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[Headline] ADAPT: Demonstrators continue protests Jon Allen, a spokesman for Romer-Sensky, confirmed that the director had agreed to meet Tuesday afternoon. By that time, however, police vans were on their way. "At that point it became a law enforcement issue, not an agency policy matter," Allen said. Allen said Romer-Sensky is still willing to meet with ADAPT members. The demonstrators pleaded with the officers not to make arrests because a meeting had been planned. But the officer in charge told them he had received orders to clear the building entrance and arrest those who didn't leave. "We were negotiating in good faith, and then the (officer) took it in his own hands and said there wasn't going to be a meeting," said Mark Mankins, a protester from Riverside in the Miami Valley. Those arrested were taken to the R-Reynoldsburg Ohio State Fairgrounds, cited with criminal trespassing and released a few hours later. Scott Milburn, Taft's press secretary, said the protesters have had a standing offer to meet with state officials since last Friday. Milburn said the state is considering billing ADAPT for damages during the demonstrations. Those include two broken doors, a carpet in Taft's office and security costs. The protesters still want to meet with Taft and with the House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, R-Reynoldsburg. [pulled quote] "We were negotiating in good faith, and then the (officer) took it in his own hands and said there wasn't going to be a meeting." --Mark Mankins A protester form Riverside [text resumes] They want David-hearings on proposed legislation that would allow use of Medicaid money for home care rather than requiring the disabled to live in nursing homes. Milburn said the demonstrations have now put any possible meeting between Taft and ADAPT on the "back burner." Nearly 90 percent of Medicaid long-term care dollars are spent on nursing homes, with the rest being spent on home-based care, ADAPT officials said. Despite a past bias towards institutional care, Ohio has been pursuing development of home- and community-based care for disabled people, Milburn said. Bob Kafka, a national ADAPT organizer, said that by blocking access to the Rhodes Tower, members were declaring that the building was a "nursing home" for a. day. "So they can feel for one day what people in nursing homes and institutions feel every day," he said. Kafka said the group has used similar tactics in other cities. The protesters are likely to target another state building today. - ADAPT (1144)
Republican National Committee Thomas J. Joseflak Counsel November 2,1998 To the Leadership of ADAPT: I have been authorized to state that the leadership of ADAPT will be given the opportunity to address the Platform Committee of the Republican National Convention in the year 2000. I have also been authorized to commit to a meeting with the ADAPT leadership and Chairman Nicholson on Thursday, December 3, 1998. At that meeting you may address any other convention related questions that you may have. Included in the meeting agenda will be a discussion addressing the full convention and the position paper we have discussed. Please contact me at (202) 863-8638 to set up a time to meet with Chairman Nicholson. Sincerely, [signed] Tom Josefiak [typed] Tom Josefiak [image] [image caption] ADAPT Day Leader Steve Verriden reads victory letter from Republican Party Headquarters. Photo by Carolyn Long • Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Center • 310 First Street Southeast • Washington, D.C. 20003 • (202) 863-8638 • FAX: (202) 863-8654 • http://www.rnc.org • TDD: (202) 863-8728 * page 8 * - ADAPT (1536)
[state flag] MISSISSIPPI: Approximately 87% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. 51st in community fiscal effort for persons with developmental disabilities. 47th in overall spending on community services for people with disabilities. 17th in per capita spending on nursing homes. 46th in spending for Medicaid waivers. Currently has an Olmstead lawsuit filed against the State for not complying with the Supreme Ct decision. [state flag] NEVADA: Approximately 67% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. Lowest spending per capita on all community services. 32nd in community spending for persons with developmental disabilities. 49th in spending on Medicaid waivers. [state flag] LOUISIANA: Approximately 81% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. Ranked 51st in the country in Medicaid community spending. 39th in Medicaid waiver spending. 4th highest spending per capita for ICF-MR facilities for people with developmental disabilities. [state flag] TENNESSEE: Ranked 48th on Home Cave per capita spending. 39th in Medicaid community spending. 39th in spending for persons with developmental disabilities. 46th in spending for people with physical disabilities. 45th in spending on Medicaid waivers. Since Tennessee provides some long term care services under a man-aged care model it is not possible to get a true ratio of institutional versus community spending. [state flag] ILLINOIS: Approximately 80% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. 46th per capita spending in community spending. 46th in community spending for people with developmental disabilities. 47th in overall community spending. 41st in spending on Medicaid waivers. [state flag] GEORGIA: Approximately 79% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. 48th in fiscal effort for all community services. 36th in spending for people with developmental disabilities. 47th in spending on Medicaid waivers. [state flag] ALABAMA: Approximately 77% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. 46th in fiscal effort for all community services. 42nd in spending for people with developmental disabilities. 37th in spending for Medicaid waivers. [state flag] NEW JERSEY: Approximately 76% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. 7th highest spending per capita on nursing homes. 46th in spending on community services. 50th in community fiscal effort for persons with developmental disabilities. 33rd in spending on Medicaid waivers. [state flag] FLORIDA: Approximately 74% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. 43rd in per capita spending for community services. 31st in spending for persons with developmental dis-abilities. 40th in spending for Medicaid waivers. [state flag] WASHINGTON DC: Approximate 90% of long term care spending goes for nursing homes and other institutions. 2nd highest spending per capita on nursing homes. The highest per capita spending on ICF-MR facilities. 4th in per capita spending on Home Health. 11th in total capita spending on community services. - ADAPT (1558)
It's in the P-I Seattle Post-Intelligencer THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004 Too many disabled people, he said, are "warehoused" in nursing homes and institutions, despite a court ruling five years ago that the disabled had a right to community-based care. 'We think our long-term care system is broken," Kafka said. "In almost every state, there's very little being done by the governors to implement (the ruling). They're, in fact, cutting Medicaid and community services. In most states, there are very long waiting lists." If it comes to arrests this weekend, ADAPT members will cooperate with the authorities, Kafka said. 'We are not violent. We are non-destructive," Kafka said. 'We have nothing against the police." Still, the city had better be ready. Many of the protesters need skilled care to use toilets or maintain their catheters; some can eat only through tubes; and some breathe through ventilators. The labor unions and student groups are limiting their demonstrations to Saturday. The Federation of State Employees is calling on the NGA to work with it, spokesman Tim Welch said. In addition, "we're protesting what we view in bad fiscal times what we think are wrongheaded budget priorities . . . like still granting billions in corporate tax breaks and then still cutting vital public services." The group has arranged for 200 "peacekeepers" in orange vests to ensure things stay calm as they march from Westlake Center past the Westin and back, starting at 1:30 p.m. 'We will not have any what we will term 'civil disobedience,' " Welch said. About 200 members of various Western Washington student groups plan to join the unions, after gathering at Seattle Central Community College Saturday at noon. Organized in part by a student activist group from South Puget Sound Community College, the group plans to march to Westlake to join the union marchers. "What our purpose is is just for our voices to be heard," said Arielle Woolis-Pink, a 20-year-old prelaw student at South Puget Sound Community College. 'We don't oppose the NGA, but we would like them to include other interests — not just corporate interests." Like the union leaders, the students plan to keep their demonstrators out of trouble with the police. They're planning a parade, with a marching band and a couple of small floats — one of a "giant corporate swine." "We're trying to stay positive and say yes, this is what we want, as opposed to no, this is what we don't want," Woolis-Pink said. "It's a perfect venue for our frustration, I think, because it seems as though in this regime, that's happening in our country. The people's voices are being included less and less, and we're not going to stand for that." - ADAPT (833)
[Headline] ADAPT's good cause deserves calm debate There is a tremendous difference between getting attention and getting results. Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, or ADAPT, received plenty of attention last week. Whether that attention translates to results will depend in large part on whether the group focuses in the future more on its message than on its manner. ADAPT's message is that this nation's health care system is skewed too heavily toward nursing home care. It argues that many people with disabilities who could live independently at home are forced into nursing homes because home health care isn't adequately funded. It specifically asks that 25% of the nation's Medic-aid money be funneled into home health care instead of nursing homes. ADAPT's basic premise is sound. While its demand for a particular figure of 25% of Medicaid money is debatable, there is little debate that a new focus on in-home-care, not just for people with disabilities but for many other people who have long-term illnesses, would stretch health care dollars and increase quality of life. But last week, ADAPT's manner over-shadowed its message. ADAPT brought its crusade to Nash-vile last week because the American Health Care Association, a lobbying group for the nursing home industry, was holding a convention at the Opryland Hotel. On Sunday, an ADAPT demonstration blocked the entrance to the Opryland Hotel for nearly two hours. On Monday, ADAPT members lined the halls of the state Capitol, demanding to meet with Gov. Ned McWherter, who was in Germany. [Subheading] Group should make its pitch to government! On Tuesday, when a meeting between ADAPT and AHCA didn't come off as scheduled, ADAPT members attempted to storm Opryland Hotel. Ninety-seven of them were arrested for trespassing. The real pity is that ADAPT can and should be making a serious contribution to this nation's health care debate. Per-aps its members sincerely believed that the only way they could draw attention to their cause was through protest. But even then, they were protesting to the wrong people. AHCA and ADAPT are both advocacy groups. ADAPT shouldn't be taking its case to AIWA. It should be making its pitch to Congress, the Clinton administration and state legislatures. But in order for ADAPT to achieve results, government officials need to view . ADAPT as a serious, responsible advocacy group. ADAPT's cause is too just, too necessary, and too immediate to be lost in a confusing shouting match. People can hear ADAPT's message much more clearly when its members talk, not shout. - ADAPT (1226)
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Saturday, January 30, 1999 [Headline] 40 disabled pr testers disrupt state office [Subheading] Noisy group removed from building housing attorney general; cops hand out 9 summonses By John Ingot News Staff Writer About 40 disabled protesters disrupted a quiet Friday at the office of Attorney General Ken Salazar. The nearly three-hour sit-in ended when Denver police officers removed the shouting protesters from Salazar's office, 1525 Sherman St., and issued summonses. "I thought it would be the usual --- a little photo op and getting their name in the paper," police Sgt. Rich Mahony said. "But I guess it doesn't work that way anymore." Members of ADAPT, a national group representing people with disabilities, began protesting in the reception area of the attorney general's office around 11:30 am. ADAPT was upset with Colorado's support of a Georgia law, which the group said would violate the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act. The law, under review by the U.S. Supreme Court, would allow the state to place people with disabilities in institutions in-stead of community programs. Former Gov. Roy Romer and 20 other governors had issued a court brief supporting the Georgia law. Denver police arrived about 1 p.m. After telling protesters that they could either leave or be are rested, police began removing them from the office. Police issued nine summonses for disturbing the peace and obstruction of a governmental process. Both charges are misdeameanors and carry fines. None of the protesters was taken to jail. "We're going to tell some folks that it's not a good idea to go to jail on a Friday because you might not get out until Monday, said Joe Ehrnan, an ADAPT organizer. Organizers said Owens asked Salazar's office to look into the issue. Ken Lane, spokesman for the attorney general, said he-lad no idea protesters would show up on Friday. He was not happy with the way ADAPT handled the issue. "We offered to meet with ADAPT officials," Lane said. "In fact, WC offered a meeting with Ken Salazar next week, and they refused." But ADAPT members don't plan to leave until they get what they want. "Ultimately, it means we've got to come back," said Michael Auberger, the national organizer for the group. - ADAPT (916)
[The top left corner features the seal of the Department of Health and Human Services, USA] [Header] The Secretary of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C. 20201 May 17, 1995 Note to: Participants, May 17 Meeting on Home and Community Based Services From: Donna E. Shalala (typed and signed) Secretary Thank you for joining me this morning to discuss home and community based supports. I found our discussion helpful and believe we clarified the many areas in which we are in agreement and issues on which we need to work more closely. Per our discussion, I have issued a statement supporting the principles of home and community care and consumer choice and self-determination. A copy of that statement is attached. I look forward to our continuing dialogue. - ADAPT (820)
PHOTO: People are packed in facing a doorway inside the Capitol with their back to the camera. A man [Verlon McKay] has a poster on the back of his chair that reads "Move $$ to Community Services." Back by the door is a camera person filming. Two police officers stand in the doorway talking. Verlon and the person next to him have their fists raised and all the others show with their posture their intense interest in the doorway. Erik von Schmetterling is sitting to Verlon's right and is signing a chant in ASL [Erik is deaf as well as a wheelchair user.] - ADAPT (1143)
Democratic National Committee Steve Grossman, National Chair Governor Roy Romer, General Chair November 2, 1998 Representatives of the DNC, including the Executive Director, will meet with representatives from ADAPT. This meeting will take place at a mutually agreeable time but no later than November 30, 1998. The meeting will include but is not necessarily limited to: Development of a position paper that recognizes the current institution bias in the long-term care system and that home and community services must be the first priority in long-term care funding. The DNC supports service in the most integrated setting. The DNC will work to develop, promote and pass legislation in the 106th Congress that will allow people with disabilities, regardless of age, or diagnosis (and family members as appropriate) to choose and control where and how long-term services and supports are delivered. This legislation must include financial incentives and sufficient funding so that no eligible individual shall be denied their choice of home and community services. The meeting agenda will also include ADAPTs inclusion in addressing the Convention and ra-ADAPTs inclusion on Platform deliberations. Sincerely, [signed] Janet V. Green [typed] Janet V. Green Executive Director [Image] [Image caption] ADAPT surrounds Democratic Party Headquarters. Photo by Bill Shumaker Democratic Party Headquarters • 430 South Capitol Street, S.E. • Washington, D.C. 20003 • 202-863-8000 • FAX 202-863-8174 Paid for by the Democratic National Committee. Contributions to the Democratic National Committee are not tax deductible. * page 10 * - ADAPT (972)
A A News 10/27/95 [Headline] Protest outrages Michelle Engler FROM the Associated Press LANSING --- First Lady Michelle Engler says her support for free speech and the right to assemble gave way to fear and outrage when handicapped protesters demonstrated outside the governor's residence. "It was frightening. I felt totally helpless," she said Thursday of the protest two days earlier. "And I am still outraged and appalled by these tactics." Neither Gov. John Engler nor his wife was home when about 200 pro-testers gathered outside the governor's residence. But a nanny was there with the Englers' 11-month-old triplet daughters when nearly 70 of the protesters pushed through the outside gate and mussed on the front porch, shouting and chanting slogans and briefly pounding on the doors and windows. Six were cited for trespassing. "When they called me and told me what was happening, I was terrified...frightened," said Michelle Engler, who at the time was in Detroit, attending a luncheon where she was honored for her promotion of breast cancer awareness. "All I could think about was my 11-month-old babies." Michelle Engler, an attorney, described herself as "an avid advocate" of First Amendment rights of free speech and peaceably assembly. But Tuesday's demonstration was "over the line" she said. "It they want to picket, they should stay outside the gate. They can picket me, they can picket him," she said, referring to the governor. "But just stay away from my family." [Pulled quote] "It was frightening. I felt totally helpless." — Michelle Engler [article continues] The demonstration was organized by American Disabled for Atm:, tendant Programs Today, a Denver-based group that opposes Republican-backed changes in the federal Medicaid program. Those changes might deny home care for disabled persons and force them into nursing homes. The Medicaid changes are pending in Congress. But ADAPT officials said demonstrations were held in Lansing because of Republicans Gov. Eaglet's high-profile role in advising GOP lawmakers on welfare and Medicaid changes. The triplets were in the back of the house and were not directly exposed to the protesters. But Michelle Engler said they had sensed: the tension and anxiety. Michigan ADAPT organizer Bob Liston of Ypsilanti: "This is a nonviolent organization. We have not hurt anyone and do not intend to hurt anyone. But if Gov. Engler is going to get into national politics, he has to answer to folks nationally. We were doing what we felt was necessary to call attention to this critical issue." - ADAPT (967)
[Headline] Wheelchair protesters [Subheading] Activists with disabilities travel so they can stay home Yvonne Duffy The 300 or so members of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) who stormed Gov. John Engler's residence and blocked entrances to the state Capitol in Lansing last week have dispersed, perhaps leaving in their wake more questions than answers. Who are these Wheelchair "terrorists," as administration officials called them, who demonstrate against government leaders and the health care industry to seek less Medicare spending for nursing homes and more money for in-home care? They are dedicated men and women, most with significant disabilities, who spend their own money to travel from all over the country to participate in ADAPT "actions." Some cut their protest teeth back in the 1960s. Others have come more recently to the disability movement, and are new to the idea that they may be able to influence their destiny. Many are former nursing home residents who have experienced firsthand the mind-numbing isolation, indifferent care (at best), and lack of freedom that inevitably accompany institutionalization. The woman who screamed from the governor's driveway, "Let (lawmakers) lie all night in their own (waste)" probably is a former nursing home resident. She understands all too well that once one undergoes such degradation, one is changed forever. The World Institute on Disability defines personal assistance services as "assistance of another with those tasks which individuals would normally do for themselves if they did not have a disability." ADAPT maintains that adequate personal assistance services and other support could enable one of every 10 nursing home residents to live in his or her own home, resulting in a better quality of life and reduced cost to taxpayers. [Image] [Image caption] Wayne Becker of Austin, Texas, and Hector Racine of Brandon, Vt., were among protesters at governor's house. File photo by Julian H. Gonzalez/Detroit Free Press. Why did ADAPT choose to turn the national spotlight on Michigan? As Republicans attempt to return more government power to the states, members of the Denver-based organization seek federal legislation that would unify the hodgepodge of services now administered by states. Since Engler is perceived as an influential force in a national welfare reform, ADAPT wants to educate him on the need to include community-based personal assistance services in the final package. Engler also is regarded as a close associate of House Speaker Net Gingrich, who was targeted by ADAPT last May. Gingrich has verbally endorsed the idea of national legislation governing personal assistance services. Yet he has not introduced in the House ADAPT's proposed Community-based Attendant Services Act (the measure's acronym, CASA, means "home" in Spanish). That bill, if passed, would make these services a reality. ADAPT members believe people with disabilities are the real experts on what they need. An essential feature of the CASA bill is consumer control, based on need rather than age or specific disability. This approach to independent living contrasts sharply with the medical model now used by most states to determine eligibility. To finance the proposed program, ADAPT calls for redirecting 25 percent of the current Medicare allocation for nursing homes. The proportion now earmarked for in-home assistance is less than five percent. The need is crucial: A 1992 Families USA study reported that 64 percent of Americans who needed personal assistance services could not get them. In Chicago last year, personal assistants struck for a day to protest their low wages and lack of benefits, stranding the employers who relied on them to get out of bed. Hiring honest, responsible people to provide personal assistance, for little more than the minimum wage and without health care or retirement benefits, is fast becoming next to impossible. In a healthy economy such as ours, these essential jobs are among the first to go unfilled, as demand for workers opens up higher-paying positions. What drives ADAPT members to undergo financial expense and personal hardship as they demonstrate around the country year after year, to try to focus attention on an issue about which few Americans care? They keep on because they are acutely aware--often from personal experience--of what most other people with disabilities can scarcely bear to acknowledge, because the specter is so horrifying. Each of us who must depend on personal assistance services to live is but a heartbeat away from a nursing home. Yvonne Duffy writes the "Disabled in America" column for the Free Press