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| Personal Care Assistant Choice . . . Plus! by Dawn Talbert Between
the two of them, Jim and Claudia Carlisle have utilized personal care
assistants for over forty years. And just like everyone else using
PCAs, they have experienced it all: the good, the bad and the excellent.
Through their experiences,
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Disabling a Population by Mel Duncan UN
Secretary General Kofi Annan observed that the nature of war has drastically
changed over the past century. One hundred years ago, 90 percent of
the casualties of war were combatants. Today, over 75 percent of the
casualties are civilians. Tragically, he underestimates the victims
of the current war on Iraq . . . |
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Preventing Abuse by Carol Ely I
was recently given the opportunity, along with 40 others, to attend
a 1½ day “Train the Trainer” program about abuse prevention strategies
for women with disabilities. The participants came from around the
country and represented United Cerebral Palsy affiliates, Arc or the
American Council for the Blind.
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The Time of My Life by Derek VanderVeen Years
ago, back when I first began my recovery from the injuries I suffered
as a result of an auto accident, I learned about setting goals. Setting
goals is an art. You can’t just blindly set a goal and expect to achieve
it without a plan or a road map to help you find your way. It requires
knowing yourself—your strengths as well as your limitations.
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Tale of a TAB by Carolyn Whitson I
lost my TAB (temporarily able-bodied) status in November of last year.
I fell and managed to break my ankle in two places and tear loose a
couple of ligaments; I also managed to badly sprain my other ankle.
Surgery, hospital stay, month restricted to one floor of my house, month
in a wheelchair, and use of a walking cast, crutches and walker followed
the break. .
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Changes at Sister Kenny When
Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute celebrated its 60th
anniversary in December 2002, St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly issued a proclamation
acknowledging that the Institute is “among the nation’s leading rehabilitation
facilities, on the forefront of clinical research and technology development.”
In recent years, Sister Kenny has been the recipient of research grant
awards from the National Institutes of Health and the National Institute
for Disability Rehabilitation Research. .
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Repetitive Stress Injuries: One Worker’s Story by Amy Farrar It
was 1996, and I had just moved to Minnesota from New Jersey. I had
gotten a great job writing and editing proposals, a skill I had always
wanted to develop. I loved writing and editing, and had worked in .
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SSA Out ... Social Security In If you live in a small
Wisconsin city about 50 miles north of Milwaukee and like to play
softball, the SSA might be the Sheboygan Softball Association. If
your hobby is flying gliders, you probably would say SSA stands for
the Soaring Society of America. And if you are into earthquake studies,
SSA is the Seismological Society of America. .
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Movie Commentary by Julia Socha I
am very disheartened by how individuals with disabilities are portrayed
(or, in this case, referred to) in the movies and on television. I
believe that these references perpetuate the negative images that individuals
with disabilities have fought hard
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Emerging Artists Grants Ten
Minnesotans have been awarded $250 grants by VSA arts of MN. In its
tenth year, the program helps individuals take classes, improve their
business or marketing skills, or purchase materials to continue their
artistic efforts. Recipients are: David Almquist, St. Paul, musician;
Kofi Kofi Ekanem, St. Paul, high school artist; Tiffany H. Holmes, .
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