Hi. I am looking for a female aide to go with me on a 2 week freedom march in
early september. I am 22 yrs old and have moderate Cerebral Palsy. I need
help getting in and out of the shower, some dressing help, and help charging my
chair and stuff.
The march is from Philedelphia to Washington D.C. The march starts on Sept. 4
so I would need someone to meet me in Philly on the 3rd. You would fly out of
D.C. on the 19th of September. I will pay your Airline costs, food costs and
$40.00 a day.
Below is all the details of the march. Housing and some food will be
provided. This is a very important march to help the disabled stay free of
instituitons. Please know that you would be taking part in a historic event. It might
also be possible to gain college credit, for those attending school.
If you are interested please contact me ASAP at [log in to unmask] Also
please forward this email to anyone that you think might be interested. This is
very very important to me. March details below!
Who: ADAPT, the national grassroots disability rights group
What: Free Our People March - 144 miles, "From the Liberty Bell to Capitol
Hill" 120 people with disabilities from across the U.S., many using
wheelchairs and other mobility aids, will begin the march in Philadelphia,
to be joined by an additional 80 people in Baltimore to cover the last
half of the march to Washington, D.C., culminating when a planned 20,000
people gather at the Free Our People Rally on Capitol Hill to demand
passage of MiCASSA so there will be No More Stolen Lives
Where: Beginning with a press conference at the Liberty Bell, in
Philadelphia, PA, through Delaware and Maryland, and ending with the rally
in Washington, D.C. on Capitol Hill
When: September 4-17, 2003-day by day
Thursday, September 4
10:00 a.m. Press Conference at Liberty Bell
10.1 miles Market St. to 38th Street, to Baltimore Ave. (Rte.13)
Spending the night in Glenolden, PA /Delaware County
at First Presbyterian Church
Friday, September 5
Travel 16.3 miles on Rt. 13 and Business Rte. 13
Spending the night in Wilmington, DE
at Goodwill
Saturday, September 6
Travel 9 miles on Rte. 13;
Press Conference in Wilmington
Sen. Joe Biden invited
Spending the night in Wilmington, DE
Sunday, September 7
Travel 11 miles on Rte. 13
Spending the night in Bear, Delaware
Monday, September 8
Travel 10 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Northeast Maryland
at Nazerene Camp
Tuesday, September 9
Travel 13 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Harve de Grace, MD
Wednesday, September 10
Travel 12 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Aberdeen, MD
at Estuary
Thursday, September 11
Travel 10.8 miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Whitemarsh, MD
at Cowenton
Friday, September 12
Travel 11.1miles on Rte. 40
Spending the night in Baltimore, MD
at Patterson Park
Saturday, September 13
Press Conference Inner Harbor
Travel 8.7 miles through Inner Harbor
Spending the night in Halethorpe, MD
Sunday, September 14
Travel 7.5 miles on Rte. 1
Spending the night in Jessup, MD
Monday, September 15
Travel 11.8 miles on Rte. 1
Spending the night in Beltsville, MD
at St. John's Episcopal Church
Tuesday, September 16
Travel 10.0 miles on Rte. 1 Rhode Island Ave.
Spending the night in Washington, D.C.
at Israel Baptist Church
Wednesday, September 17
Travel the last distance to Capitol Hill
Rally and press Conference with up to 20,000 people and
Sen. Harkin, Sen. Specter, Rep Davis, Rep. Shimkus expected
Spending the night in D.C. at Holiday Inn Capitol on C Street
Why: Everyday persons with disabilities and people who are aging have
their lives "stolen" when they are forced into nursing homes by Medicaid's
"institutional bias." Disabled and older Americans, already at risk for
forced institutionalization in nursing homes due to this institutional
bias in Medicaid, are currently at a sharply increased risk. Budget woes
in nearly all states have seen state legislatures slash state budgets,
especially the Medicaid programs. Because, under Medicaid, states are not
allowed to cut federally mandated services, like nursing homes, first on
the budget chopping blocks are the so-called "optional" services, like
"home and community based" attendant services and supports. These
"optional" services are the ones that help older and disabled Americans
stay in their own homes rather than be forced into nursing homes and other
institutions. "Optional" services are at additional risk under the
proposed Bush budget, which would cap the amounts states spend for
optional services while maintaining all currently mandated services (e.g.
nursing homes) under Medicaid.
While Congress and the states talk about a program-wide "fix", there is no
guarantee that home and community based services will be protected, even
though every poll on the subject has overwhelmingly underscored the need
and desire for home and community based long-term care rather than
institutionalization in a nursing home. There is, though, legislation
currently in both houses of Congress that guarantees that disabled and
older Americans would have a real choice in where they receive their long
term care services and supports. That legislation, the Medicaid
Community-based Attendant Services and Supports Act, also known as
MiCASSA, has been introduced several times, is widely supported by
disability and aging groups, and has yet to be passed. ADAPT's Free Our
People March and the Free Our People Rally are designed to draw the
attention needed to pass MiCASSA in 2003.
To make a tax deductible donation to the march for food, water, accessible
porta-potties, sunscreen, bug repellant, first aid items, generators,
tents, cots, gas for equipment vans, personal assistants/attendants,
drivers, and lots more, make checks payable to DIA of PA, Inc.- Free Our
People March, 125 South 9th Street, Suite 700, Philadelphia, PA, 19107.
http://www.adapt.org
http://www.freeourpeople.org
CHRISTINA JO
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"People see me, I'm a challenge to your balance."
" Happily ever after fails and we've been posioned by these fairy tales"
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