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Why Does Discrimination
Still Exist?
Sixth, seventh, and eighth
grade students in Minneapolis are encouraged to enter the 2008
Martin Luther King Essay Contest ... read
more about the contest >
This Month’s Issue
Sponsor
Minnesota State Council on Disability
The Minnesota State Council
on Disabilities (MSCOD) has been serving Minnesota since 1973;
it is one of five minority councils that serve the residents of
Minnesota. Minnesota statutes charge the council with giving attention
to the needs of persons who have a disability ... read
more about MSCOD
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Quick Determination
The waiting lines for
social security disability benefits are about to get shorter.
The Commissioner of Social Security announced last month that
Social Security will extend the quick disability determination
(QDD) process to all states ...
read more about benefits >
Bring Back Unions
for PCAs
by Rick Cardenas
I found last month’s
article “Is Unionization of PCAs the Answer?” very
interesting and thought provoking. However ...
read more about unionization >
More Concerns
by David Hancox
I was pleased to see the reprint
of the letter from NCIL (National Council for Independent Living)
Executive Director John Lan-caster and Board Chair Kelly Buckland
in your September edition of Access Press ... read
more about pcas and unions >
by Chuck Campbell
Sprinting toward the end
zone, muscles straining for that last ounce of speed, deftly juking
around a defender before blasting triumphantly across the goal
line to score ... read
more about rugby >
Where’s the Job?
by Jeffrey A. Nurick
My name is Jeffrey Nurick
and I have Cerebral Palsy. As a member of the larger disability
community, I consider it an honor to speak to you today. I graduated
4th in my high school class, received my Bachelors degree with
a 3.3 GPA, was inducted into the National Social Science Honor
Society ...
read more about jobs >
Ending Poverty by
2020
by Carly Walden and Kelly Schroepfer
In 2006 the Minnesota
Legislature created the Legislative Commission to End Poverty
in Minnesota by 2020. The committee, made up of nine members
from the Senate and nine members from the House of Representatives,
and co-chaired by Rep. Carlos Mariani and Senator John Marty ... read
more about poverty >
