The 7-County Metro Area’s paratransit service for people with disabilities, Metro Mobility, is providing a record number of rides with fewer trip denials and customer complaints than at any time…
Month: April 2005
Editor's Column - April 2005
It’s been a month of questions about disability and death. Pope John Paul II’s disability and death was a contrast to Terri Schiavo’s just a few days earlier. He accepted…
People Being Duped
This horrible situation is not about disability civil rights. Instead, the Terri Schiavo case is about politics. It was President Bush who retreated from his vacation and pushed late-night legislation…
State Offers Co-Payments
Some people with disabilities will have more money in their pocket at the end of each month if they are enrolled in a small but effective state health program. The…
Care vs. Empowerment
Health care professionals and people with disabilities agree that the health care system for disabled individuals has room for improvement. How to proceed with designing and implementing an improved system…
Letter to the Editor - April 2005
I recently became aware of the MA-EPD because of a letter that I had written to Senator Dayton. I was addressing the difficulties that I had experienced with social security…