Just wondering if anyone knows of any good short quotes or short statements appropriate to hang up at a company diversity event to build awareness (specifically disability awareness)? Ideally, something that's just a normal quote from someones everyday life that would hopefully cause awareness and understanding towards disabled people of any type...

does anyone have advice on where to find wheelchair gloves (like the ones on this page, full thumb, padding) in the Boston area?
all i've found in the bike shops are ones with all half fingers, which cause my thumbs to blister, or all full fingers, which i find difficult to deal with.

The Association of Blind Citizens will hold its Summer Luncheon on August 25th at the Fours Restaurant located at 166 Canal Street in Boston. The Restaurant
is a two minute walk from the North Station MBTA station.  Come and be part of    an ABC summer tradition.

The luncheon will include several appetizers, a variety of hot sandwiches and a cash bar will be available.  The sit-down Lunch will be served at 12:00
PM until    2:00 PM.

Joining us At 2:00 PM will be WBZ's talk radio host, entertainer, and trivia expert Morgan White Jr.  You have heard his trivia game on the radio, but this
is your chance to test your knowledge live.  Morgan's style and wit make him a unique and interesting individual.  Morgan will have many prizes to reward you for your knowledge.

ABC's Summer luncheon will be free to the blind community, family and friends. Bring a group of your friends and test your knowledge.  Please be sure to
make a reservation and let us know the number of guests in your party. Register by calling 781 654-2000 and be sure to leave a telephone number so we may
confirm your reservation.

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does anyone have a recommendation for a rental agent in the Somerville/Cambridge/Arlington/Medford area who is considerate and understanding of the needs of the mobility challenged? i'm looking to find a new place and i'm having a hell of a time with most agents not understanding my requirement for a first floor bedroom, as well as them trying to tell me 1st/2nd floor splits don't exist (i live in one, and have friends in others, so i know they very much do).
thanks!

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/massri/

Latest News:

Epilepsy Education and Networking Seminar
Saturday, March 31, 2007, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, Boston
Registration: $20.00 after March 26th: $25.00

Counseling Epilepsy Patients and Their Families
A CEU program presented by the Epilepsy Foundation, MA & RI, Commonwealth Educational Seminars and the Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology Program, Bouvé College: School of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Curry Student Center, Room 442, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA
Registration: $49.00


ANNUAL WALK FOR EPILEPSY
RAIN OR SHINE
Sunday, May 6, 2007 Artesani Park, Brighton, MA
Check in: 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
3 mile walk: 10:00 a.m.
BBQ, music, face painting, balloons, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Registration: $20.00 Individual, $50.00 Team, after April 20th $30 and $60, respectively

[Cross-posted various places]

BREAST CANCER AFFECTS ALL OF US.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. And living with a disability doesn't make you immune. If you're over 40, check your breasts regularly and have a mammogram and a clinical exam every 1-2 years. For more information, contact the Massachusetts Department of Public Health: (617) 624-5957 (Voice), (617) 624-5992 (TTY).

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health presents:

Breast Cancer Screening for Women with Disabilities:
THE RIGHT TO KNOW

October 24, 2006, 1:30-4:30 pm
Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center
1350 Tremont St., Roxbury Crossing, Boston
Rooms A + B

Come hear personal stories and talk with a panel of women with disabilities who have survived breast cancer!

REGISTRATION & ACCOMMODATIONS
Please RSVP and register for this event by 10/20.
If you are deaf or hard of hearing, or a person with a disability who requires accommodation, please contact Pialee Roy
for making arrangements by 10/20 at:

Email: Pialee.Roy@state.ma.us,
Phone: 617-624-5978, or TTY: 617-624-5992

( Directions by car and T )

I thought it might be a good idea to compile a database of scholarships for the disabled, focusing on college students but not exclusively so. If you would like to be apart of this, either to supply information or to receive the final file, look up this post title on creactiv_voice for further instructions.

Vocational Rehabilitation is the service intended to help you with just that. Here is where you can find your local office

If you have a problem with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, you can contact CAP or Client Assistance Program. Find out about what CAP is here . Im working on a state-by-state spreadsheet of CAP agencies, since those sites dont seem to provide such. If anyone can find one that does, please contact me.

Tell us about your experience with Vocational Rehabilitation or CAP at creactiv_voice

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The Calendar will be complete in the next week.

Evictions off campus due to suicide attempts OR admission to a hospital for depression

I was outraged when I did. The last thing a depressed student needs is to be immediately tossed onto the streets. Yes I understand that these colleges/universities may not have the resources nor the necessitity to build mental institutions on campus, but certainly they should be required to treat their fellow human beings with some measure of dignity, if not even a trace of compassion. I do not accept the premise that they are seeking whats in the students' best interests. I wonder if in fact they are serving their own, in seeking shelter for their insurance policies away from legal storms. The problem for them is that within the ADA the legal standard for individuals with disabilities is the most integrated policies possible, in concurrence with the standards specified by the individual's treatment providers. There are certain factors that need to be considered here, such as whether or not the students could be defined under the law as persons with disabilities, etc. Even if these institutions of learning are safe due to these specific circumstances, it seems they are building their campus policies on quicksand rather than modern legal ethics.

Dear All,

I've only been a part of the live journal community for a bit. But I had no idea the depth of groups/discussions that take place here. This is great! I might communicate with those who can actually answer my question(s).
I have CP, which effects my legs. I use a huge black arrow chair. The ones that have an elongated battery in the back. (The ones that my friends tease about mounting a huge boom-box on. Seriously--a boom-box.)

But my real question(s) are: How accessible is Boston? Will I have to call for a specialized bus? I'm thinking about applying to Emerson college for grad school, but if it's virtually impossible...then it will be one less grad application to pay. I'm sorry if I sound a bit like I live under a rock, but I attend undergrad in a small, midwestern town. And I don't have any visuals of a place like Boston--in terms of crowds, sidewalks that are paved so that wheelchairs can safely come off them, etc.

I almost wish someone had a Top-Ten places to Live if You Have____like a David Letterman parody, but disabilities are too unique to the individual...even for someone like Letterman.

Thanks,

Garvice22

cross-posted in disability, Vermont, and New Hampshire interest communities courtesy of creactiv_voice

WRAP Program in Nashua, NH

This round of the 6 week program has already started, and they recommend that you don't start in the middle. The next round is slated for late November of this year, so sign up now!

For more information and to get on the waiting list, email:

michael@ dbsanashua.org

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Anyone here used the Fenway Community Health Center, and if so, how'd it go? Where you happy with the services? The staff? The environment?

Hi people -
I have a prosthesis in my right eye that needs attention. The last time I went in to have it looked at/done to was August of 2004, which was 2 months after my implant was re-stitched up (the tissue tore because of infection and the implant was protruding). Since then there has been some obvious moving and shaking in the socket itself, as the whole sha-bang is only 4 years and 1 month old. The prosthesis itself needs cleaned obviously, but it's also a little too big now for the socket and now it's just not fitting right/falls out a lot and flips itself around. This is really uncomfortable and I'm afraid I'm going to get an infection (like the last time) because it's always popping and my allergies make it all yucky.

So the problem is that my ocularist was in/from Ohio - I was in school there so I went to someone there. I haven't had to look up an ocularist in the Boston area so I'm at wits end as to how to find one. I have Masshealth and they are as helpful as a bag of rocks - and my HMO I *think* is PCC. I called one place (last name began with a "J") and they said that Masshealth only covers that until age 19 unless you have an HMO. I don't understand, and they didn't recognize my hmo, if that's even it.

I'm confused and could use some help from others who may have more experience in this stuff in this geographic area, or people who have more experience with masshealth and eye issues.

I just got masshealth a few weeks ago so I'm still learning the ropes.

Thanks!

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Hi peoples -

Is it me or is it cold today? Best small-talk ever, right? I'm bored and staring at my wall and thought I would say hi. If anyone else is bored we should talk and share boredom.

I'm currently slandering Mass Commission for the Blind in my head, as they make my life evil.

And snow tonight!

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Hey -
I'm wondering, because of some research I'm doing that I keep wanting to post about in communities that are related but not focused on this topic...would people be interested if I created a disabled_media type community? One that focused on disabled people in the media, media representations of disabled people, etc.?
and what kind of name would I give it other than disabled_media or maybe gimp_media?

Let me know what you think.

Let me know if this should go away.

Cross posted here and there...

Hi - I was referred here from bOstOn. I'm a native Bostonian but have been in Ohio the past 6 years putzing around and getting my BS in crap. I'm queer, blind, Jewish, a feminist, stuff like that. Don't eat meat, like animals, allergic to everything. Moving back to Boston this December per graduation (to Malden, actually) and am looking for a job and after a job a place to live (I'll be with family for a while)...

anyway...I'm looking to connect to the disabled community in Boston - particularly blind/VI folks and selling my soul to get a job before I start grad school in September.

HI!!!!!

In my blog, One Smoot Short of a Bridge, I plan to compile a list of places in the greater Boston area that have gender-neutral restrooms. I'd like to include both places that have some gender-specific restrooms and some gender-neutral restrooms (usually family and/or accessible ones) and places that have only gender-neutral restrooms, including places such as small businesses with only one restroom. I'll accept basically any place that isn't a private home -- businesses, offices, medical facilities, restaurants, stores, and so forth.

Please either post here or e-mail me (triangular at hotmail dot com) and tell me as much as you can about all the gender-neutral restrooms you can think of. Tell me where it is (give me an address or rough address if you can), where in the building it's located, whether it's multi-stall or single-stall, whether they have gender-specific and gender-neutral, and anything else interesting, like what type of signage is on the restroom. Thanks!

(If you're interested in the topic of gender-neutral restrooms in general, you can google it. There are a lot of informative sites on the topic, just no Boston-specific ones I've found so far.)

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Ok so my doctor wants me to print out a copy of the last year (12 months) of my blog so she and my rhumey can read and review the blog.

She says she will be looking for patterns of high pain days, with information on how and where I hurt. As well as something about my frequent letheragy and close to naralepsy (as in when ever I sit down to read the paper or just rest of a bit, I fall asleep.

I don't have the slightest idea how to go about printing my blog. Should I just do single page prints, with lots of wasted space, or should I try to copy each entry into a document and print out that.

Any ideas at all will so be considered.

Especally since, she wants this done quickly, which considering what I have going on in my life migh be a bit difficult.

Cross posted in fmspagan