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Mid-Session Report
Tracking the Consortium for Citizens
with Disabilities’
legislative priorities
by Steve Larson
Last fall the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
(CCD), which includes over 100 organizations representing persons
with disabilities, worked to develop their legislative agenda for
the 2007 session. This article will highlight the status of those
legislative priorities ... read
more of the report >
Changing Technology,
Growing Needs
Assistive Technology
Bill of 2007 addresses
variety of statewide issues
by Carol Fury-Fistman
As a longtime enthusiast
and advocate for assistive technology programs and services, Anne
Henry of the Minnesota Disability Law Center remembers when duct
tape, Velcro and items from the hardware store were the main ingredients
necessary to adapt equipment ... read
more about technology >
Disability advocates
across the nation are celebrating the recent passage of the federal
Money Follows the Person legislation. “Money
Follows Person” (MFP) grants appropriated in the federal Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005 present an excellent opportunity for other states to follow Minnesota’s
leadership ... read
more about MFP >
Nursing Home Relocation
Options Too continues to promote
community living for
all Minnesotans, even with future funding uncertain
Many non-elderly Minnesotans
with disabilities live in nursing homes, even though they do not
need the 24-hour nursing care provided. In the 1999 Olmsted Decision,
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that unnecessary segregation and institutionalization
of people with disabilities is ... read
more about relocation >
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Brian Heuring shares his story
by Brian Heuring
This is about me, Brian, who, after receiving many
misdiagnoses, received the correct diagnosis of high functioning
Autism at age 18 ...
read more about brian's story >
Losing Parental Rights
In many states, a parent’s
disability can be grounds
for taking away their children
by Elizabeth Lightfoot and Traci LaLiberte
More
than two-thirds of states in the U.S. have laws that include “parental
disability” as one of their grounds
for termination of parental rights. Although recent research has found that
parents with disabilities are not more likely to maltreat their children than
parents without disabilities .. read
more about rights >
