Disability Rights Activists Arrested at McCain Campaign Headquarters

[Cheryl]

Eleven ADAPT Disability Rights Activists Arrested at McCain Campaign
Headquarters

When: Monday, September 15, 2008

Where: The plaza outside the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410

More info at: http://twitter.com/NationalADAPT

Why: The 2008 election campaigns have included rhetoric about tax breaks
for middle income families, and media coverage has included stories about
families who have children with disabilities. Left out of all the election
rhetoric are the candidates' positions on and commitments to those babies
with disabilities who grow into adults with disabilities who all-too-often
survive on extremely low incomes (less than 30% of the median income). These
extremely low incomes are often the fixed benefit amounts of SSI and Social
Security.

In 2006, according to Priced Out in 2006, the federal SSI benefit was
$603/month and the average cost nationally of renting a studio/efficiency
apartment was $633/month.

There are not enough AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, INTEGRATED housing units to
handle the current demand in communities across America. When the Community
Choice Act (S 799, H.R. 1621) passes, and older and disabled people can
choose to live in their own homes instead of being forced into nursing homes
and other institutions, the need for affordable, accessible housing will
increase. And as the baby-boomers continue to age, the demand will grow
exponentially.

HUD, Congress and the Administration have broken promises, cut funding for
housing stock and housing subsidies and enforcement of anti-discrimination
housing laws, and simply ignored the nation's low-income people with
disabilities altogether.

ADAPT has established "DUH City" (reverse of HUD) to bring attention to
and document the struggle of low income people with disabilities. When the
average rent for even an efficiency apartment is more than your monthly
income... where do you wind up? All too often you're forced out on the
street or
into a nursing home or other institution. DUH!

ADAPT's tent city will be a typical community complete with its own
newspaper, TV coverage, and other services.

For Information Contact;
Randy Alexander [phone]
Marsha Katz [phone]
http://www.adapt.org
SOURCE ADAPT

[Frank Gannon]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:54:10 -0400, "Cheryl"

Post by Cheryl
Eleven ADAPT Disability Rights Activists Arrested at McCain Campaign
Headquarters
When: Monday, September 15, 2008
Where: The plaza outside the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410
More info at: http://twitter.com/NationalADAPT
Why: The 2008 election campaigns have included rhetoric about tax breaks
for middle income families, and media coverage has included stories about
families who have children with disabilities. Left out of all the election
rhetoric are the candidates' positions on and commitments to those babies
with disabilities who grow into adults with disabilities who all-too-often
survive on extremely low incomes (less than 30% of the median income). These
extremely low incomes are often the fixed benefit amounts of SSI and Social
Security.
In 2006, according to Priced Out in 2006, the federal SSI benefit was
$603/month and the average cost nationally of renting a studio/efficiency
apartment was $633/month.
...

Palin has a disabled child. She is the only candidate with direct
experience of just what that means.

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REMEMBER TO VOTE... "NONE OF THE ABOVE"

[No Body]

Post by Frank Gannon
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:54:10 -0400, "Cheryl"
Palin has a disabled child. She is the only candidate with direct
experience of just what that means.

And do you really think that a stint as 2nd fiddle to McCain is a responsible
way to raise that child?

Though I must admit, it's a darn good way to get the federal benefits all
the rest of us would have liked to have had!