[Missouri-l] Fw: DISABILITY RIGHTS RALLY FLYER (MARCH 1, 2010)

Thu Feb 18 16:13:09 CST 2010

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From: Catherine Brown 
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:55 PM
Subject: FW: DISABILITY RIGHTS RALLY FLYER (MARCH 1, 2010)

To the REAL Disability Rights Legislative Day Planning Committee  :)

If you haven't already seen, there is another rally being planned March 1st.  The language "disability rights rally" might make some people confuse this with our rally.  Please just know and be prepared to field questions about the difference. 

It is my understanding that their rally is about the PCA hour cuts.  

I hope we can continue our effort to get the word out about our cross disability rights rally on the 23rd, and this will not detract.  Please, everyone continue to do your best at outreach.

Thank you, 

Cathy Brown

Subject: FW: DISABILITY RIGHTS RALLY FLYER (MARCH 1, 2010)

> From: blake at misn.com
> To: ;
> Subject: DISABILITY RIGHTS RALLY FLYER (MARCH 1, 2010)
> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:03:37 -0600
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> It's been a year since we have had to do battle with the General Assembly in 
> Jefferson City. I was hoping this year would be different. I was hoping 
> with the change in the Administration our job to get a fair budget for 
> people with disabilities would be less time consuming and more fair. I was 
> hoping we could take a break from the constant attacks we always seem to be 
> under when we try to get the basic services we need. Unfortunately, I was 
> wrong. This year is as bad as any year in Jefferson City since the 2005 
> budget cuts.
> 
> The Governor has proposed capping our consumer directed services at 60 hours 
> per month. This is based on a 5 day plan. If you do the math it averages 
> out to less than 3 hours per day. Most people with significant disabilities 
> cannot live independently on less than 3 hours per day. Why the Governor 
> has proposed slashing peoples most closely guarded resource (attendant care) 
> is beyond me to comprehend. If you have a significant disability, or have a 
> loved one with a significant disability, you understand why I am shocked and 
> disappointed at the proposed reduction in level of care.
> 
> The other item the Governor is requesting to be passed by legislature is 
> third party assessments. Currently assessments for needed attendant 
> services are conducted by licensed medical professionals. Under this 
> proposed new rule we believe there will be an initiative to control the 
> amount of hours given or to reduce the level of care a person may receive. 
> Either one of these approaches are unacceptable to people with disabilities 
> relying on attendant services.
> 
> In fact, in my opinion, any reduction in services in this fiscal year is 
> unacceptable. People with disabilities who rely on Medicaid to survive took 
> their beating in 2005, with Matt Blunt's Medicaid cuts. Cuts that threw 
> almost 100,000 people off of Medicaid, or kept them from receiving 
> desperately needed services. These cuts still haunt some of us with 
> disabilities whose quality of life was diminished and may never again be the 
> same.
> 
> This is why we are calling on you to attend a Rally in Jefferson City on 
> Monday, March 1st. I was not planning a Rally this year. As I mentioned I 
> felt the Governor would cut other areas that had not been so previously 
> brutalized by budget cuts. If you use an attendant, if you are an 
> attendant, if you are a family member of a loved one with an attendant, if 
> you are a friend of someone who uses an attendant you will want to be at 
> this Rally. We must stop the proposed cuts from seeing the light of day. 
> Your health and your job depends on it.
> 
> Attached is a flyer detailing the time and place of the Rally. We will get 
> you more information as it becomes available. We have buses scheduled and 
> will get more if needed. But most of all we need you to show up to this 
> Rally, voice your disapproval to cutting CDS services and let the 
> legislators and the Governor know you care. Hopefully, we can make a 
> difference.
> 
> Please pass this on. It is too important to keep to yourself. See you at 
> the Capitol Monday, March 1st, at 11:30 a.m.
> 
> Sincerely
> 
> 
> Rich Blakley
> 573-244-5402
> 
> 
> 
> 

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