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PHOTO: A mass of protesters in coats, hats, ear muffs, jackets, wait in a park area.
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Washington Post Nov 12, 1997 [Headline] 64 Arrested in White House Protest for Disabled Sixty-four people, most of them in wheelchairs, were arrested yesterday afternoon after chaining themselves to the White House fence during a demonstration to promote legislation for the disabled, U.S. Park Police said. The protesters--members of Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today—were arrested about 3:20 p.m. and were charged with demonstrating without a permit, Sgt. Michael Russo said. They were booked on the scene and released. The charge carries a maximum penalty of $500 and six months in jail. The nationwide group is pushing for a bill, Medicaid Community Attendant Service Act, which would allow eligible disabled people to hire attendants to provide care at home or in a setting such as a school, workplace or church. The legislation was introduced in June by House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). About 350 disabled people staged a sit-in Monday at the Rayburn Office Building, demanding that a hearing date be set for the bill. After 3 1/2 hours, the-chief of staff for Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.) agreed to arrange a hearing to take testimony by the end of March. Bilirakis is the chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on health and environment.
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[Headline] Victories from Fall 1997 ADAPT Action in Washington DC ADAPT's DC trip was very successful. Among other things we were able to get: * Congressman Bilirakis, Chair of the Health and Environment subcommittee, to commit to hold hearings on HR 2020, MiCASA before March 31st 1998, * the Congressional Budget Office to re-look at the numbers and assumptions on which they made their initial cost estimates for MiCASA, *major aging, disability and long term care groups to meet regarding plans to work together for passage of HR 2020. We also learned the bill is being discussed all over the hill among the House and Senate as well as government officials and advocacy groups (both for and against us). The Voice of the Retarded (the pro institution parent group) is hard at work against the bill, as is the American Health Care Association, AHCA, the nursing home lobby. [Image] Clipart of protesters holding signs that read "HR 2020" and "Free Our People!"
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development The Secretary Washington, D. C. 20410-0001 November 12, 1997 Note to: Ms. Cassie James, ADAPT From: Jackie Dycke, Director of Scheduling [initialed JD] RE: Meeting Request Thank you for submitting your request to meet with Secretary Cuomo. I will call you by the end of the week to discuss setting up a meeting with your organization. If you have any questions, I can be reached at (202) 708-1238.
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November 11, 1997 THE WASHINGTON POST The District and the Region [Headline] Disabled Hold Protest on Capitol Hill [Subheading] Hearing Sought on Bill To Aid Home Care By Cheryl W. Thompson Washington Post Staff Writer More than 350 disabled people from across the country staged a sit-in yesterday at the Rayburn House Office Building, demanding that a hearing date be set for a bill that could mean the difference between the ability to live at home or being forced into an institution or nursing home. The.demonstrators, members of Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, lined the corridors and crammed into the office of Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-Fla.). The protesters vowed to stay until the representative agreed to schedule a hearing on the legislation that was introduced in June by House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). Bilirakis is the chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on health and environment. "We've been waiting too long to get a hearing," said protester Bob Kafka, of Austin. We've written letters and called. The people here are angry, and we want a date set before we leave here." Bilirseakis was out of town yesterday, but his chief of staff agreed, after the protesters waited 3 1/2 hours, to set up a hearing to take testimony on the matter no later than the end of March. [Image] [Image caption] BY RAY LUSTIG-THE WASHINGTON POST. Some of the 350 protesters with the group Americans Disabled for Attendant Programs Today conduct a sit-in in the halls of the Raybum House Office Building in support of a bill to help them hire attendants to enable them to stay in their homes. [text continues] "I think they believed we listened to them," said Pattie DeLoatche, Bilirakis's chief of staff. "I'm just glad it was done in a way that wasn't disruptive." The bill, the Medicaid Community Attendant Services Act, HR 2020, would allow disabled people who qualify to hire attendants to provide care for them at home or in a community-based setting such as a school, workplace or church. "We definitely need more money for home- and community-based services," said Lori Barnard, of Topeka, Kan, who works as an independent-living counselor. "It's such a minor thing they're asking for—to be in their home." Tiffany Nash, who traveled from Atlanta, said the legislation is important to disabled people who want to live as normal a life as possible. "I prefer living in my own home and being able to take care for myself with a little assistance rather than someone doing it totally for me," said Nash. Brenda Eldridge agreed. "I have a certain level of independence, and it doesn't come cheaply in this society," said Eldridge, of Warnego, Kan "A lot of people are single and are going to stay single, and they need to be able to live on their own." The protesters said the legislation is also crucial to their long-term survival. "We feel people live longer if they have their freedom rather than living in nursing homes," said Rick Jackson, of Columbus, Ohio, who uses a wheelchair and whose wife has muscular dystrophy. We just want a choice. I don't want to be forced into a nursing home, but people are being forced into nursing homes because they can't get adequate care at home."
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PHOTO: Cassie James looking sideways with pursed lips, she is in a leather jacket leaning over the side and back of her power chair. She is in the midst of other wheelchairs of which you can see parts. She is holding near the ground a bed pan that has written in the pan part "Our homes not nursing homes. Get rid of 232 and enforce Sect. 504"
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PHOTO: A solid mass of protesters in coats and wool hats and other cold weather garb face a fence. There is a couple of women and a man standing but most people are seated in their wheelchairs. Everyone is looking intently in the same direction.