My goal is to bring awareness to the challenges faced by disabled adults in this country. Our silence has gone on long enough.
Josiah!
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Not being a big fan myself, the one thing I do love about basketball is that it's a warm sport in cold weather. This story warms my heart, just as the world seems frozen on the edge of a new year.
Found this while I was trolling online:) Thought it might be useful; even if you already know everything, a refresher couldn't hurt--and some of it's surprising, like "get another caregiver in case your care giver gets sick"--that was a new one on me! https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MIDHHS/2020/03/13/file_attachments/1401015/Accessible%20-%20Quick%20Sheet%20for%20Older%20Adults%203-13-2020.pdf
Lovelies, I'm spreading the word about this as far as I can. Sharing it in as many places as I can. And I will be calling my senator. Can you believe this? I just had a horrible thought. If states are no longer required to provide care for the Disabled, who will?! Are we talking Federally funded institutions? Privatized?! What? It is beyond comprehension. And I've seen the shadows of this mentality within my own community. Mostly among the older generation who belong to a time when the Disabled had no option but to stay indoors, either kept in an attic room of their family home, or relegated to a State hospital, chained to a bed. Better not seen and not heard, right? How did we get all the way back to this almost antebellum bs in the United States? Here's a little background on the court ruling referenced in the reel below: " The “Olmstead Act” (AKA the Olmstead Decision) refers to the Olmstead v. L.C. Supreme Court decision, which mandates that people with di...
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