[Headline] Disabled activists block off building

5/2/91

Washington (AP)- Disabled activists, including more than 100 in wheelchairs, blocked entrances to the headquarters of the Health and Human Services Department on Wednesday to protest policies that they said favor nursing homes over home care.

Some of the protesters discarded their wheelchairs and crutches and tried to get past a police line securing the building. Some crawled under parked police cars and tried to squeeze past the legs of officers. There were no arrests.

The group American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today, or ADAPT, wants the Medicaid program to redirect $5.5 billion to be spent on community-based attendant service programs.

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