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The Arc Action Alert - Do You Want " Congregate Care " ?FYI

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

egskb@...

The Arc Action Alert - Do You Want " Congregate Care " ?

Do You Want " Congregate Care " ? More Info

Then now is the time to counter calls for institutions and other

segregated settings

The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) has just

extended the deadline for submitting testimony for its national listening

sessions. And people who support institutions are wasting no time in letting

ADD know what they want. In fact, VOR is calling on its membership to " Tell ADD

to support Choice " in residential settings for people with intellectual and

developmental disabilities.

Please take a minute to provide your comments to ADD and let them

know that segregated, congregate living for people with disabilities should NOT

be a choice. We know all too well that abuse, neglect and other forms of

denigration are far more likely to occur in large congregate settings.

Integrated, community based housing is the only policy the federal government

should be supporting.

It's critical that ADD hear from many people with intellectual and

developmental disabilities or their family members. Please submit your comments

before March 4 at:

http://www.envision2010.net/comment_submit.php

Thank you in advance for your advocacy.

If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please click here.

[Guest guest]

The Arc Action Alert - Do You Want " Congregate Care " ?I just went on this site

and submitted...

I read through some postings...of 20 postings that I read, 18 were in favor of

larger congregate living arrangements.

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

egskb@...

The Arc Action Alert - Do You Want " Congregate Care " ?

Do You Want " Congregate Care " ? More Info

Then now is the time to counter calls for institutions and other

segregated settings

The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) has just

extended the deadline for submitting testimony for its national listening

sessions. And people who support institutions are wasting no time in letting

ADD know what they want. In fact, VOR is calling on its membership to " Tell ADD

to support Choice " in residential settings for people with intellectual and

developmental disabilities.

Please take a minute to provide your comments to ADD and let them

know that segregated, congregate living for people with disabilities should NOT

be a choice. We know all too well that abuse, neglect and other forms of

denigration are far more likely to occur in large congregate settings.

Integrated, community based housing is the only policy the federal government

should be supporting.

It's critical that ADD hear from many people with intellectual and

developmental disabilities or their family members. Please submit your comments

before March 4 at:

http://www.envision2010.net/comment_submit.php

Thank you in advance for your advocacy.

If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please click here.