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Notice from Disability Law Center Were
you denied voluntary hospitalization because of a bed shortage?
A work group of the State Mental Health Advisory Council is investigating
the present serious shortage of inpatient psychiatric beds, particularly
in the metro area. Emergency rooms and psychiatrists are reporting
having to send people as far away as Sioux Falls or Winnipeg to access
an inpatient psychiatric bed. . . . |
Letters to the Editor According to my old dictionary, compliance is defined in this way: 1. act of complying; act of doing as another wishes; act of yielding to a request or command, 2. tendency to yield to others. How many of us, with a disability or not, are in compliance at all times? I
am a single mother of two children with disabilities (mental health
and developmental). I have had a problem with the word “compliance”
for many years, especially when dealing with the school system. ..
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The Foster Doll Project by Jeanette Wiedemeier Bower For
months, foster and adoptive parents have been collecting hundreds of
used, thrift store dolls for use in a legislative awareness campaign
called the Foster Doll Project. On Tuesday, January 28, volunteers
from a coalition of foster care and adoption . . . .
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Independence in Typing by Jeni Mundl An
adapted keyboard is any specially designed keyboard that assists in
accessing the computer. If a person is having difficulties with a standard
keyboard and the solutions within the control panel’s accessibility
options are not enough, it is worth investigating other keyboard choices..
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Accessing America by Derek Vander Veen My
disability is not that severe, at least according to my friends. Most
people have difficulty even seeing it once they have the opportunity
to pit my abilities against my disability. Still, it’s a big part of
who I am, and therefore I’m probably more conscious of others with disabilities
than most people without are. . . .
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Mister Benjamin Goes to Washington by Tim Benjamin Washington
D.C. represents the center of our democracy and it is well worth a visit,
whether you are disabled or not. Without a democratic government where
equality is primary, we would not have the opportunities to give voice
to make our capital accessible. The Mall, the grounds between the Capitol
and the Lincoln Monument, has been the scene . .
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Interim Minneapolis Central Library: How Accessible?
by Jeff Nygaard
Last
month’s Access Press reported on the new downtown Minneapolis Public
Library being planned for construction on the site of the 1961 building
that is currently being torn down. Until that building is completed
in 2005 or 2006, the Central Library will be housed in the old Federal
Reserve Building at 250 Marquette Avenue, known as Marquette Plaza.
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General Assistance Medical Care Threatened by Sue Abderholden The
legislature, in an effort to balance the budget, will most likely be
cutting or eliminating General Assistance (GA) and General Assistance
Medical Care (GAMC). This would greatly hurt people with disabilities,
particularly people with mental illness.General Assistance is a state-funded
program that provides a cash grant for living expenses for adults who
are not eligible for Social Security Insurance (SSI) or Social Security
Disability Insurance (SSDI)—though they may have applied or are appealing—but
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UCPM’s Stationary Bike Race United
Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota (UCPM) will partner with Now Bikes &
Fitness and Kurt Manufacturing to present the 7th annual Great Minnesota
Stationary Bike Race on March 15, 2003. The event will take place at
the Merriam Park Recreation Center in St. Paul. . .
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