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August 1, 2003

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Date:         Fri, 1 Aug 2003 09:35:07 -0400
Reply-To:     John Pistorius <johntheone@NETZERO.COM>
From:         John Pistorius <johntheone@NETZERO.COM>
Subject:      Free Our People March Info
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

(subscribe/unsubscribe instructions at end of message) Free Our People March Wheelchair and Other Mobility Aid Info for the March Please share this with anyone who might be interested in going on the March. Contact: Pat King at 303/744-2619 email Pat at p11ing@earthlink.net or fax him at 303/733-6211 (Make it attn. Pat King) This information is provided as a public service. It is for reference only. For your safety and convenience, please have a qualified person or mechanic inspect your wheelchair, scooter or power chair, as soon as possible. You will want your chair or scooter to be in excellent shape and fixed well before the march. Manual Chairs Checklist a.. all bearings b.. tires c.. extra inner tube- for tires that don't have air free inserts Power Chairs Checklist a.. all bearings b.. tires c.. extra inner tube - for tires that don't have air free inserts d.. Motor brushes e.. Change batteries if more than 1 year old f.. Have battery charger checked out to be sure it's in good working order g.. All wiring in good order Scooters Follow the same checklist as power chairs except batteries -- change batteries if more than 6 mos. old DO NOT BRING Small black battery chargers. They won't work with a generator. The name on the charger is Soneil Supercharger and the other is the Dynamic. So if you have one of the old heavy gray chargers have it checked to see if the plug is the right one and it is wired correctly for your chair or scooter and use it on the march. For More Information Call Pat King at 303/744-2619 or email him at p11ing@earthlink.net ALSO We need to know about your power wheelchair or scooter: Make: __________________________________ Model: _________________________________ Battery size: _____________________________ Type of battery charger:________________________ PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL PAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Phone Pat King at 303/744-2619 Email at p11ing@earthlink.net Fax 303/733-6211 mark it attn. Pat King ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Subscribe or Unsubscribe From The Pittsburgh Area Brain Injury Alliance Electronic News List ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ * TO JOIN THE LIST * ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Send a blank email to: PABIA-NEWS-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@LISTSERV.TBINET.ORG (your Subject: line may say JOIN) ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ * TO BE REMOVED * ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~ Please remember you may remove yourself from this list (unsubscribe) at any time by sending a blank email to PABIA-NEWS-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@LISTSERV.TBINET.ORG (your Subject: line may say REMOVE) If you know of anyone who would enjoy receiving this publication, please forward this message to them. *********************************************** The PABIA-NEWS mailing list is sponsored by L-Soft international, Inc and powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html 

 
Date:         Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:58:59 -0400
Reply-To:     John Pistorius <johntheone@NETZERO.COM>
From:         John Pistorius <johntheone@NETZERO.COM>
Subject:      Notice of Upcoming Events
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

Hello Friends: Notice of Two Upcoming Events First Event What: The Connellsville Peer Group Picnic When: Aug 19th Time: 5pm - ? Where: Yough River Directions: coming into Connellsville you cross the Yough bridge and turn right at the end of the bridge. Go to the end of the road to the parking lot ----can't miss it - Second Event What: The Greensburg Peer Group Picnic When: Aug 27th Time: 4pm - 8pm Where: Pavillion No 5 --Twin Lakes Park Directions: right on rt.30 after you pass Westmoreland Mall stay in the left lane and go left under the overpass--then at the stop sign (stay in the right lane) make right -go to stop light (on your left will be a goodwill store) go thru the stop light and go to the next stop light and make a left turn . follow the road about one mile take the first hardtop road to the right ---go about 1/4 of a mile to the sign on the right (Twin Lakes) make right turn ---it is the N0 5 pavilion--they are all marked . If you are coming from Latrobe or Ligonier ---you will make a right turn at red light before Westmoreland mall and follow above directions any questions write Judy at judith436@webtv.net. *********************************************** The PABIA-NEWS mailing list is sponsored by L-Soft international, Inc and powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html 

 

Date:         Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:01:46 -0400
Reply-To:     John Pistorius <johntheone@NETZERO.COM>
From:         John Pistorius <johntheone@NETZERO.COM>
Subject:      August 2003 PABIA NEWS
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August 2003 PABIA Electronic Newsletter
PABIA NEWS  Support Lines final edition
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Inside:

  • PABIA MEETING NOTICE
  • New Meeting Scheduled for Monroeville
  • Free Our People March (Message from Stephanie Thomas)
  • Free Our People March (Message from Steve Gold)
  • Pennsylvania Grant Applications to the CMS
  • Community Living Advisory Committee Wants Your Input
  • PABIA Getting Press
  • Subscribe/Unsubscribe instructions
PABIA Meeting Notice
MEETING DATE:  Tuesday, September 2, 2003
 
TIME:  7:00 P.M.
 
PLACE: 1323 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh Near Mercy Hospital and AJ Palumbo Center
 
ADMISSION: Free
 
PARKING: Free Parking Lot adjacent to the building
 
Contact:  Ed Crinnion at 412.761.9870
 
Refreshments provided.
 
 
 
New Monroeville Peer Support Meeting
 
Meeting Date: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
 
Time: 7 to 9 pm

Place: CROSS ROADS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2310 HAYMAKER ROAD, MONROEVILLE, PA

Topic:  Peer Support

Contact: Paul Damon, 412-372-2888

Message from Paul:

SUPPORTING US IN THE FORMATION OF THIS GROUP ARE MALIN LOWENADLER, EDWARD CRINNION, AND JOHN PISTORIUS, ALL VERY ACTIVE SOUTHWESTERN PA TBI SUPPORT-GROUP COORDINATORS. MS. LOWENADLER HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED TRAINING IN HARRISBURG. MR. CRINNION IS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF PA, AND IS WESTERN PA CONTACT FOR THE BRAIN INJURY HOT LINE. MR. PISTORIUS IS THE WEBMASTER OF A PITTSBURGH-AREA BRAIN INJURY WEBSITE, www.pabia.org

WE WILL BE MEETING IN THE PARLOR OF THE CHURCH, WHICH IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS OF THE CHURCH (USE THE LEFT-MOST DOOR), GO DOWN HALL ABOUT 20 FEET, PARLOR ON LEFT. THERE ARE NO COSTS INVOLVED.

FORMATION OF THIS GROUP IS BEING COORDINATED BY DENISE PATTERSON, A MONROEVILLE RESIDENT AND A PERSON RECOVERING FROM TBI.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT

PAUL DAMON AT 412-372-2888
First Free Our People Message
 
Reply-To: "Stephanie Thomas" <adapt@adapt.org>
> >From: "Stephanie Thomas" <adapt@adapt.org>
> >Subject: If you live too far away from DC...
> >Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 13:24:03 -0500
 
Several people have asked about this...  If you can possibly make it to DC -- DO IT!  You will be glad you did!
 
Support the FREE OUR PEOPLE March and Rally

The Free Our People March and Rally will be a major event in disability rights history.  Hundreds of activists leaving Philadelphia on September 4th will be "Marching on Congress" to support MiCASSA, Medicaid reform and implementation of the most integrated setting vision of the ADA.

On September 17th we will Rally in Washington, DC,  1 pm Upper Senate Park (on Constitution Ave between Delaware and New Jersey Aves).  This will the largest gathering of disability rights activists since the signing of the ADA.

Please join us in DC on September 17th.

If live too far away to make it to DC, here are a few suggestions of things you can do in your local community to be a part of this historic day:

1.  Call your Senators and Representative and ask them to become a sponsor of MiCASSA (S. 971 - HR 2032);
 
2.  Call your Senators and Representative and ask them to go down to the Rally

3.  Organize a press conference in support of the Free Our People March and Rally.   Focus on people in your community that need attendant services and supports to stay out of nursing homes and other institutions.  Call on Congress to pass MiCASSA.

4.  Organize a Rally in your community (North Carolina is holding a Rally on the 17th).  Invite folks from organizations representing disabilities and older people, as well as other supporters. Focus on support of MiCASSA and people who have been in nursing homes or other institutions.

5.  Identify one person in a nursing home or other institution who wants information on living in the community, and help that person get that information.  Remember:  this issue will be won individual by individual; each "liberation" is a victory.

6. Buy a Free Our People March and Rally T-Shirt.  Find order form at www.freeourpeople.org  Buy one for a friend (can't buy just ONE!)

7.  Sign on as  "Supporter" of the Free Our People March and Rally.

8. Before and during this event help us spread the word to your local media and disability rights supporters!

Remember - reforming the long term care system is like turning the Queen Mary.  It's turning but the thing is so darn big we don't always realize it. We must keep on hands on the wheel and keep turning.  Together we can FREE OUR PEOPLE!

For information on the March and Rally: www.freeourpeople.org
www.adapt.org  215/627-7255  (March)    512/431-4085
Second Free Our People Message
 
From: SteveGoldADA@cs.com
> >Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:20:56 EDT
> >Subject: DC
> >
> >     Subject: ADAPT's 20th Anniversary
> >
> >Dear Friends of ADAPT:
> >
> > From Sept 4 to Sept 17, 2003, hundreds of disabled people will roll and
> > march
> >from the Liberty Bell in Phila., Pa to Washington DC -144 miles to
highlight
> >the urgency to enact MICASSA and to give persons a "Real Choice" to live
in
> >their own homes.
> >
> >Join us in DC on September 17, 2003 - Free Our People Rally
> >
> >It's also ADAPT's 20th Anniversary!
> >
> >Remember the day we shut down Pennsylvania Ave during rush hour?
> >
> >Or when we blocked the San Francisco cable cars?
> >
> >How about the streets of Montreal?
> >
> >The Federal Building in Atlanta?
> >
> >The crawl up the steps of the Capitol?
> >
> >When we shut down the Department of Justice?
> >
> >Had a photo-op with the Oak Ridge Boys in Tennessee?
> >
> >Marched through a snow storm in Columbus?
> >
> >Took over the Governor's office in Memphis?
> >
> >Crawled under the police cars Hubert H Humphry Health and Human Services
> >building?
> >
> >We want everyone that has been on an ADAPT action or supported us to join
us
> >for this historical Free Our People March & Rally at the Capitol.
> >
> >It will be a reunion never to be forgotten!!!!!
> >
> >20 years of civil rights activism and celebration of our will to live and
> >thrive!
> >
> >WE WILL RIDE
> >FREE OUR PEOPLE
> >OUR HOMES ... NOT NURSING HOMES
> >ACCESS IS A CIVIL RIGHT
> >
> >ADA Today!
> >ADA Tomorrow!
> >ADA Forever!
> >
> >Make your plans TODAY!   Call Tisha for a room in DC  303/733-9324 or
> >mcunningham53@comcast.net
> >
> >Rooms are going FAST!!!!!
> >
> >The ADAPT Community
 
Pennsylvania Grant Proposals Now On-Line
 
To see the direction that Pennsylvania is moving, please visit the link below and check out the five grant applications that PA has filed with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare. These grant applications reflect the interest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in serving people in the community, rather than requiring them to enter or remain in a nursing home when they are Medicaid eligible for assistance due to age or disability. The grant proposals involve:
  • Quality Assurance
  • Direct Care Workers
  • Attendant Care
  • Resource Centers
  • Money Follows the Person
The five CMS grant proposals are now available on-line at the following url: <http://www.ohcr-grants.state.pa.us>
 
Please contact the following persons if you have any questions or problems accessing the site. 
 
Gregory T. Howe
Office of Health Care Reform
(717) 772-9022
 ghowe@state.pa.us

Ann Torregrossa
Office of Health Care Reform
(717) 772-9022
 atorregros@state.pa.us

Dale Laninga
Intra-Governmental Council on Long Term Care
(717) 783-1550
 dlaninga@state.pa.us

 
 Community Living Advisory Committee Needs Your Input
 
NOTICE
Honoring the Past, Envisioning the Future
 

At its next regular meeting, the Community Living Advisory Committee will discuss ways to initiate a long term planning process to improve the system of community services for people with physical disabilities.  To help us prepare, we welcome your written comments on the following questions that will be discussed at the session.  Please note that this is just the beginning of our outreach.  We look forward to working with all of you as we move forward.

What's working in the current system of community services for people with physical disabilities?
       What are best features of the current system?
       What works particularly well?
       What should stay in place?

What Needs Changing?
       What could be improved in the current system?
       What is a source of problems?
       What must change and why?

What, if any, changes should be made in structure or participation for future planning sessions?

What are the goals and questions for the next session?

What additional information is needed?

How should we structure outreach to the broader community to ensure their participation in planning?

Please send your comments by August 20, 2003 to:

Cortney Maletich, DPW, OSP
Via e-mail: cmaletich@state.pa.us
 

Postal Mail:

Cortney Maletich, DPW, OSP, Bertolino Building, 2nd Floor, 1401 7th Street, Harrisburg PA 17105
 
 
PABIA in the News
 
Pittsburgh Area Brain Injury Alliance member Charlotte Johnson was featured on the Lynn Hayes-Freeland television program last week.  Ms. Johnson discussed the plight of people recovering from TBI who become involved with the criminal justice system.  She can be reached at 412.628.8112 for more information.
 
Long-time member, Bob Maier was featured in the Beaver County Times.  Bob was able to expound upon his feeling 'invisible' in society after TBI.  For more information and a copy of this article, contact Ed Crinnion at evc@pabia.org . The following picture appeared with the article:
 
 
Bob Maier sits in his Potter Twp. living room with Morgan, one of his two Norwegian elkhounds.
The Times / Brian McDermott
 
 
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