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"We sympathize with your plight here," Golden told ADAPT members. Anderson said he hopes to learn more about the organization and its goals. "The first step of the education is learning," Anderson said, adding that he sympathized with the group. "By the grace of God she isn't out there," Anderson said after the meeting with ADAPT. Becky Anderson suffered severe head injuries in the wreck. She has since recovered but suffers from some lasting brain damage. Auberger said ADAPT made a name for itself during the trip to Nashville. "I'd say it has been very successful," he said. "When the public starts understanding issues, change comes." Auberger also said Nashvillians are more understanding of the disabled and who they are. "I think people of Nashville have a better perception of people with disabilities. They'll no longer think of us as helpless or pitiful." The meeting with the country artists was a "postive way" to end ADAPT's trip to Nashville, Auberger said. "We got some assurances from them that they're really interested in learning more," he said. "Our next stop will be Las Vegas, when AHCA has its next national convention." [Subheading] No room for pity Members of ADAPT do not mind if their protest tactics offend. Their newsletter is named Incitement, and many wear T-shirts bearing a defiantly anti-pity slogan. "Our strategy flies in the face of the stereotype that disabled people are helpless, dependent and pitiful. In fact, we are strong, determined and powerful," says Diane Coleman, leader of Tennessee's ADAPT chapter. - ADAPT (970)
The Detroit News AND Free Press Metro .. Sunday, October 29, 1995 [Headline] Engler staff lapse led to security breach of governor's home GEORGE WEEKS Gov. John Engler and First Lady Michelle Engler are rightly outraged at misguided demonstrators who pounded on doors and windows of their home while they were gone and their triplet daughters were in the kitchen with their nanny. The Englers are also understandably concerned about the rare and baffling security lapse that allowed wheelchair-bound demonstrators to scoot through an open gate on a driveway leading to the official governor's residence in the fashionable Moors River Drive section of Lansing. Make no mistake, an elite state police detail provides excellent around-the-clock security for the first family. When Engler travels, it is with well-trained plain-clothes troopers who know what to do and do it well. They are hard to spot, but they are there, and well armed. There is 24-hour security at the residence, assisted by a variety of electronic devices connected to monitors that guard outposts. An intruder would be foolhardy to try to scale walls or rush the residence day or night. Yet, in broad daylight on Tuesday, about 70 demonstrators, many in wheelchairs, were able to get to the front porch of the residence after the gate opened for a delivery. There should have been sufficient warning. The Denver-based ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today) declared in advance by press releases that they were coming to Lansing to protest planned GOP changes in the federal Medicaid program. There were about 200 demonstrators, most from outside Michigan. They had 150 rooms at the Radisson Hotel, two blocks from the Capitol. On Monday, they seized the GOP state headquarters for several hours, taking over the switchboard and blocking some staffers in their offices. They demanded to see Engler, who ironically supports their call for more funds for more care. They said they targeted Engler because "He's a high profile potential v-p"; he has the ear of House Speaker Newt Gingrich; and he frequently lobbies Congress on welfare and health care issues. Engler declined to meet with them, but Communications Director John Truscott did meet with them and outlined Engler's position in writing. Law enforcement authorities knew that ADAPT planned to demonstrate Wednesday at the Capitol where Michigan Militia demonstrators planned on Tuesday to protest against the UN. Extra security personnel were at the Capitol on Tuesday. Truscott said, "We had no idea they would hit the residence." But on Tuesday, although they did not announce it in advance, the handicapped demonstrators assembled at a park near the residence. They carefully watched the comings and goings at the residence before they made their move. Apparently they were not watched with sufficient care. Once they began going through the gate, security personnel were reluctant to swing the gate shut for fear of injuring some of them. The massive swinging gate, with black iron bars, takes about 10 seconds to close. Truscott said "It was a slow gate and they had very fast chairs. They came flying." Although 11-month-old Margaret, Hannah, and Madelene did not hear the protesters, Truscott said they were "so rattled" by all the security and other activity within the residence that they had a sleepless night. All of Michigan should feel violated because protesters, no matter how just their cause or how difficult their lives, were able to storm right up to Michigan's front porch. The way to agitate for funds for home care is not to attack someone else's home. It remains to be seen if they awakened interest in home care or caused a backlash. But by breaching the security ring around the governor's residence they delivered a wake-up call. Truscott said "Clearly, we'll take a very serious look" at security arrangements. For starters, there will be a gate that closes faster. Furthermore, when the gate is open, there will be more security personnel to thwart a rush on the residence. - ADAPT (1560)