We are currently engaged in #litigation concerning #votingrights of patients at Montana's state run #psychiatrichospital. Hearing scheduled Monday. Check back here for updates.
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Check out our latest podcast episode: Medicaid - How do we balance being responsible with money and our responsibility to each other? youtu.be/wMup2XYvSZA?si=SNNw… via @YouTube
Focus group meeting tonight on actualizing the Lois and Elaine Decision. Who are Lois and Elain? Well they are not Tommy Olmstead.
Census Bureau to Livestream Meeting With Stakeholders on Disability Data Needs census.gov/newsroom/census-l…
The purpose of the meeting is to better understand challenges in data availability and access for the disability community based on feedback in response to a Federal Register notice outlining proposed changes to the American Community Survey.federalregister.gov/document…
Another day, another election. Is it always election season? Some news coverage of the candidate survey @Drightsmt has released this week: ktvh.com/news/montana-survey…
Over 70 candidates from both major political parties responded to our survey. Will their answers surprise you? The only way to find out is to check it out: disabilityrightsmt.org/candi…

ALT a drawing of a bear speaking into a microphone in the foreground and a actual photo of mountains as the background. Talk bubble over the bear reads, "How will you address health disparities in the Native American community? How have you interacted, or would you interact with the Tribal Nations, Indian Health Services, Urban Indian Health Organizations, and other health care professionals serving the Native American community?"
"Admitting you can’t drive as an adult in America is opening the door for people to treat you as though you are 'less-than' or even a burden on those that can drive..."
Read more about Anna's experience:
disabilityrightsmt.org/a-wee…
Day one of the @Paralympics Games. Watch select live events and replays youtube.com/@Paralympics
Excellent perspective on rural non-drivers. I often think and wish rural areas would incorporate school bus riders with general public transit riders. Rural areas often boast of their close community ties, this may be a way to actualize that rhetoric.
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Community First Choice Advisory Council Meeting, 8/29/2024, 1:00pm-4:00pm Mountain Time, Teams meeting link: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup…
CFC program provides in-home assistance for individuals with disabilities and older adults and stresses the importance of consumer-control,
recent statistical look at party affiliation shows that 27% of people in the U.S. identify with the Republican Party and 27% with the Democratic Party, while 43% identify as independent.
Read the full op ed by our Executive Director David Carlson: helenair.com/opinion/column/…




