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[Headline] Disabled Protesters Disrupt Capitol [Subheading] 114 Arrested After Bailing Out of Wheelchairs, Blocking Halls by Liz Spayd Washington Post Staff Writer More than 200 chanting protesters in Wheelchairs swarmed into the U.S. Capitol yesterday, throwing themselves on the floor and blocking hallways to demand federal programs that would allow the disabled to live on their own. Several of the demonstrators chained their wheelchairs together and spread sleeping bags across the tiled ‘Corridors, saying they were prepared to camp out until congressional leaders agreed to address their concerns. Capitol Police closed off parts of the Capitol and, with the assistance of physicians and of translators for the hearing-impaired, arrested 114 protesters. "Anyone's allowed in the building. But they were [lying] in the hallways and chanting," said Sgt. Dan R, Nichols. “They were asked to leave several times, and when they refused, we arrested them.” The group is in Washington for three days of demonstrations to urge changes in federal policies that would allow greater numbers of disabled people to live independently instead of in nursing homes. Specifically; the activists are asking that 25 percent of Medicaid funds spent on nursing homes be shifted to in-home care programs. "We have no intention of stopping until we get what we want," said Terrance Turner, a Detroit resident who was among the protesters. "If it's not today, then tomorrow. If not tomorrow, then the next day." Shouting, "Down with nursing homes," and, “Free our people," the demonstrators formed a human blockade around the double-doors leading into the office of House Majority Whip David E. Bonior (D-Mich.) for more than two hours. Bonior’s press secretary, John Schelble, said the congressman was at a doctor's appointment when the demonstrators made their surprise visit and didn't return until after they had left. Bonior was targeted, in part, because of his leadership position in the House, but also because his office is on the first floor and therefore more accessible to the disabled. Earlier in the day, the activists met with Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala, who told them long-term care for the disabled is a key component of the Clinton administration's health care proposals. "The secretary is very sensitive to their concerns," said Avis LaVelle, spokeswoman for Shalala’s office. “Much of what they're asking for is being addressed by the health care task force." Using civil disobedience to make their point, the organizers of yesterday's protest, members of a group called ADAPT, have been advocating rights for disabled people since the late 1970s. Their first protest was in Denver, when 19 activists illegally detained a public bus that was inaccessible to people in wheelchairs. Since then, ADAPT—which stands for American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today—has become an increasingly militant group. It uses wheelchairs to barricade buildings, and members crawl across dirty streets to dramatize the helplessness of people in nursing homes. One of ADAPT's favorite targets is the American Health Care Association, a Washington-based trade group that represents 11,000 nursing homes nationwide. But making nursing homes the villain is unfair, association spokeswoman Clauda Askew said. Nursing homes, she said, have been wrongly portrayed as malicious institutions that hold people against their will and deny them basic human freedoms. "No one is forced to live in a nursing home,” Askew said. “What ADAPT is advocating is taking funds away from nursing home residents. They're robbing Peter to pay Paul, and that's not the answer." Members of ADAPT exchange power salutes as Capitol Police arrest them during a protest outside a congressional office
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SF CHRONICLES 5-11-93 [Headline] Disabled Militants Protest at Capitol To Live on Their Own Washington More than 200 chanting protesters in wheelchairs swarmed into the U.S. Capitol yesterday, throwing themselves on the floor and blocking hallways to demand federal programs that would help disabled people live on their own. Several of the demonstrators chained their wheelchairs together and spread sleeping bags across the tiled corridors, saying they were prepared to camp out until congressional leaders agreed to address their concerns. Capitol police closed off portions of the Capitol and - with the assistance of physicians and interpreters for the hearing-impaired — arrested 114 protesters. The group was in Washington for three days of demonstrations to urge changes in federal policies that would enable greater numbers of disabled people to live independently instead of in care homes. Specifically, they are asking that 25 percent of Medicaid funds spent on nursing homes be shifted to in-home care ‘programs.
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Photo: by Tom Olin? In a somewhat dim hotel ballroom with chandaleers, a short woman in a red shirtdress (HHS Secretary Donna Shalala) stands facing a large crowd of people, most of whom are in wheelchairs. She holds a mic and some papers in one hand and reaches out with the other to shake hands with a woman in a wheelchair [Carla Laws] with a cap and shorts and a white sleveless t-shirt. Carla reaches forward to shake with a brace on her hand. Beside Carla is a man in a wheelchair [Lee Sanders] in a blue t-shirt and tan pants, wearing a beret, a choker and facepaint. On Shalala's other side someone sitting on the floor is holding a poster about disability. Shalala is not much taller standing than Lee and Carla (both tall people) sitting in their motorized wheelchairs.
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Photo by Tom Olin: Three police officers in white shirts with badges and patches on them and dark hats with badges on the front lift Frank McCoy. Frank is reclined, lying in their hands and looking to one side. They seem to be lifting him out of his wheelchair. Two other officers look on from the side. Everyone has gentle concerned looks on their faces. They are in some kind of room with a curtain against one wall, partially obscured by folding tables set on their sides. In the bottom right corner of the photo, you can see just the face of someone sitting on the ground behind one of the officers.
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[Headline] ADAPT MEETS WITH CLINTON Thirty national disability rights groups, among them ADAPT, met with President Clinton on Tuesday, July 27 to discuss Clinton's agenda on disability issues. Clinton and the disability groups agreed the three main issues at this point are ADA, Health Care and Personal Assistance Services. The President confirmed his strong commitment to enforcement of the ADA and opposition to weakening of the law, something that has been rumored to be in the wings. He also affirmed his commitment to including people with disabilities in health care reform. Mike Auberger, national organizer for ADAPT, presented the piece on personal assistance services. Auberger outlined the concern of ADAPT, and the disability community generally, with the current promotion of a states rights approach to community based services. Right now our nation warehouses over two and a half million people with disabilities in nursing homes and other institutions at a national cost of approximately $140 Billion each year. Over half our states have chosen not to provide attendant services at any real level, while all have significant nursing home programs. A national attendant services program MUST: (1) be mandated, and (2) have minimum standards below which a state cannot fall. Challenging the President to stop the warehousing of people with disabilities in these institutions, Auberger said "you have the ability, and hopefully the desire. ADAPT challenges you to free people." Though the meeting was scheduled for 20 minutes, it went on for an hour. Clinton began the meeting with a relay call to Senator Harkin’s brother (who is deaf) in honor of Monday's deadline for a national relay service. As Auberger left the White House he thought of the irony that ten years ago he and other ADAPT members had lain in that very street (Pennsylvania Ave.) blocking buses with their bodies for the right to ride. Protests got ADAPT into this meeting and clearly protest will bring us victory.
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The Washington Times LOCAL ROUND UP TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1993 [Headline] Disabled demonstrators arrested at Capitol More than 100 disabled demonstrators were arrested yesterday in the second day of their protest at the Capitol to gain more federal dollars for in-home health care. A total of 114 demonstrators were charged with unlawful entry and demonstrating in the Capitol — both misdemeanors, said Capitol Police spokesman Sgt. Dan Nichols. Most would be issued citations for later court appearances in D.C. Superior Court, he said. About 500 protesters began what was scheduled to be the three-day demonstration Sunday. Rally organizer Mike Auberger said the group wanted federal funds shifted from nursing homes to in-home care, which is less expensive.
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Photo: Looking down on two police officers standing in the dark with some ADAPT protesters. They appear to be outside a building with a white column on one side. The ADAPT folks are sitting in their chairs and on the steps of the building, but they are barely visable in the darkness. The floor appears to be marble. This may be the Russell House office building or some similar building.
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Photo by Tom Olin: Black and white photo. A row of people sitting at one side of a table. Closest to the camera is a man, Rick James, in a wheelchair with a scruffy beard, an ADAPT shirt and a black mountain man felt hat with political buttons on it. He has a very intense expression on his face, not happy. He has a small bag hanging around his neck. Beside him is HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, a small woman in a suit dress with short dark hair and buckle type earrings. She is holding some papers and a pair of reading glasses in front of her and has a thoughtful experssion on her face. On her other side is a woman in a wheelchair (Lupe Vasquez?) also with short dark hair and she is wearing glasses. She too looks thoughtful. On her other side, mostly obscured is a man in a suit and beside him is another person in a wheelchair.
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[Headline] SHALALA RESPONDS TO ADAPT: A States’ Rights Approach By Bob Kafka At ADAPT’s May 10th meeting in D.C. with Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, she committed to respond to the five ADAPT demands within 30 days She kept that promise with a letter dated June 10th. However, the Secretary’s response was disappointing! ADAPT's Demands 1) Create a National Attendant Services Program; 2) Redirect Medicaid nursing home funds for a National Attendant Services Program; 3) Appoint a HHS liaison to ADAPT; 4) Include ADAPT in all future Clinton Administrations discussions on Long Term Care; 5) Hold 10 Regional Forums, coordinated with ADAPT, on Attendant Services. Shalala meets with ADAPT in DC Photo by Tom Olin
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Photo by Gary Bosworth: This is a close up of an ADAPT protester in a denim jacket with black ADAPT armband. The person is pressed up against the fence and reaching through holding a one foot by 9 inch white cross. There are a couple of other crosses like this sticking in the lawn on the other side of the fence Clipped from a newsletter it has the title "NEWS" and a caption: ADAPT protester plants cross on White House lawn.
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Photo by Tom Olin: A man in a white polo shirt and dark glasses stands at a microphone reading from some papers in his hand. Behind him you can see a blurred crowd facing him.
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June 1993 TASH Newsletter Page 5 [Headline] Doin’ it in D.C. [Subheading] Memorial Rally and March to the White House On May 9, members and supporters of the disability community met in front of the U.S. Capitol to hold a memorial celebration for Wade Blank, founder of ADAPT. Wade, along with his son Lincoln, drowned while vacationing in Mexico in February. He was a man with many dreams and visions Justin Dart, chairman of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, afirms, paying tribute to the cause for which he stood: - personal assistance services that will liberate all who are imprisoned in institutions and back rooms - equal access to transportation, public facilities, communications, housing, health care, education, employment and every aspect of society for all people with disabilities - full implementation of ADA Speaking before the gathering of demonstrators, Dart said, “What is inappropriate is millions of human beings living with less dignity than we accord our pet dogs and cats. What is inappropriate is American citizens imprisoned without due process of law.” Advocates from across the country marched and wheeled their way up Pennsylvania Avenue and positioned themselves along the iron fence in~front of the north lawn, where they placed white crosses on the lawn symbolizing the deaths of thousands of people from substandard and poor nursing home care. The rally also served to send a strong message to the Clinton Administration to acknowledge the rights of persons with disabilities in its upcoming health care revisions, focusing on the concept that a fourth of the $23 billion that Medicaid budgets for nursing homes could be targeted for programs that would enable them to live at home in their own communities. Michael Auberger, co-founder of ADAPT and national organizer for the demonstration, supports the pro-active stance associated with Wade Blank’s leadership: “People with disabilities gained power by acting, by laying aside social etiquette and taking action in their self interest; they gained power by taking. To that end, ADAPT planned legal protests and civil disobedience to make their point — the demand for a national attendant services program. Clip art picture of the White House.
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Rocky Mountain News, Mon. May 10, 1993 [Headline] Disabled seek in-home care Hundreds of disabled Americans rallied near the Capitol on Sunday to launch a three-day lobbying drive to shift federal dollars from nursing homes to in-home care. "For every dollar we spend in nursing home care, we can provide services for two people in the community," rally organizer Mike Auberger said. "Our homes, not nursing homes," said a placard attached to Sharon Sutow's wheelchair as speakers denounced requiring many elderly persons to be confinced to nursing homes if they are to get affordable health care. ADAPT, a Denver-based group that organized the lobbying drive, wants $5.5 billion in Medicaid funds for in-home care for the elderly and disabled.
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This is the final section of the "D.C. Action" which began on Image 799. Please refer back to 799 for the full text.
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Photo by Tom Olin: Justin Dart sits speaking into a microphone. A thin older man in an old-fashioned E&J type manual wheelchair. he wears a gray felt cowboy hat, reading glasses, and a dark suit and red tie. He is in profile, mouth open as he speaks. Beside him, kneeling down, is his wife and partner, Yoshiko Dart, and behind them is an out-of-focus crowd.