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[Headline] ADAPT rallies one more time By David Wahlberg Lansing State Journal Protesters with disabilities wrapped up in a three-day siege of Lansing institutions Wednesday by blocking off Capitol entrances and demanding attention from Gov. John Engler. "How about we show them what it's like to be in a nursing home," said Verna Spayth of Ann Arbor, dispatching about 300 members of Denver-based American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, or ADAPT, to position their wheelchairs and walkers at noon in front of all Capitol doors. "We're ADAPT, you're trapped, get used to it," the demonstrators chanted, interspersed with "Engler, Engler cut the crap. Now it's time to face ADAPT." Engler spokesman John Truscott issued a statement saying the governor supports ADAPT's goal of funneling more Medicaid money to in-home services and reducing dependency on nursing homes. "It is obvious that your protests in Lansing have been misdirected," Truscott said. Ben Martin, a 64-year-old retired House worker visiting the Capitol to check on retirement benefits, managed to slip out the south entrance between wheelchairs. "it's kind of tough to get out, but I think they have a right to what they're doing," he said. "They've got a point of view, and they're getting screwed." By 2 p.m., police had carved a trail to the front door, allowing legislators and others to get in. Schoolchildren on tours were frightened by the protest, and some demonstrators were removed from the scene, officials said. ADAPT is targeting Michigan because Engler is a Republican leader of welfare reform, group leaders said. "He will only give enough money for one wheelchair for each person for their whole life," said Charles Johnson, 48, of Detroit. "Nobody can last a whole lifetime with one chair unless thye do stay in a nursing home." ADAPT has been active in Lansing since Monday morning, when the group took over Waldenbooks stores in Lansing Mall and Meridian Mall, pulling copies of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's "To Renew America" off of shelves. Monday afternoon, it protested at the state Republican Party headquarters, and on Tuesday about 150 group members surrounded Engler's home. [Image] [Image caption] Capitol protest: State police officers remove American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today protesters from the Capitol doorways Wednesday. Members of the group blocked entrances and exits of the Capitol following a rally. Photo by: Rod Sanford/Lansing State
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The Detroit News The Final Word Wednesday Oct. 25, 1995 [Headline] Disabled group demonstrates outside governor's mansion [Image] [Image caption] Protester Sandi Weber chants after chaining her wheelchair to the fence outside governor's residence in Lansing on Tuesday. Gov. John Engler was not at home at the time. [Subheading] Protesters get past security, several arrested By Charlie Cain Detroit News Lansing Bureau Chief Lansing--Nearly 70 protesters in wheelchairs stormed past the iron gates of the governor's state-owned mansion Tuesday and literally camped on his doorstep. Gov. John Engler and his wife, Michelle, were not at the sprawling ranch home during the four-hour protest by activists who want better home nursing care. But the couple's 11-month-old triplets and nanny were inside when protesters surprised security guards at the mansion. The baby girls, according to the Governor's Office, were in the rear of the house and undisturbed. The Governor's Office was outraged by the tactic. No one was hurt, but some shrubs and flowers were crushed. "It is pathetic and despicable to try and frighten the first family, and particularly the little girls, with these type of activities," said Enger spokesman Rusty Hills. Hills called the act "terrorism." "There were three little babies inside and these people should not be scaring them," said state GOP Chairwoman Susy Heintz, whose offices were taken over by the same group for several hours Monday. "I don't care what they think their right to expression is. Terrorist tactics are not the way to resolve things in America." [Pulled quote] "It is pathetic and despicable to try and frighten the first family, and particularly the little girls, with these type of activities." Rusty Hills Spokesman for Gov. John Engler [Subheading] Michelle Engler livid about protest Handicapped people at governor's mansion went over the line The demonstrators were assembled by a Denver-based group, ADAPT (American Disabled for Attendant Services Today), that is protesting Republican-proposed changes in the federal Medicaid program. Those changes might force people with disabilities into nursing homes and out of attendant-care situations at home. ADAPT members demonstrated on Monday by occupying state Republican headquarters for several hours, on Tuesday for about four hours by gathering on the front porch at the governor's residence and on Wednesday by blocking entrances to the state Capitol for about an hour. ADAPT spokespeople said that, even though Medicaid changes are 'before Congress, Lansing was target-led for the demonstrations because Gov, Engler, a Republican, has been a key player In advising congressional Republicans on welfare and Medicaid changes. Michelle Engler said she was advised by phone in Detroit of the disturbance soon after demonstrators pushed through the gate about noon. "It was very scary," she said Thursday. "My instinct had been to rush back to Lansing, but they said there was nothing I could do . . . They were using police talk, 'situation stabilized' and that sort of thing, but it was extremely scary to me." After the luncheon, Engler hurried --back to Lansing, and, in her words, had to sneak in the back way" in order to avoid demonstrators, who, at last, were preparing to leave under watchful eyes of plainclothes State Police and uniformed Lansing poke officers, six were issued citations for trespassing. Engler said the triplets were in the back of the house and spared direct involvement. "But they were extremely fuzzy that night, which was out of character for them," she said. "Children can sense tension and anxiety." National ADAPT officials in Denver were reported en route home from Michigan and could not be reached for comment Thursday. Michigan ADAPT' organizer Bob Liston of Ypsilanti said, "This is a nonviolent organization. We have not tart 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." Commenting on such claims, Michelle Engler said Thursday: "Even assuming the governor, this governor, had that much influence over members of Congress, how often do you think 11-month-old babies talk to them?" She also noted the Irony that her husband is on record supporting ABATE's position in the nursing home versus home-care debate.
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PHOTO: A mass of ADAPT protesters facing toward the Michigan Governor's house. Behind them you can see a part of the circular driveway and a fancy neighbor's house. In the forground you can see Doug Chastain on the far right side of the photo with orange and white stripes on his sleeve. Behind him is a row of people including Latonya Reeves in a white wrap, George Roberts with buttons all over his red cap, Erik von Schmetterling in a grey hoodie facing the camera, among others. Behind Erik is a man standing in a red coat and to his right is Joe Ehman, to his right is Diane Coleman in a blue hoodie, and to her right is Raymond ___ in white glasses. Behind the man in the red coat is David with Wittie in black. Everyone is very bundled up with hoodies, scarves, warm coats and more.
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PHOTO: A view of the crowd of protesters up by the Governor's midcentury modern house. In the forground four police officers are walking, one in a helmet, the other three with police caps, all looking grim.
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Wednesday October 25, 1995 [Headline] Group protests beside governor's mansion [Subheading] Demonstrators oppose Engler's support of changes in Medicaid By Heather Morgan and Chris Andrews Lansing State Journal More than 200 people with disabilities surrounded Gov. John Engler's home Tuesday in a demonstration that led to five arrests. At one point, a group of 75 protesters — members of Denver-based American Disabled for Attendant Programs — crossed through Engler's gate and planted themselves at his door for 4 1/2 hours. Neither Engler nor his wife, Michelle, was at the southwest Lansing home. Their triplet daughters were inside with a baby sitter when the protest started. John Truscott, Engler's spokesman, said the 11-month-old children were not disturbed by the protests. The protesters were angry with Engler's backing of Republican-planned changes to Medicaid, the government program that helps pay for health care for low-income families with children and people with disabilities. Passing the funding power from the federal government to states may force more people with disabilities into nursing homes and out of community living situations, they said. They drove home their point with chants such as, "I'd rather go to jail than die in a nursing home." Many of the demonstrators came in wheelchairs. Three locked their wheelchairs to the governor's gate with bicycle locks. One man attempting to run a pizza to those inside the gate was marched away by police. He joined two people using wheel-chairs who were arrested when fellow protesters tried to pass them over the gate. Another two protesters were arrested when they refused to leave when the main group departed at 4 p.m. Those arrested were ticketed but not taken into custody, state police Inspector Gary Post said. "We made a show, we drew some attention. I just hope the public starts to understand that nursing homes are no place to live," said Alan Haynes, 47, of Pueblo, Colo. Haynes was one of those pro-testing inside the gate. The demonstrators gained entrance to the grounds about 11:30 a.m. when the gates opened for a delivery vehicle. They filed out more than four hours later without having achieved their demand an audience with Engler. [Image] [Image caption] Medicaid protest: George Wolf of Topeka, Kan., uses a bull horn to lead a chant Tuesday at the governor's Lansing mansion during a protest by members of American Disabled for Attendant Programs. CHRIS HOLMES/Lansing State Journal. It marked the first time that pro-testers have gotten as far as a Michigan governor's porch. The 70 demonstrators slipped inside the security wall surrounding the house at about noon, when a gate was left open for a delivery truck. They reportedly banged on the front door, but no one answered. Another 125 people, most of whom also were in wheelchairs, demonstrated outside the gates for several hours in cold and drizzle as dozens of police officers watched. A half-dozen protesters were arrested on misdemeanor charges and released for a later court appearances. The group said it would converge on the governor's Capitol office at lunchtime today. The demonstrators are members of American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), a nation-al organization which is demanding that disabled people receive money to live in community settings rather than be forced into nursing homes. ADAPT co-founder Mike Auberger of Denver said the estimated 200 demonstrators, most from outside Michigan, never threatened the first family with harm. Ironically, Engler supports private home care, because "it offers better care and is less expensive. So they came to the wrong place," said press secretary John Truscott. Auberger said the governor was nonetheless targeted for protest because he hasn't used his growing national prestige to urge Congress to spend more on residential treat-ment for: the disabled. "Sure, this type of action will turn some people off, particularly Republicans," said protester Terrance Turner, 38. Turner, a former Detroiter who now lives in Denver, was shot by strangers outside Detroit's Jef-fries public housing project in 1986 and is confined to a wheelchair. [Image] [Image caption] The entrance to the governor's mansion is clogged with wheelchairs after protesters stormed a gate and tried to occupy the residence. Dale G. Young / The Detroit News "But most people haven't heard of our group, so this will help." Added Judy Savage of Chicago: "We've tried nice and what happens is that people pat you on the head and then ignore you. We're trying to say that people are suffering because of federal cutbacks." Dean Patterson, 58, who owns four Lansing apartment buildings, was among the curious who watched the standoff before its peaceful conclusion. "I sympathize with what they're protesting about," said Patterson. "But I don't agree with scaring the kids. They should keep that protest downtown. "If someone came to my house while I was away and scared my wife, I'd probably want to blow them away." Truscott, the governor's press secretary, said security has been beefed up at the governor's home and office. Asked if Tuesday's invasion will force the administration to rethink security at the home; in a quiet and upscale Lansing neighborhood, Truscott said: "Yep." Detroit News Staff Writer Kenneth Cole contributed to this report.
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PHOTO: Double doors to an office are held open by two standing ADAPT members while two lines of folks in wheelchairs enter the office. In the doorway on the left is Bobby Simpson. On the far wall of the office you can see a line of equipment, a clock and a photo of a man. The office appears to be filling up with ADAPT members. This is probably the Michigan Republican Party Headquarters.
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The Detroit News The Final Word 20c daily for home delivery; 50c outside 6-county metro area 35c Tuesday, Oct. 24, 1995 [Headline] Disabled seize state GOP offices [Subheading] Lansing protesters want more funds for home care By Mark Hornbeck Detroit News Lansing Bureau LANSING — Some 200 handicapped protesters seized the state Republican Party headquarters Monday for more than two hours and demanded to talk with Gov. John Engler and U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich about spending more federal money for home care. Members of the militant American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), many in wheel-chairs, arrived in vans at the GOP offices on Lansing's east side about 3 p.m. and crowded into the small building. Eight staffers fled through the back door, and two others were trapped inside for more than an hour until Lansing Township police arrived to escort them out. ADAPT leaders talked with aides to Engler and Gingrich. They cleared out of the building by 5:30 p.m. Lansing Township Police Chief Jeff Ashley said one woman was arrested for kicking a police officer in the thigh. She was given a personal appearance notice and was released. She was identified as Leslie Cronk of Lansing. "We weren't going to make mass arrests," Ashley said "We just waited them out." No serious injuries were reported. "They blocked the exits and made a few rude comments, but that was about it," said Lori Tomek, communications director for the state GOP, who was one of the two GOP employees trapped in the building. Bob Liston of Ypsilanti, state organizer for ADAPT, said the aim of the protest was to draw attention to the plight of the handicapped in nursing homes. ADAPT wants 20 percent of the $65 billion in Medicaid flInds redirected from nursing homes to home or community care. "Engler is helping Gingrich and (U.S. Senate Majority Leader) Bob Dole write the federal block grant legislation, so this seemed like the place to be to have impact," Liston said. Engler, a national leader on welfare reform, was in Cincinnati Monday at a National Governors Association conference. ADAPT leaders wrote him a letter requesting a meeting two weeks ago, Liston said. Engler spokesman John Truscott met with them at GOP headquarters and told them the governor would be unavailable for a meeting. "We're not going to react to these kinds of threats," Truscott said. "The irony of this is the governor supports private home care because it offers better care and is less expensive. So they came to the wrong place." Mark Johnson, a national leader of ADAPT, said he talked with Gingrich aides on the telephone from the party offices. He said the speaker's aides promised there would be a bill calling for more money for home care, but they refused to say when it would be introduced. "We'll stay in town until we get a chance to talk with Gov. Engler," said Johnson, who lives in Gingrich's U.S. House district in Georgia. Johnson said the protesters, who carried signs that said "Nursing homes kill" and "Newt Gingrich doesn't get it," were from 20 states. They reportedly were registered in nearly 140 rooms at the Radisson Hotel near the state Capitol. Earlier this year, ADAPT conducted protests in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. State GOP Chairwoman Susy Heintz, who watched the protest from her car in the parking lot, said she was concerned about files and computer equipment in the building. But a check after the protesters left turned up no apparent damage. "I don't think there was anything we could have done to satisfy them," she said. "This is an in-your-face kind of group." Earlier Monday, the protesters temporarily closed down Walden book stores at two Lansing area malls and knocked Gingrich's books off shelves. [Image] [Image caption] Protesters jam the GOP offices in Lansing on Monday. Dale G. Young /The Detroit News
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This is a photo of further inside the same office. There is a line of ADAPT folks mostly in chairs snaking through the desks and tables. The room is lit by florescent lights, there is a coke machine and a Bush poster on the wall. A doorway in the far wall shows that ADAPT has penetrated in to other rooms in the building. Thom Wilson is looking at papers on a desk but behind him a couple of women working on computers are somewhat visible. Pat ___ from Georgia has part of her head visible at the bottom of the picture; behind her Ken Heard is heading into the room with his head back, ponytail hanging down.
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State AA News 10/25/95 [Headline] Protest comes to Engler's door [Subheading] People with disabilities demonstrate at his home for 4 hours BY SHARON EMERY ANN ARBOR NEWS BUREAU LANSING — About 200 people with disabilities —many in wheelchairs — took their demands for better services to John Engler's doorstep Tuesday, protesting outside the governor's residence for four hours. Some 60 people made their way onto the property just before noon, when the gates were closed behind them by police. Verna Spayth, a state organizer from Ann Arbor who uses a wheelchair, was among those who got inside the gates. "We want the governor's attention," she said. "We want to expand assistant services." More than 100 people then lined the street in front of the residence, blocking the gates and chanting, "Just like a nursing home, you can't get out." "The idea of terrorizing the first family and the kids is pathetic," said Engler spokesman Rusty Hills. "Their actions discredit their motives." Hills called the protest illegal trespassing. One of the protesters said: "This is called free speech." Four protesters were arrested, according to Sgt. Larry Woodbury, of the Michigan State Police. The governor and Michelle Engler were out, but their 11-month-old triplet daughters were home. Wood-bury said they were never in danger. It was the second day of protests in Lansing by members of the Colorado-based American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT), which on Monday stormed Republican Party headquarters. Calling Engler a national figure on the welfare issue, they want the governor to take the lead in ensuring that money is available to provide personal assistants for disabled people. By helping with activities such as dressing, bathing and eating, attendants allow disabled people to stay out of nursing homes, group members say. They want 25 percent of the Medicaid nursing home budget to be earmarked for community-based attendant services. Protesters wanted to meet with Engler and push him to get U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich's support for the Community Attendant Services Ad, said Bob Kafka, a national organizer from Austin, Texas. Representatives from the governor's office offered to have administration officials meet with the protesters, but they insisted on seeing Engler, said Maureen McNulty, a spokeswoman for the Department of Management and Budget. [Image] [Image caption] AP PHOTO. Dennis Jackson of Topeka, Kan., demonstrates outside Gov. Engler's home in Lansing Tuesday. "The governor will not meet with this group," McNulty said. "Their pathetic and despicable actions ensured that the governor would not meet with them." Protesters left, the residence around 4 p.m., but promised to stage other events. "Groups who employ these types of tactics we won't meet with them," Truscott told a group gathered at the gate. The Engler administration offered to have Chief of Staff Sharon Rothwell or other high-level officials meet with ADAPT representatives if the group would agree to leave. The protesters refused. Only one state trooper was on the premises when the protesters Came through the gates, Truscott said. He said Capitol security was concentrated at a Michigan Militia demonstration downtown when the group began its protest. State officials will review security procedures at the residence, including the timing of the gate opening and closing, said Maureen McNulty, Department of Management and Budget spokeswoman. The protesters were breaking laws by entering the property without permission and blocking entrances and exits, McNulty said. "The governor will not be meeting with this group after this display of terrorism toward 1-year-olds," she said. Michael Auberger, an ADAPT national organizer, said if the governor is going to play in a national arena, there's a price he'll have to pay. "It shouldn't be comfortable for him to decide how people live," Auberger said. Bob Kafka, an ADAPT national organizer from Austin, Texas, said the need for care for people with disabilities is growing as technology advances. "Medical technology keeps us alive, but instead of giving us dignity, they'd keep us away-from society," Kafka said. "This is why people are willing to go to jail and are willing to stand out in the cold." On Monday, the group took over the Michigan Republican Party headquarters in Lansing. They controlled that building for two hours before retreating to prepare for Tuesday's action. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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[Headline] Lansing protests aimed at Engler, day honoring United Nations BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF AND DAWSON BELL Free Press Lansing Staff Detroit Free Press 10/25/95 LANSING --Winds of discontent blustered through the capital city Tuesday, and put city hall and the governor's home under siege. About 75 disabled people surprised security officers by storming through an open gate and gather ing on the porch of Gov. John Engler's residence at noon to demand better nursing care. About 150 more, many in wheel-chairs, lined the street outside. Neither Engler nor his wife, Michelle, were home. Their 11-month-old triplets were kept in the back of the house, according to a spokesman. About six demonstrators were arrested for trespassing and later released. Three locked their wheelchairs to a gate using bicycle locks. An Engler aide called the protesters "terrorists." The demonstration broke up peacefully at about 4 p.m. Earlier on Tuesday, about 500 pro-testers led by the Michigan Militia rallied at the state Capitol and then hoped to stop the raising of the UN flag at Lansing City Hall. [Image] [Image caption] Sandi Weber of Pittsburgh, Pa., yells at the governor's mansion in Lansing. JULIAN GONZALEZ/Detroit Free Press. The crowd denounced the United Nations as a world government plot to usurp U.S. sovereignty. It was the second year protesters gathered for the United Nations Day flag-raising, which Lansing officials have done for 15 years. To avoid a confrontation, UN Day organizers moved their program into city hall. The program had been outdoors, where a strong wind kept protest flags at attention. Several dozen police in not gear and on horseback guarded the city hall grounds. Amid loud boos, Mayor David Hollister strode to the flagpole, raised the UN flag and walked back into the building, giving a thumbs-up sign to shouts of "traitor!" "We don't want new world government," said protest organizer Tom Wayne of Galesburg. "People say look at all the great things the UN has done. Excuse me, it's the sacrifice of the American people that put the UN where it's at. Besides that, I'm tired of guys dying for the UN." The two unrelated incidents kept Lansing police busy. At the governor's residence, members of American Disabled for Attendant Disabled Programs Today (ADAPT) wanted to talk to Engler about proposed federal legislation that they said would force more disabled people into nursing homes. They want Congress to ear-mark 25 percent of Medicaid nursing home money for home care services. Leaders of the group, a national advocacy organization for home health care, had demanded a meeting with Engler. They declined an offer by Engler's office to arrange a Wednesday session with several cabinet officials. They chanted, "We'd rather go to jail than die in a nursing home," and, "We're ADAPT. You're trapped. Get used to it." ADAPT member Stephanie Thomas of Austin, Texas, said the group, which claims members from more than 30 states at Lansing protests this week, targeted Engler because he has a high national profile on welfare issues. The Denver-based organization has staged other protests in recent years, usually aimed at Congress or the nursing home industry. On Monday, ADAPT demonstrators blocked a Lansing bookstore in protest of its selling a book by U.S. house Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and then staged a "wheel-in" at the state Republican Party headquarters. One more day of demonstrations, possibly including a visit to Engler's Capitol office, are planned for today, group leaders said. Engler spokesman John Truscott told the ADAPT crowd and leaders Monday they were misdirecting their protest. He said Engler supports community and home care. But Engler's staff fumed over the incident at the governor's home. "The idea of trying to frighten the first family and first children is pathetic and despicable," said spokesman Rusty Hills. Hills, who described the demonstrators as terrorists, said Engler wouldn't meet with them. "We're not going to meet with people who illegally trespass, who chain themselves to the residence and who chant and scream," he said. At the Capitol, anti-UN demonstrators spit on, trampled, cursed and tried to burn a UN flag on the sidewalk. Organizers ordered them to snuff out the flames. Overhead an airplane flew with a sign that read, "Say No to the UN." "The United Nations global empire wants to tyrannize and oppress the entire world,' said Norm Olson, a founder of the Michigan Militia. "Leaders are out of sync with their leaders, and today is a fine example of that. [Image] [Image caption] Michigan Militia members set fire to a UN flag Tuesday in Lansing. "We have a mayor who walked back into the building giving his thumbs up, his own private little war. He's out of touch with America." Hollister said the anti-UN Day pro-test was smaller than last year's, when he and a few police were caught off guard. "I find it worrisome," he said. "The rhetoric is so angry, so exclusive. It's ideology that doesn't look at the reality of the growing international economy. Hollister said he planned to raise the UN flag himself, regardless of the protest. "I did make one concession," he said. "I wore a bulletproof vest:"
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The Oakland Press Tuesday October 24, 1995 [Image] [Image caption] The Associated Press. Protesters demand funding for services [Headline] Disabled people protest GOP center More than 200 people in wheelchairs or using crutches and canes take over the headquarters of the Michigan Republican Party for more than two hours to demand funding for in-home services. [Headline] Protesters demand service for disabled The Associated Press Lansing--More than 200 people in wheelchairs or using crutches and canes took over the headquarters of the Michigan Republican Party for more than two hours Monday to demand funding for in-home services. A party spokeswoman said the group arrived shortly after 3 p.m. EDT and began crowding into the office where about eight to 10 GOP staffers were working. Protesters left the building around 5:30 p.m. EDT. They said protests would continue through most of the week in Lansing. "They just came in and started blocked the exit. They wouldn't explain what they were doing there." said Lori Tomek. At least 100 handicapped people were inside the building during the protest. More milled around near the entrances in a noisy standoff with police. They carried signs that read "Free our people now" and "Up with personal assistance services." Organizers claimed handicapped people had come from 32 states to participate in the building take-over. Bob Kafka, an Austin, Texas, organizer of the group American Disabled for Attendant Services Programs Today, said disabled people want better care and better services now. "People who are disabled are tired of being warehoused in nursing homes," he said.