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tamar
a message dated 3/31/00 1:06:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, Tamar40 writes:
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> INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS
> Chronicling the struggle toward full community inclusion,
self-determination
> and recognition of rights of people with developmental and other
disabilities.
>
>
> http://www.inclusiondaily.com
>
> Today is Friday, March 31, 2000.
>
> QUOTE OF THE DAY:
> "I'm the hero of my own life...And if I can help one woman to respect and
> value herself, then I will have done some good, and I will feel proud."
> --"Evelyn", a woman who uses a wheelchair, who is using a new Israeli law
to
> sue a man she claims sexually harassed and assaulted her (See fifth story
> below)
>
> -----
>
> INSTITUTIONS:
> ***OPPOSITION LOSES GROUND IN WESTERN CENTER CLOSURE (PENNSYLVANIA)***
> Summary: "This court does not have jurisdiction over whether Western
Center
> should remain open," Washington County Judge Thomas D. Gladden told
attorneys
> representing the parents of the institution's residents, during a brief
> hearing yesterday.
>
> The parent group had filed a petition asking the judge to review the
status
> of 40 of the 63 remaining "patients", claiming that people living in the
> community have a much higher risk of death and abuse than in the
institution.
> They also had claimed that transferring the residents out of the center
> without due process violated their rights as guardians.
>
> An attorney for the Department of Public Welfare said court hearings are
> unnecessary because the residents are being released, not transferred.
>
> In 1998, the state decided to close Western Center and move all of its 380
> residents into homes in the community. The parents have recently filed
> several petitions in five different counties hoping for a review before the
> closure, which is scheduled to take place on June 30.
>
> Here are two related articles:
> "JUDGE RULES AGAINST WESTERN CENTER PARENTS"--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
> http://www.tribunereview.com/news/rcen0331.html
> "JUDGE WON'T HEAR WESTERN CENTER PARENTS' PETITION"--Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette:
>
> http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000331western6.asp
>
> ---
>
> EMPLOYMENT:
> ***GETTING DISABLED BACK ON JOB (ARIZONA)***
> Summary: Yesterday, Social Security Deputy Commissioner Susan Daniels
> outlined the provisions of the new Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
> Improvement Act to a group of 200 officials and advocates in Phoenix. The
> federal law, which Congress passed in November, gives states the freedom to
> change their own regulations to allow recipients to buy into Medicaid if
they
> earn too much money for benefits.
>
> Daniels, who has polio and uses a motorized scooter, told the audience
that
> even though the country is experiencing near record low unemployment rates,
> only one person out of five hundred receiving disability benefits becomes
> employed. She commented that people with disabilities represent a large,
> untapped labor pool.
>
> Each state legislature must decide whether or not to modify their own
> Medicaid laws to reflect the new federal options. Most states, including
> Arizona, have not adopted the changes, fearing that it would cost taxpayers
> too much.
>
> More details are available from today's Arizona Republic:
> http://www.azcentral.com/news/0331disabled.shtml
>
> ---
>
> SELF-DETERMINATION:
> ***DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH WINDS DOWN***
> Summary: March was celebrated in many areas as Disabilities Awareness
Month.
> Here are two articles about festivities that were held last night in two
> different parts of the United States, honoring the contributions of people
> with disabilities:
>
> "MERCY CENTER HONORS MENTALLY RETARDED" (PENNSYLVANIA)--Pittsburgh Tribune-
> Review: http://www.tribunereview.com/news/pmercy0331.html
> "DISABILITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS CONTRIBUTIONS RECOGNIZED" (SOUTH CAROLINA)--
> Beaufort Gazette
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/localnews/story/0,1458,148237,
> 00.html
>
> ---
>
> EDUCATION/SELF-DETERMINATION:
> ***KIDS ARE SEALED IN HER MEMORY (CALIFORNIA)***
> Summary: "You have to have a good memory when your hands don't work very
> well," says Tracy Stearn, a 27-year-old volunteer at Emblem Elementary
School
> in Saugus, California.
>
> Tracy, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, has volunteered in an
> after-school program for the last 2 1/2 years, where she helps keep things
> running smoothly for the students and the teachers.
>
> "I just like helping the children," explains Tracy, who is currently
working
> toward a degree in child development at a nearby college.
>
> Here's a feature on Tracy from Thursday's Los Angeles Times:
> http://www.latimes.com/editions/valley/20000330/t000029953.html
>
> ---
>
> SELF-DETERMINATION/CRIME:
> ***LEGAL REVENGE (ISRAEL)***
> Summary: A 28-year-old woman who has muscular dystrophy is suing a man she
> claims sexually harassed and assaulted her, under a 1998 Israeli law that
> allows victims of certain crimes to seek compensation from their
perpetrators.
> The case is being regarded as the first of its kind in the country.
>
> "Even though I have been crippled for many years, that was the first time
> that I realized how helpless I really am," explains Evelyn (not her real
name)
> of the attack she claims took place in December of 1998.
>
> "I realized that anyone could do anything to me. Anything!"
>
> But, with the help of friends, Evelyn has turned things around, and is
going
> after her attacker.
>
> "No one has the right to use anyone the way he used me," she told the
> Jerusalem Post. "I want Shimon (not his real name) and all men to
understand
> that he can't do this to me or to any other woman."
>
> The entire story is available from the Jerusalem Post:
> http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/03/30/Features/Features.4819.html
>
> ---
>
> CRIME:
> ***JUDGE RULES ACCUSED PERPETRATOR INCOMPETENT (WISCONSIN)***
> Summary: In a Waukesha courtroom yesterday, Circuit Judge Donald Hassin
Jr.
> declared that Jeremy Russ, who had been accused of sexually assaulting two
> women in 1996, would never be able to understand legal proceedings against
> him and would not be able to participate meaningfully in his own defense.
> Hassin subsequently dismissed the sentence.
>
> Two years ago, Russ pleaded "no contest" to the crime and was sentenced to
> 15 years in prison. But last month, Hassin agreed with Russ' attorneys that
> the man, who is deaf and has a developmental disability, was not mentally
> competent to enter the plea.
>
> Because he is still considered a threat to the community at large, county
> officials are likely to seek a court order to have Russ committed to a
locked
> residential facility under civil protective custody laws.
>
> ------
>
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> INCLUSION DAILY EXPRESS
>
>
> Chronicling the struggle toward full community inclusion,
> self-determination and recognition of rights of people with developmental
> and
> other disabilities.
>
> <A HREF="HTTP://www.inclusiondaily.com">http://www.inclusiondaily.com</A>
> Today is Friday, March 31, 2000.
>
> <STRONG>QUOTE OF THE DAY:
> "I'm the hero of my own life...And if I can help one woman to respect and
> value herself, then I will have done some good, and I will feel proud." </
> STRONG>
> --"Evelyn", a woman who uses a wheelchair, who is using a new Israeli
> law to sue a man she claims sexually harassed and assaulted her (See fifth
> story below)
> -----
> <STRONG>INSTITUTIONS:
> ***OPPOSITION LOSES GROUND IN WESTERN CENTER CLOSURE (PENNSYLVANIA)***</
> STRONG>
> Summary: "This court does not have jurisdiction over whether Western
Center
> should remain open," Washington County Judge Thomas D. Gladden told
> attorneys representing the parents of the institution's residents, during a
> brief hearing yesterday.
> The parent group had filed a petition asking the judge to review the status
> of 40 of the 63 remaining "patients", claiming that people living in the
> community have a much higher risk of death and abuse than in the
institution.
> They also had claimed that transferring the residents out of the center
> without due process violated their rights as guardians.
> An attorney for the Department of Public Welfare said court hearings are
> unnecessary because the residents are being released, not transferred.
> In 1998, the state decided to close Western Center and move all of its 380
> residents into homes in the community. The parents have recently filed
> several petitions in five different counties hoping for a review before
the
> closure, which is scheduled to take place on June 30.
> Here are two related articles:
> "JUDGE RULES AGAINST WESTERN CENTER PARENTS"--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: <A
HREF="http://www.tribunereview.com/news/rcen0331.html">http:
> //www.tribunereview.com/news/rcen0331.html</A>
> "JUDGE WON'T HEAR WESTERN CENTER PARENTS' PETITION"--Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette:
>
> <A HREF="http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000331western6.asp">http
://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20000331western6.asp</A>
> ---
> <STRONG>EMPLOYMENT:
> ***GETTING DISABLED BACK ON JOB (ARIZONA)***</STRONG>
> Summary: Yesterday, Social Security Deputy Commissioner Susan Daniels
> outlined the provisions of the new Ticket to Work and Work Incentives
> Improvement Act to a group of 200 officials and advocates in Phoenix. The
> federal law, which Congress passed in November, gives states the freedom to
> change their own regulations to allow recipients to buy into Medicaid if
they
> earn too much money for benefits.
> Daniels, who has polio and uses a motorized scooter, told the audience that
> even though the country is experiencing near record low unemployment rates,
> only one person out of five hundred receiving disability benefits becomes
> employed. She commented that people with disabilities represent a large,
> untapped labor pool.
> Each state legislature must decide whether or not to modify their own
> Medicaid laws to reflect the new federal options. Most states, including
> Arizona, have not adopted the changes, fearing that it would cost taxpayers
> too much.
> More details are available from today's Arizona Republic:
> <A HREF="http://www.azcentral.com/news/0331disabled.shtml">http://www.azcen
tral.com/news/0331disabled.shtml</A>
> ---
> <STRONG>SELF-DETERMINATION:
> ***DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH WINDS DOWN***</STRONG>
> Summary: March was celebrated in many areas as Disabilities Awareness
Month.
> Here are two articles about festivities that were held last night in two
> different parts of the United States, honoring the contributions of people
> with disabilities:
> "MERCY CENTER HONORS MENTALLY RETARDED" (PENNSYLVANIA)--Pittsburgh Tribune-
> Review:<A HREF="http://www.tribunereview.com/news/pmercy0331.html">
http://www.tribunereview.com/news/pmercy0331.html</A>
> "DISABILITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS CONTRIBUTIONS RECOGNIZED" (SOUTH CAROLINA)--
> Beaufort Gazette <A
HREF="http://www.beaufortgazette.com/localnews/story/0,1458,148237,00.html">ht
tp://www.beaufortgazette.com/localnews/story/0,1458,
> 148237,00.html</A>
> ---
> <STRONG>EDUCATION/SELF-DETERMINATION:
> ***KIDS ARE SEALED IN HER MEMORY (CALIFORNIA)***</STRONG>
> Summary: "You have to have a good memory when your hands don't work very
> well," says Tracy Stearn, a 27-year-old volunteer at Emblem Elementary
> School in Saugus, California.
> Tracy, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, has volunteered in an
> after-school program for the last 2 1/2 years, where she helps keep things
> running smoothly for the students and the teachers.
> "I just like helping the children," explains Tracy, who is currently
working&
> nbsp;toward a degree in child development at a nearby college.
> Here's a feature on Tracy from Thursday's Los Angeles Times:
> <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/editions/valley/20000330/t000029953.html">h
ttp://www.latimes.com/editions/valley/20000330/t000029953.html</A>
> ---
> <STRONG>SELF-DETERMINATION/CRIME:
> ***LEGAL REVENGE (ISRAEL)***</STRONG>
> Summary: A 28-year-old woman who has muscular dystrophy is suing a man she
> claims sexually harassed and assaulted her, under a 1998 Israeli law that
> allows victims of certain crimes to seek compensation from their
> perpetrators. The case is being regarded as the first of its kind in the
> country.
> "Even though I have been crippled for many years, that was the first time
> that I realized how helpless I really am," explains Evelyn (not her real
name)
> of the attack she claims took place in December of 1998.
> "I realized that anyone could do anything to me. Anything!"
> But, with the help of friends, Evelyn has turned things around, and is
going
> after her attacker.
> "No one has the right to use anyone the way he used me," she told the
> Jerusalem Post. "I want Shimon (not his real name) and all men to
understand
> that he can't do this to me or to any other woman."
> The entire story is available from the Jerusalem Post:
> <A
HREF="http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/03/30/Features/Features.4819.html">ht
tp://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/03/30/Features/Features.4819.html</A>
> ---
> <STRONG>CRIME:
> ***JUDGE RULES ACCUSED PERPETRATOR INCOMPETENT (WISCONSIN)***</STRONG>
> Summary: In a Waukesha courtroom yesterday, Circuit Judge Donald Hassin
Jr.
> declared that Jeremy Russ, who had been accused of sexually assaulting two
> women in 1996, would never be able to understand legal proceedings
> against him and would not be able to participate meaningfully in his own
> defense.Hassin subsequently dismissed the sentence.
> Two years ago, Russ pleaded "no contest" to the crime and was sentenced to
15
> years in prison. But last month, Hassin agreed with Russ' attorneys that
the
> man, who is deaf and has a developmental disability, was not mentally
> competent to enter the plea.
> Because he is still considered a threat to the community at large, county
> officials are likely to seek a court order to have Russ committed to a
locked
> residential facility under civil protective custody laws.
> ------
> [NOTE: If you don't have a browser, or if you run into any problems getting
> to any of the sites, click on <A HREF="MAILTO:[log in to unmask]">News@
inclusiondaily.com</A> to email us and we'll
> make sure you get a copy of the article's text. Be sure to include the date
> and title of the article in the subject line of your email.]
> Tell your friends or colleagues about Inclusion Daily Express at <A
HREF="http://www.inclusiondaily.com/">http://www.
> inclusiondaily.com</A> and help them keep up to date on the latest news
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> inclusion and self-determination!©Copyright 2000 Inclusion Daily Express
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