Hello fellow C-Palsy list mates,

Here, sorted and indexed by subject area, are the November and December
Inclusion Daily Express "Quotes of the Day". I hope you enjoy these.
Just scroll down for your area of interest:
(By the way, for those of you who may be interested, particularly those
who have been on winter break, the Inclusion Daily Express "End of the
Year Sale", has been officially extended until Jan. 12.)
Dave Reynolds, Editor
http://www.InclusionDaily.com
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ABUSE/CRIMES
ACCESSIBILITY
ADVOCACY/RIGHTS
CLOSING INSTITUTIONS
COMMUNITY LIVING/SELF-DETERMINATION
EDUCATION
EMPLOYMENT
FAMILIES
RECREATION/PARTICIPATION
TECHNOLOGY
MISCELLANEOUS

ABUSE/CRIMES:
"I think on this particular night, that you probably burned him."
--Comment from Judge Thomas V. Warren to Ardie Leo Briggs III,
after finding him not guilty of abuse because prosecutors failed to
prove he burned an Southside Virginia Training Center resident
with a clothes iron (Nov. 1)

"This settlement should serve as a strong warning to caregivers across the
state that you will pay the price for neglecting those in your care."
--Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, in a press release announcing a $1
million settlement from a residential program investigated for the burning
death of one of its residents (Nov. 29)

"I don't believe this is good public policy to have the fox guarding the hen
house."
--Texas state representative Garnet Coleman commenting on efforts by the
state's Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to cut down on
the large amount of Medicaid money it loses because of poor inspections and
rights violations at institutions -- by putting itself in charge of those
inspections (Nov. 30)

"Unfortunately, the risk is there in all of these places. There was better
cover-up in the institutions. I think that's still the case."
--University of Alberta professor Dick Sobsey, on the high rate of crime
against people with developmental and other disabilities (Dec. 19)

"The things that go on out there, while they are not excusable, they are
somewhat tolerable because of the alternative. What are you going to do with
these people if you don't keep them there and hope that that facility is
doing the best that it can?"
--Former Oklahoma Deputy Health Commissioner Brent VanMeter,
responding in January after the body of Victoria Pepiakitah was discovered
in her room at Choctaw Living Center -- six days after she had died (Dec.
20)

"Within the context of Canadian law there are statutes that exist and they
very simply define genocide as promoting murder of members of an
identifiable group. People with disabilities are members of an identifiable
group."
--Bruce Uditsky, commenting on part of an Alberta museum program which
includes convicted murderer Robert Latimer, who killed his daughter Tracy,
among examples of mercy (Dec. 22)

"Anybody who questions the process is told to shut up. We're afraid if we
push it, we'll get fired."
--An unnamed source at Sonoma Developmental Center, talking about how
investigation of resident abuses and deaths is a low priority at the
institution (Dec. 28)

ACCESSIBILITY:
"If you don't vote, then you don't have the right to complain."
--Michigan resident Branden Bennett, 19, who has cerebral palsy, uses a
wheelchair, and voted for the first time yesterday (Nov. 8)

"Regardless of who emerges victorious, the next President should focus on
making elections far more accessible to the disabled community."
--BusinessWeek Columnist John M. Williams (Nov. 16)

"You shouldn't have to move a class. It should be accessible already."
--Rebecca Pascal, a Music Major at Northwestern University, talking about
the campus accommodation policy regarding accessible classrooms (Nov. 9)

"If equal protection is a collective commitment and not just a courtroom
catch-phrase, its first beneficiaries must be voters--such as minorities and
those with disabilities--who have been systematically excluded from shaping
the world in which they live."
--From an OP/ED in the Los Angeles Times (Dec. 26)

ADVOCACY/RIGHTS:
"This is making a distinction between lives that merit living and those
which don't... that's a slippery slope."
--Attorney Didier le Prado, defending a doctor in France who is being sued
by a couple for not informing them that their son might be born with
disabilities (Nov. 6)

"Any adult with a developmental disorder or any impairment has the rights of
any other adult in the state of Michigan."
--Mark Cody, attorney with Michigan Protection and Advocacy, commenting
on a woman with a developmental disability whose parents are suing for
guardianship to keep her from getting married (Nov. 13)

"We're certainly very pleased that Johnny Paul Penry won't die tonight."
--Julia Tarver, one of several Texas attorneys who successfully appealed
the U.S. Supreme Court to hold off last night's scheduled execution of
the confessed murderer (Nov. 17)

"To be alive cannot be regarded as the result of a fault, whatever it is."
--Catherine Fabre, of the Federation of French Families, on a recent court
decision allowing a family to sue doctors for damages because they had
failed to determine that their son would have disabilities before he was
born
(Nov. 21)

"Now she will be treated the same as the rest of the family."
--Sunder Rajan as his daughter, Vijai, became the first immigrant with
a disability under a new law to be granted U.S. citizenship without having
to recite the oath of allegiance (Nov. 22)

"People with Down syndrome are not considered as valuable to society."
--Salon Magazine writer Jenna Glatzer, explaining why she believes
people with Down syndrome are routinely excluded from donor lists for
heart transplants (Dec. 11)

"Many people thought, like I did, that it was disgusting that somehow or
another a profession could deem a person other than a human being."
-- Former health minister Dennis Cocke commenting on British Columbia's
Sexual Sterilization Act of 1933, which he helped strike down in the 1970's
(Dec. 14)

"All human life has value; every human being should have meaningful options
to make choices about issues that affect our lives."
--Part of a declaration adopted by representatives from 14 nations during
last week's "Global Perspectives On Independent Living Summit" in Honolulu,
Hawaii (Dec. 14)

"I just don't think it's right to make fun of people because they are
different."
--Angela Robledo, 8, of Cooper City, Florida, who wrote an essay on the
importance of respecting people with disabilities (Dec. 26)

CLOSING INSTITUTIONS:
"They can't wait anymore."
--Columnist Terry Boisot, talking about a local commitment to move 125
institutionalized Californians back into their communities (Nov. 7)

"I'm glad that's gone and done with now."
--RoDonna Freeman, president of People First Minnesota, at a celebration
marking the end of institutions for people with developmental disabilities
in her state (Nov. 15)

"The transfer of those persons with an intellectual disability who are
inappropriately placed in Our Lady's Hospital, Ennis, to appropriate
community facilities will be completed."
--Mr. Ger Crowley, assistant chief executive of Ireland's Mid-Western Health
Board, in announcing a five-year plan to close some of the nation's
institutions (Nov. 13)

"If you've never had anything but vanilla ice cream, how do you know you
might not like Rocky Road?"
--Gary Tonks of the Arc of Ohio, explaining how the state's CHOICES
program gives people living in institutions a chance to see what living in
the community might be like (Nov. 20)

"They thought it was going to be a great place--a real contribution to human
happiness and fulfillment. And it all went bad so quickly."
--Artist Anna Shuleit, describing the original planners of Northampton State
Hospital, an institution built in 1856 which is scheduled to be demolished
soon (Nov. 21)

"The idea that everyone is unhappy is untrue. Studies show that people and
families do better in community settings. They become happy and satisfied
with services in the community."
--Mark J. Murphy, a lawyer with the Disabilities Law Project, responding to
suggestions that former Western Center residents are doing poorly in
Pennsylvania
group homes (Dec. 15)

"It's wonderful."
--Sheila Doyle, whose foster son Alexander, 8, will be leaving an
institution in Australia to live at home with her before Christmas (Dec. 22)

"How dare they?"
--Columnist Terry Boisot responding to those who want money to continue
being spent on institutions in California (Dec. 27)

COMMUNITY LIVING/SELF-DETERMINATION:
"A deal is in place. There has been a handshake on it and now it's down to
the lawyers."
--An official with Gov. Paul Cellucci's office talking about an agreement to
release $85 million to end Massachusetts' waiting lists for community
services (Nov. 2)

"And in our moment of time, we live here in San Francisco. A city where the
people are too cool, too strange themselves to take much notice of Eddie's
oddness."
--Maggie Holmes, commenting on how her son, who has autism, fits into his
community (Nov. 8)

"In Vietnam, people with disabilities look to the non-disabled to do things
for them. Here, people with disabilities do things on their own."
--Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhan, member of a delegation from Vietnam visiting cities
in Oregon to see how people with disabilities are living in their
communities (Nov. 16)

"We are appalled by the decision of the mayor and the village board to
reject this plan, which would have provided a safe and quiet home in a
residential community for six women with disabilities."
--Excerpt from the editorial in today's Daily Southtown criticizing
officials who blocked the women from moving into a Chicago suburb (Nov. 22)

"We're tightwads."
--Brian Lahren, former director of Nevada's mental health division, on the
fact that the state has one of poorest records for community inclusion (Nov.
27)

"We're together, and we're independent."
--Dianna Lipps, in the home she and her husband Brendan moved into 18 months

ago (Nov. 28)

"I know firsthand how self-determination has allowed me to plan, select,
determine and have a voice in my life."
--Ann Thomas, first vice president of People First of Ohio, who helped
coordinate last week's Midwest Regional Conference on Self-Determination
(Dec. 13)

"It's definitely good news. Actually, it's great news."
--Rich Copp, spokesperson for Massachusetts Health and Human Services, on an
agreement to quadruple spending in order to reduce lists for people waiting
for community services (Dec. 20)

"We don't want Rudin to miss out."
--Evelyn Powers, who filed a class-action suit against the Commonwealth of
Virginia because her son has been on a waiting list for community services
for five years (Dec. 21)

"My big picture is I don't care about the system. I want out of here."
--Thomas Bayon, 44, who has been stuck in a New York hospital since
April because of bureaucratic 'red tape' (Dec. 28)

EDUCATION:
"You shouldn't have to move a class. It should be accessible already."
--Rebecca Pascal, a Music Major at Northwestern University, talking about
the campus accommodation policy regarding accessible classrooms (Nov. 9)

"If you think of it first as a location, then you're missing the point."
--Doug Cheney, assistant professor at the University of Washington's special
education department, on the federal requirement that educational services
be provided in the least restrictive environment (Dec. 15)

"It gives me goose bumps. I'm so pleased to see my daughter making friends."
--Vickee Edwards, on her 5-year-old daughter Jocelynn who has Rett syndrome
and has befriended several other kindergarteners (Nov. 28)

"Now they have protection under the law. They can't be excluded."
--Indiana special education teacher Tom Wiggers, talking about how the lives
of children with disabilities have been impacted by the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week
(Nov. 30)

"The decision means Benjamin will finally be provided the education he's had
a right to all along."
--Julie Carter, attorney representing the family of Benjamin Sutton, who
sued an Indiana school district so the boy, who has Down syndrome, could
stay
in his first grade classroom (Dec. 11)

"I learned a lot being around Josh."
--Jaime Dreewes, about spending time with a boy who has disabilities as part
of a required course for Whitworth College students who want to be general
education teachers (Dec. 12)

"I'm a maker of the future!"
--Lauren Roberts, 14, responding to the motto from a school that excluded
her because of her disability. The motto read: "Makers of the past. Makers
of the present. Makers of the future." (Dec. 13)

"I think it's sad, because how am I supposed to get down if there's a fire?"
--Jameika Andrews, 14, talking about a recent fire drill in her Washington,
DC
school, during which she and her wheelchair got stuck in an elevator (Dec.
18)

"I am an independent person."
--Anthony Crudale, 23, who has autism, after graduating from UNLV this past
Sunday with a bachelor of arts degree (Dec. 21)

EMPLOYMENT:
"Hopefully they will be more willing to accept that these members of the
community do in fact have ability across all areas of life and will be
prepared to offer jobs according to their skill levels."
--Australia Paralympian Gold Medallist Priya Cooper, talking about her hope
that the recent event will encourage employers to hire people with
disabilities (Nov. 1)

"If the door doesn't appear to be open, then people aren't even going to
apply."
--Joan Willshire, chair of the Minnesota State Council on Disabilities, on
the state's decision to reduce its goal of hiring people with disabilities
for state jobs (Nov. 6)

"The disabled have been shifted to the bottom of the pile."
--Nancy Mashberg of the Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and
Technology, talking about how the emphasis on getting welfare recipients to
work has impacted employment services for people with disabilities (Nov. 7)

"People don't think you can do a job in information technology, and it can
be done with very minor modifications."
--Danny Ayers, 25, who recommends people with disabilities look toward
training in the world of high-tech (Nov. 9)

"I love it. . . It's my favorite job."
--Julie Lyle, who works in the kitchen at Ohio State University Medical
Center (Nov. 29)

"He had a real unique interest in helping people, based on being disabled
himself."
--A lawyer representing State of Washington DVR counselor Gary
Haworth, who has cerebral palsy and is being charged with conspiring
with an employment services agency to commit fraud (Dec. 18)

"I like this job. It feels good."
--Karen Osterbrink, who has been working for a Wisconsin
catering company for the last five years (Dec. 27)

FAMILIES:
"I get to be Ben's dad."
--Ben's dad (Nov. 14)

"It's a fantastic outcome."
--Ian Rouget, about the rescue of his 13-year-old son, Glen, who has autism
and was missing in an Australian national park for two days (Nov. 17)

"And in our moment of time, we live here in San Francisco. A city where the
people are too cool, too strange themselves to take much notice of Eddie's
oddness."
--Maggie Holmes, commenting on how her son, who has autism, fits into his
community (Nov. 8)

"Now she will be treated the same as the rest of the family."
--Sunder Rajan as his daughter, Vijai, became the first immigrant to be
granted U.S. citizenship without having to recite the oath of allegiance
(Nov. 22)

"It gives me goose bumps. I'm so pleased to see my daughter making friends."
--Vickee Edwards, on her 5-year-old daughter Jocelynn who has Rett syndrome
and has befriended several other kindergarteners (Nov. 28)

"One life is not interchangeable with another."
--Terry Boisot, responding to advice many parents have been given by doctors
upon learning that their unborn or newborn child may have a disability
(Dec. 12)

RECREATION/PARTICIPATION:
"I definitely don't consider myself a disabled artist. I'm just an artist,
and a good one at that."
--Bill "CrutchMaster" Shannon, a Pittsburgh artist and sculptor who
combines crutches and a skateboard into a dance act (Dec. 19)

"Hopefully they will be more willing to accept that these members of the
community do in fact have ability across all areas of life and will be
prepared to offer jobs according to their skill levels."
--Australia Paralympian Gold Medallist Priya Cooper, talking about her hope
that the recent event will encourage employers to hire people with
disabilities (Nov. 1)

"They've welcomed, embraced and accepted her. A lot of special needs
children don't have the opportunity to be with regular kids."
--Meryl Sherris, whose daughter has autism and participated in a Miami dance
workshop designed to bring children with and without disabilities together
through dance (Nov. 2)

"We have always been supportive of athletes with disabilities and continue
to be."
--Allan Steinfeld, president of the New York Road Runners Club (NYRRC),
organizers of the New York City Marathon (Nov. 3)

"They treated us like children."
--Wheelchair marathoner Boris Esterkis about how NYRRC organizers
dealt with wheelchair athletes until they were sued for discrimination under
the Americans with Disabilities Act last year (Nov. 3)

TECHNOLOGY:
"People don't think you can do a job in information technology, and it can
be done with very minor modifications."
--Danny Ayers, 25, who recommends people with disabilities look toward
training in the world of high-tech (Nov. 9)

"We're partners."
--Karyn Clewell talking about her service dog, a collie named "Girl" (Nov.
27)

MISCELLANEOUS:
"A notable subcategory of coverage focuses on the disabled as a "rich new
market" . . . a characterization the 34 percent of disabled people living on
less than $15,000 a year would no doubt be surprised to hear."
--Media critic Janine Jackson, commenting that mainstream media coverage on
disability issues often misses the mark (Nov. 15)

"What is the matter with people?"
--Colorado nursing home ombudsman Virginia Fraser, commenting on a
company's plan to give the director of its bankrupt nursing home chain -- a
chain with a dismal record of resident abuse and neglect -- a $56 million
severance package (Nov. 20)
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Dave Reynolds, Editor
Inclusion Daily Express/Inclusion Weekly Review
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