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ADAPT Calls on Congress to Pass the Disability Integration Act …

WebADAPT Calls on Congress to Pass the Disability Integration Act (S.117/HR.555) and Stop the Needless Deaths of Disabled and Elderly People in Nursing Facilities and Other …

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An Open Letter to the Biden Administration and Congress about

WebAmerican Disabled for Attendant Programs Today – ADAPT – was founded by the Reverend Wade Blank, Michael Smith and other young people who escaped a Denver nursing …

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Five reasons to support the Disability Integration Act (HR.555

WebSo now is a great time to highlight five reasons we need the Disability Integration Act. 1. DIA establishes a right to live in the community that is more extensive and enforceable than …

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As COVID19 crisis shines deadly light on nursing facilities

Web04/15/20 PRESS ALERT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More information: Dawn Russell: (303) 884-1471 Anita Cameron: (585) 259-8746 Marilee Adamski-Smith: (715) 204-4152

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ADAPT’s Community for ALL Platform

WebADAPT’s vision is Community for ALL. Right to Remain in the community. Passage of the DIA – The Disability Integration Act, S117, HR555, will enshrine the right to community …

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Vox – “No cuts to Medicaid!”_ protesters in wheelchairs arrested …

WebDisability rights activists turn up the heat outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office. About 50 disabled people, many in wheelchairs, were arrested at Senate Majority …

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Activist for disabilities rights bring ‘people power’ to

WebADAPT organizer Bob Kafka is one of the leading advocates for the rights of people with disabilities in Texas. And as action picks up in the 2019 legislative session, Kafka’s …

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ADAPT marches for and demands a Community for ALL

WebDemands: HUD leadership should adopt ADAPT’s Access across America as the strategic plan for ensuring accessible, affordable, safe, integrated housing is available for people …

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Welcome to American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today …

WebWade Blank and Mike Auberger, Co-Founders of ADAPT - Tom Olin - 1992

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We Put Our Bodies On the Line to Save Obamacare. Now ADAPT …

WebTo: The Democratic Members of the House of Representatives who are not currently co-sponsors of the Disability Integration Act (HR.555) * See List Below From: National …

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ADAPT Community Olmstead Implementation Plan

WebADAPT Community Olmstead Implementation Plan. Involve all groups concerned about developing more community services and avoiding unnecessary institutionalization. (IL, …

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Press Release – Disability Rights Activists Send a Message to

Web01/30/20 PRESS ALERT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. For More information: Kingsley Floyd: (617) 997-7519. WHO: DC Metro ADAPT WHAT: Disability Rights Activists Send …

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The Disability Integration Act

WebThe Disability Integration Act Over 25 years after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), institutionalization seriously interferes with the

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ADAPT Denounces Blaming of Mass Shootings on Mental Health

WebAs our country holds candlelit vigils after another series of mass shootings, elected officials and the media line up again to blame the tragedy on the mental health of the shooter. …

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#StopTheShock – Judge Rotenberg Center

WebThis is Alex Azar and the shock device he approves for use on innocent Americans. Alex Azar, Secretary of Health & Human Services (and former President of …

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1993 Washington – Elenor Smith

WebThe May 1993 Wheels of Freedom Action is notable for the memorial program for ADAPT co-founder Wade Blank and his young son Lincoln, who had drowned the previous …

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2017 Save Medicaid Coverage

WebMiscellaneous media coverage from the Summer of ADAPT – 2017. Chanting “no cuts to Medicaid,” protesters disrupt Sen. Cory Gardner’s […]

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Independent – Capitol Police drag disabled protesters out of

WebApproximately 60 protesters – many of them in wheelchairs – flooded Mr McConnell’s office around 11 am on Thursday. Some made their way inside the office, lifting themselves out …

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