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Social Security Answers
Get Going on Your Disability
Application
by Rhonda Whitenack and Jim
Czechowicz
If you or someone you know
recently became disabled and have been thinking about applying
for Social Security disability benefits, there’s something
you can do to get the process off to a good start ... read
more about applications >
Giving Each Person A VOICE
Minnesota Region 10 revolutionizes quality assurance in services for people
with disabilities
by Karen M. Larson
Services for people
with developmental disabilities often leave a lot of room for improvement.
Yet when the idea of “quality
assurance” is mentioned, most people glaze over: same old bureaucratic
red tape with no effect on services. That’s why VOICE ... read
more about voice
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Art Opens Life’s
Doors
Upstream Arts helps students find their voice
by Bree Sieplinga
Sarah is a student in the
Special Education classroom of Lake Harriet Middle School. At this
time last year, she was unwilling to engage with other students or
join in group activities. “English
is her second language. She has Down syndrome, and is unable
to communicate verbally ... read
more about art >
Commentary
Receiving the Torch
New recruit learns old techniques
at ADAPT’s
organizer training in Chicago
by Galen Smith
This summer I joined ten other
young disabled activists in Chicago to learn how we could carry on
the traditions of ADAPT ...
read more about
training >
This Month’s Issue Sponsor
Axis Healthcare
Axis Healthcare is a disability
care coordination organization created by Sister Kenny and Courage
Center to prevent the disastrous experiences and outcomes people
with disabilities have had in the healthcare system ... read
more about axis >
Who’s That
Waiter?
UCP hosts celebrity waiters dinner
by Michael Cohn
United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota
hosted its fourth annual Celebrity Waiters’ Dinner on Friday,
November 9th at the St. Paul Hotel. Eighteen celebrities from the
Twin Cities community waited tables and entertained guests to help
UCPMN raise money ... read
more about the dinner >
Universal Design
Living in Style
by Kevin Bjorklund
In the spring of 1966 my life
as I then knew it ended, and a new style of living began. I was riding
with my two older brothers on one of the family tractors. During
the ride, I somehow slipped through my brothers hands and fell beside
the large rear wheel. Before the tractor could be stopped, it had
rolled over the side of my head, fracturing my skull ...
read
more about living >
The ‘Time is Ripe’for
Transit Change
by Carly Walden, MSCOD Intern
Improving Minnesota transit
was the agenda at a forum last month sponsored by two key disability
organizations. On November 7, 2007, the Minnesota State Council on
Disability (MSCOD) partnered with Pathways to Employment (PTE) to
present a forum entitled, “The Long
Road to Work: A Transportation & Employment Dialogue.” ... read
more about transit >
Drawing New Conclusions
When arms failed, Seattle artist began painting by mouth to build a successful
career
by Nancy Sopkowiak
“This was surely to be the biggest adventure I would ever
embark upon.”
That’s how Seattle artist
Brom Wikstrom remembers feeling when, at age 21, he lost use of his
arms and legs. In the thirty years since that accident, he has found
ways for his art to continue poring out, transforming both his life
and that of others in the process ... read
more about this artist >
2007 Year in Review
History happens in small steps. Sometimes we need to
take stock of these changes so that we appreciate how far we’ve
come—and how far we
still need to go ... read
more about 2007 >
Commentary
Present, Unaccounted For
Hidden disabilities call for as much empathy as those easily apparent
by Charles Pizar, Home News Tribune
Published only in Access Press print edition.
Open Letter from Pain Central
by LA Reed
Goodness gracious. What am I going to do about this
body. Ouch! It hurts!! ... read
more about pain central >
Support Measured in Degrees
Metropolitan State Disabilities Services helps students achieve higher-ed goals
by Harvey Meyer
On a scale of one to 10, Eve Nichols figures the United
States is about at five when it comes to furnishing persons with
disabilities all they need to equally compete with the able-bodied
... read more about
metro state >
Malasian Hospitality
UN tour features superb access
by Clarence Schadegg
Next time you’re
in New York City and looking for a great accessible tour, check
out the UN (and NOT the Empire State Building).
My wife and I got a one-on-one
tour of the United Nations last month. I expected a quick half hour
tour, but it lasted an hour ... read
more about the tour >
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