far," maybe we ought Central, which is an organin- has recently signed onto Arc ties and their families to "retool" the ADA. tion of and for people with of ~ e n n e p i n developmental disabilities to County's 50th S E N A ~ DOLE, R THE ADA learn self-advocacy and em- Anniversary IS A WELL-CONCEIVED powerment skills. As Presi- efforts. LAW. You helped to write it. 'dent, John has had the opporIt has not caused any of the tunity to become involved in a Darlys has problems that opponents prevariety of activities including brought an imdicted. It has made a good planningthe People First Mid- portant balance start toward the achievement western Conference in of compassion of its long term goal: full parLacrosse, Wisconsin and the and insight as a ticipation in free enterprise 1995 Metro Self-Advocacy parent of a democracy by 49 million - Conferencecomingup this fall. daughter with Americans with disabilities. developmental There is one major problem. John has also expressed him- disabilitiesand The original opponents of the selfthrough performingin skits a strong sense ADA have launched a masfocusing on self-advocacy to of ethical busit sive, vicious campaign ofmisHennepin County Social ness savvy. information, fear and fallacy. Workers and atheatrical event She is able to D. about AIDS called Sa&Choic- debate hard is- Darlys Westlund and Mrryor Sayles-Belton FALLACY: ADA COSTS es. John has also used the sues and think TOO MUCH. Businesses, cit-

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Dear Charlie,

In May when I learned of the passing of Michael Erhlichmann I was disappointed to find out that the local disability community lost another warrior. When no mention was made of this in the June issue of Access Press, I wassyen more disappointed.

A t!ouple of months ago you published an article that Billy Golfus wrote about Ed Rob. ertswhen hepassedaway. Yes, Ed Roberts was a man who did many great things for the disability community. So

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was Michael. I realize that Ed's contributions were on a grander scale than Michael's; however, the contributions made by Michael were very important. Many times Michael had to endure criticism for one reason or another. His contributions, all of which a lack of knowledge prohibits me from listing, had a great impact on our lives. The one example I can think of is his insistence of trip assurance before it was a legal requirement.

ies, countieswill be bankrupted. ADA is one of the mandates that will take "up to one third of city budgets."

parts of his career. That is no reasontonotrememberagreat THE TRUTH: THE ADA man for what he did for all of HAS CAUSED NO BANKus. In a recent issue you credit RUPTCIES, no serious Mike for his efforts. Couldn't economic problems. Not one. you find room amongthe hoop- It never will. Because the Act la ofthe fifth anniversary issue specifically states that no pubto remember the accomplish- lic entity or business can be ments of a great man? Billy forced to do anything that will Golfus referred the passing of result in an undue financial Ed Roberts as the loss of a burden. It states that, when warrior. Wasn't Michael necessary, alternative servicErhlichmann an important lo- es can be delivered to citizens with disabilities in ways that cal warrior? are equitable and cost-effective. Those are good, common Sincerely, sense, free enterprise proviLisa ~ a r o n sions. I realize he was the center of many negative rumors during

THE TRUTH IS THAT NO CITY has been forced, no city could be forced, to spend anything near one-third of its budget on the ADA. How many cities have actually spent as much as two percent of their budgets on the ADA?

dice,paternalism,and economic self-indulgence and to invest in free enterprise for all?

SENATOR DOLE, it is difficult for us to believe that you would intentionally do anythingthat wouldgive the slightest support to limitations on THE TRUTH IS THAT FOR our ADA rights, our citizen22 YEARS cities have been ship and our humanity. But required by the Rehabilitation surely your statement to the Act of 1973 to effect most of Mayor's Conference could be the accessibility mandated by understood and quoted by the the ADA. It is the cities that opponents ofthe ADA as suphave not complied with the portingallegationsand actions 1973 law that are complaining which we know you do not support. We hope and trust about "abrupt" expenses. that future statements by you BUT YES, SENATOR, will clarify any doubts that THERE IS AN ECONOMIC might have been raised. The AND MORAL HORROR coming fifth anniversary celeSTORY. Obsolete discrimi- bration of the signing of the natory attitudes and environ- ADA will give ample opporments condemn 69% of work- tunity for such statements. -. ing-age Americans with disabilities to unemployment. SENATOR DOLE, we who Millions are forced to depend have disabilities thank you for on public or private welfare, youi support over the years. incarceratedin institutionsand Weneed your leadershipmore the back rooms of ghettos. than ever. We will cooperate President Bush estimated that 100% to achieve harmonious this costs our nation almost cost-effective implementation $200 billion cash every year. ofthe ADA. But we will fight Who pays? Whosuffers? Who with all of our strength any else? Every American busi- change that weakens our rights ness, city, county, tax payer as American citizens. and family, present and future. *. Senator Bob Dole , THE REAL QUESTION is Hart Senate Office Building, not "How much will ADA Room 141 cost?". It is "How much will Washington, D.C. 205 10 ADA save?". The real ques- 2021224-652 1 Voice tion for today's Americans 2021224-8952 FAX with and without disabilities 9 131295-2745Topeka is, will we as a nation have the 9131371-6108 Kansas City character to overcome preju; 3 16/263-4956 Wichita L

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