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[Headline] Michelle Engler livid about protest [Subheading] Handicapped people at governor's mansion went over the line BY HUGH MCDIARMID Free Press Staff Writer She'd had two days to cool off, but on" Thursday, Michigan's first lady, Michelle Engler, was still furious. "It was frightening. I felt totally helpless," she said. "And I am still outraged and appalled by these the tactics." She was referring to Tuesday's raucous, surprise, midday demonstrations by more than 200 handicappers --most of them from out of state — at the governor's residence in Lansing. Neither Michelle nor Gov. John Engler was at home. But their triplet daughters, whose first birthday comes in 18 days, were there being cared for by a nanny. Sixty-seven protesters, many in wheelchairs, pushed through the outside gate and massed on the front porch, periodically shouting and chanting slogans and, for a tune, pounding on the doors and windows. The others demonstrated on the street and curb out front. "These people were banging on doors and windows . terrorizing innocent people inside," said Michelle Engler, who, at the time, was attending a Cobo Hall luncheon in Detroit she was honored for her work on breast-cancer awareness. "When they called me and told me what was happening, I was terrified...frightened. All I could think about was my 11-month-old babies." Engler, a 36-year-old attorney, described herself as "an avid advocate" of the First Amendment, including free speech and the right to peaceably assemble, but she said Tuesday's demonstration was "over the line." "If 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." See ENGLER, Page Six (unavailable at this time) [This page also continues the article from Image 952. See 952 for full text] - ADAPT (1459)
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The Tuesday meeting, however, never materialized and angry ADAPT members stormed the hotel in protest. The 97 members who were arrested were charged with criminal trespassing. They are to appear in court at the Metropolitan Davidson County Detention Facility on Harding Place today. Opryland Hotel officials, trying to avoid further violent protests, contacted ADAPT leaders Wednesday morning "to see if there wasn't any way to do something that was more positive than what happened Tuesday night," ADAPT co-founder Bob Audberger said. Tom Adkinson, an Opryland spokesman, said the meeting was called "to accommodate" the ADAPT protesters. "We really have tried to be accommodating all week," he said. "We want to create a good event rather than anything else. I think the staging of this event is a positive sign." Protest organizers say they were not displeased that the association chose Nashville for this year's gathering. Tennessee is home to four of the nation's largest nursing home chains, and the state provides in-home health care service for only about 400 people. [Subheading] A question of freedom ADAPT says many disabled people leave Tennessee for states with more in-home services. Their only other choice: Join the 33,000 patients in Tennessee nursing homes. LaTonya Reeves, who is blind and has cerebral palsy, says she left her family and home in Memphis for Denver so she can live independently. An attendant visits her apartment every day. "I miss my family, but I don't miss worrying about losing my freedom," Reeves says. I'd rather die than go to a nursing home. At Wednesday's rally at the hotel where the 350 ADAPT members stayed during their Nashville visit, protesters passed around a microphone to tell of their triumphs. They described how they faked injuries to distract police while their friends barged into the hotel. Some said their abandoned their wheelchairs and proudly crawled toward the association's meeting room. It was the 22nd arrest for Coleman, a diminutive woman of 39 who suffers from a degenerative muscle disease. She makes no apologies for her organization's brashness. "We fought for years to change things through normal channels without success," she says. "Older people and disabled people should not be stuck away in warehouses to die. This is a civil rights issue, and it's time to take it to the streets." - ADAPT (818)
PHOTO: A police officer stands in a doorway of the Capitol with his arm across the doorway and a stern look on his face. Under his arm you can see the back of someone in a wheelchair with a sign on their back. In front of him are two other protesters in wheelchairs; one has a poster that reads "Security, Safety, Choice, Quality, My Home" and below that is a bed pan. The other protester is leaning his head back to look at the policeman and he has on a helmet. - ADAPT (987)
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The Augusta Chronicle, Thurs. November 7, 1996 Advocacy group members arrested ATLANTA - Police arrested 109 members of an advocacy group for the disabled Wednesday for trespassing at a hotel where a nursing home conference was under way. It was the second time this week that members of Americans with Disabilities for Attendant Programs Today were arrested in Atlanta on criminal trespass charges. About 250 protesters blocked the entrance of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, where the American Health Care Association, which lobbies for nursing and care homes, was holding a conference. The group has held a series of protests this week in Atlanta, where it is holding its annual convention through Thursday. The group wants the government to redirect federal money to help provide in-home care for people with disabilities instead of forcing them into nursing homes. — Compiled by Jennifer Miller - ADAPT (994)
In a room with white walls devoid of pictures and with a couple of large plants, a group of five police officers sit on a couch and two chairs around a coffee table. Two of the officers are using their radios. The others are sitting, semi-relaxed. - ADAPT (915)
PHOTO: A crowd of ADAPT folks are gathered in a greenery filled parking area. In front of them, blocking them in, is a line of police cars. Mike Oxford is visible behind the police cars looking toward the group. Sever other people are standing around in the parking area, It looks like another angle of the picture ADAPT 909. - ADAPT (776)
A runner approaches me with a message: “They’re looking for some people to help block traffic at the intersection. Do you want to get arrested?” I had thought not, but my feelings have changed. I can’t stand another minute with the sarcastic cops at my post; and I feel so energized by what’s been happening all week, that I don’t want to miss any part of the experience. With ADAPT, part of the experience is going to jail. It’s by no means the total experience, and I’ve never felt pressured to be arrested to prove my commitment. But suddenly l feel ready, willing, and able. I join the line growing across the street. Traffic has already been diverted, so we’re not causing much of a tie-up. Nevertheless, a few officers arrive, and ask us nicely to go back onto the sidewalk. One by one, we refuse. By now, the police have rehearsed this routine pretty thoroughly. With resigned efficiency, they take us to the waiting vans, where drivers load us on the lifts and tie down our chairs according to Califomia’s strict guidelines. We are taken to Pier 38, down on the waterfront. There, we are herded into two large holding pens. Then, one at a time, we are called up, processed, asked for identification, and issued a citation. After that we are each released. The whole process is excruciatingly thorough, time-consuming, and rather dull. But the officers involved in the entire arrest and booking procedure are courteous and respectful. They offer explanations, and even occasional compliments. A few commend us for our commitment and offer words of support for our cause. Later than evening, everyone collects in our hotel conference room for the final events of the week. Business taken care of, the ADAPTers now go all out in a celebration of ourselves, not just as a movement, but as a community. There is a wedding, a very moving ceremony, officiated by the Reverend Wade Blank, as two long-time members of ADAPT declare their love and ask the support of their brothers and sisters. And the group does give its support—enthusiastically, emotionally, loudly! ITve never heard so much cheering at a wedding before. The fact that the betrothed are two men doesn’t seem to bother anybody. A gay wedding is perfectly consistent with ADAPT’s principles of equality, inclusiveness, and individual liberty. The evening, and the week, ends with a minicultural festival. ADAPT members share their poetry, music, humor, and visions of the future. The star performers are Johnny Creschendo and Barbara Lysicki, two activists from London, England. They have been with us all week; Barbara’s comedy routines and Johnny’s songs and poems therefore resonate all the more deeply with the experience and goals of the audience. Though we’re all exhausted, we join in singing Johnny’s lyrics: I don ’t want your benefit We want dignity from where we sit We want choices and rights in our lives I don 't want you to speak for me Just listen and then you'll see We ’ve got choices and rights in our lives Choices and rights, that ’s What we ’ve got to fight for- Choices and rights in our lives! ” If you'd like to join ADAPT for fun and freedom in Washington, D.C this May, just call Mike Auberger at (303) 733-9324 Photo caption: At the Federal Center - ADAPT (1562)
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Working with the Governors and with consumers and advocacy groups, we have made a number of key regulatory changes over the past two years that demonstrate our strong views about offering incentives for states to expand community based care. Despite grave threats of erosion of the fundamental structure of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, we continue to pursue ways to encourage this movement. The Department of Health and Human Services is also pursuing an ambitious research and demonstration agenda to find imaginative, new ways to maximize consumer choice and self determination. Many of the elements of this research agenda will have the immediate result of helping many people receive the supports they need. We will, for example, look at new ways to help consumers hire, train and manage their attendants, at alternative providers, and experiment with offering consumers cash instead of services. I take great pride in being part of an Administration that promotes these basic principles. am pleased that we have made so much headway in moving toward their realization, although I recognize that we still have much work to do. I continue to appreciate the opportunity to work with the disability community as WC work toward our common goals.