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-> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 2:05 PM
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-> Subject: ADAPT Challenges NGA
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->
-> ***** PRESS RELEASE *****
->
-> For Immediate Release
-> August 5, 1999
->
-> For Information: Michelle Steiger
-> ADAPT of St. Louis
-> 314/822-3285 or 314/241-9500
->
-> Bob Kafka
-> National ADAPT
-> 314/241-9500
->
-> Subject: ADAPT, Challenges National Governors Association to Support
-> "Most Integrated Setting" requirement in the ADA.
->
-> INTEGRATION and REAL CHOICE
->
-> Hundreds of disabled activists from throughout the United States will be
-> demonstrating at the National Governors Association, NGA
-> conference being
-> held at the Adams Mark Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, August 7th - 10th.
-> There will be a "March" to the Old Court House starting a 9pm on August
-> 7th and a rally/press opportunity at the Old Court House at 9:30pm, 4th
-> and Market Street.
->
-> ADAPT, a national grassroots disability rights group is challenging the
-> NGA to support the most integrated setting requirement in the Americans
-> with Disabilities Act, ADA and to work with ADAPT to implement
-> the recent
-> Supreme Court ruling in "Olmstead v. LC & EW". ADAPT also wants the NGA
-> to support national legislation, MiCASSA that would change the
-> institutional bias of the current Medicaid long term care
-> delivery system.
->
-> In Olmstead v. LC & EW, the Supreme Court for the first time in history,
-> ruled states must follow the ADA's integration requirement when they
-> deliver ongoing long term community services and supports. The Court
-> stated, "unjustified placement or retention of persons in institutions,
-> severely limiting their exposure to the outside community, constitutes a
-> form of discrimination.
->
-> The NGA had filed a amicus brief IN OPPOSITION to the most integrated
-> setting requirement in the ADA putting every Governor against the
-> disability community's position that all individuals with disabilities
-> should have the right to choose where they live and receive support
-> services in the most integrated setting.
->
-> Michelle Steiger, ADAPT organizer from St. Louis stated, "People with
-> disabilities, young or old wants an equal opportunity to live in the
-> community. We demand integration and real choices. The NGA has taken a
-> position that would have taken away our civil rights. We are saying
-> `DON'T TREAD ON THE ADA'".
->
-> ADAPT is planning three days of protests which will begin with the rally
-> at the Old Court House on 4th and Market.
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->
-> FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT Please visit our website at
-> http://www.adapt.org/
->
-> For direct inquiries regarding this press release please use the contact
-> information at the beginning of this message or Email
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-> NATIONAL ADAPT MAILING LIST - Adapt MiCASA List of Adapt Organizers.
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