Columns
Editor's Column
by Tim Benjamin
This month we are beginning
a series of articles on upcoming changes in the Personal
Care Attendant (PCA) Program administered by the State of Minnesota’s
Department of Human Services (DHS). The disability community will
be impacted by these changes in many ways, but hopefully, none of
these changes will impact safety and quality of care ... read
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Home Access Answers
Accessible Parks
Provide Spring Time Fun
by Jane Hampton, CID, Access Specialist
Dear Jane,
Now that spring has arrived,
my family is anxious to go and search out new parks. Since one of
our children has a disability, we are looking for parks that have
accessible play areas ... read
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Living Independently
Be Creative Using
Transportation Services
by Lisa Schmidtke
I recently served on a Senior
Issues Task Force for the city of Eden Prairie whose purpose was
to provide the City council with an update of a 1996 report that
identified the impact of changing demographics of the senior population.
We highlighted two major issues confronting the city at this time
and one of them was transportation ... read
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