[Pen-l] 100 disabled activist arrested many at White House fence

[Doyle Saylor <doylesaylor@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings Economists,
Some info from ADAPT one of the more militant Disability Rights  
Organizations.  -
May 14, 2009

Dear Friends of Disability Rights Activism:

The ADAPT Community has just returned from an intense 4-day action in
Washington, DC.  ADAPT activists sent a message to the Obama
Administration and Congress that people with disabilities and older
Americans want long term services and supports, including the reform of
the institutional bias in Medicaid and Medicare, to be included in any
health care legislation.

We thought the Obama Administration and the Democratically controlled
Congress would be more receptive to our message of including long term
services and supports in health care reform.  That was their promise.
However, their surprisingly negative response can not dim our call to  
end
the institutional bias in our long term care system.  ADAPT did not back
down.  If this issue is put off yet again, how many lives will be stolen
as people are forced into unconscionable options?

Our message was sent at a cost.  Over 100 ADAPT activists were arrested
at the White House fence on Monday and Capitol Hill on Tuesday,  
demanding
President Obama and Congress end the institutional bias by including the
Community Choice Act in health care reform legislation.

We need your assistance to offset what we project to be at least $15,000
of fines and legal fees that we will be assessed for our disability
rights activism.  Most ADAPT activists are low income people with
disabilities, many on SSI.  All contributions will be used for fines and
legal fees and are tax deductible.

We will not be intimidated.  ADAPT activists will continue our battle to
end the institutional bias in Medicaid and pass the Community Choice  
Act.

All contributions can be sent to:

ADAPT Community
Legal Defense Fund
1640A East 2nd St
Austin, Texas  78702

For an Institution Free America,

Rahnee Patrick, Organizer
The ADAPT Community

Doyle;
This to me is grassroots radical movement people.  While it is quite  
true no one pays attention to people with disabilities, they are the  
ones getting hurt now and they represent at least one major thread of  
radical change waiting to happen.
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
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