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Greetings!
Fall's around the corner. Think fashion, school, and new
entertainment! Read this month's newsletter to find out
about Chloe, the new fashion, money, issues,
and commentary magazine aimed at women in
wheelchairs. Great fun! Great fashion - lots of it custom
made for a great fit too! Also, if you have a
college-bound child, or are college-bound yourself,
make sure
you check out the online guide serving students with
physical disabilities. They've done the work so you don't
have to! Then read about Cody Unser's new film "The
First Step" which is an up-close, no-holds-barred
expose on the issues of SCI. There's more so take a
good look! And as always, if you have a
need or a question, we are
here for you!
| New Fashion Magazine for Chicks in Chairs! Chloe debuts |
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Beautiful, intelligent, entertaining women with
disabilities have found a home at Chloe
Magazine, a magazine with insights on your life, how you
live it, and how you see it. Chloe magazine is a
full
scale women's magazine for disabled women, written
by disabled women (and a couple of outstanding men!).
The premier September
issue is out and it covers a wide range of issues and
interests sure to be important to you. Think: Finance,
Health Care, Education, Travel, Relationship Help....and
lots more.
It will include in-charge women who run corporations
and others who run homes and raise
families. Say the editors, "It is our time and
we're
here!"
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| New On-Line College Guide Serves Students with Physical Disabilities |
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Did you know that of some 2,500 four-year colleges in
the US today, only four provide academic and personal
services comprehensive enough for a student with
serious physical disabilities to live on campus?
Frustrated at the lack of information available when
beginning their college search, an Atlanta college
student and his mom, Tommy and Chris Tiedemann,
created the website "Disability-Friendly Colleges: A
Guide for Students with Physical
Disabilities."
The guide contains up-to-date information such as:
Detailed descriptions and photos of the only four
colleges to provide seriously
physically disabled students with all of the necessary
services to live on campus
Interactive charts of 75 colleges that go beyond ADA
including: accessibility, personal care, transportation,
adaptive sports, academic rank, contact information and
how the Ivy League stacks up
High school vs. college comparisons
Tips on commuting to college
10 things students with physical disabilities should
look for on a college visit
There's lots more too! Check it out!
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| "The First Step" film about Cody Unser is candid take on paralysis |
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A gripping scene in a new documentary captures the
spirit of Cody Unser, who has been paralyzed since age
12.
She's in a bathtub in her college dorm, trying to shift
from her shower chair to her wheelchair. She falls
repeatedly, each time missing the wheelchair then
hoisting herself up for another try.
"Happens every day. Just let it roll," filmmaker Chris
Schueler remembers her saying matter-of-factly when
he offered to intervene.
The scene is shot discreetly, from a distance. Where the
22-year-old Unser bares all is in her forthright,
on-camera discussions about her life. She talks frankly
about her sexuality, about challenging society's
misperception of women in wheelchairs as asexual,
incompetent, dependent.
"I just really wanted to share my life, and be honest and
truthful," she said in an interview. Narrated by Glenn
Close , the hour-long documentary has been shown on
public television in Albuquerque and is being made
available to Public Broadcasting Service stations across
the country. It also had the requisite week-long run in
theaters in New York and Los Angeles to make it eligible
for the Oscars. Want to see it yourself? Contact your
Public Television provider and ask!
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| For All Your Mobility Needs, Call Monroe Wheelchair! |
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You can depend on all of us at Monroe Wheelchair for
the latest
technology in medical equipment and the highest
quality healthcare.
Our staff has a combined 300 years of experience in
the medical equipment industry and Monroe's on-site
owner, Doug Westerdahl, continually monitors and
works together with his staff to improve customer
service.
Call us at 1-888-546-8595
today!
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Few cities win 2008 Mainstream Vouchers that help PWDs with housing costs! |
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Did your town compete to benefit you?
Earlier this month, HUD announced the Housing
Authorities that competed and won
2008 Mainstream vouchers that provide money to assist
non-elderly people with disabilities to live independently.
These vouchers did not fall from the sky into the laps of
those that needed them. Rather, municipalities had to
apply for them and in the end, only 14 were distributed.
Disability advocate Steve Gold says that many disabled
people live in group settings who are capable of and
interested in independent living--IF they can get the
assistance to make it work financially. Gold asks: Did
your Housing
Authority apply for the vouchers? Do non-elderly people
with
disabilities in your area need housing vouchers? Has
your Housing Authority recognized that there are people
in institutions because they cannot afford housing and
would leave the institutions if they had one of these
vouchers? If your Housing Authority did not apply, why
not?
Obviously, it is important to make sure that the 2008
Mainstream vouchers below are awarded properly and
only to non-elderly people with disabilities. Have you
discussed with the Housing Authorities listed below
how they plan to do this?
Gold urges you to meet with your Housing Authority
regarding the upcoming 2009 Mainstream vouchers,
which are
also for non-elderly people with disabilities. Insist that
your Housing Authority apply for the 2009
vouchers so that more housing needs can be met!
If you have met with your Housing Authority officials
regarding the 2009 Mainstream's 4,000 vouchers and if
they are not going to apply, we'd like to hear what they
said and to learn why they will not apply. Email Steve
Gold at stevegoldada@cs.com.
Cities receiving 2008 vouchers included Sacramento,
CA; Orlando, FL; Des Moines, IA; Chicago, IL; Joliet, IL;
Cook County, IL; Topeka, KS; Cambridge, MA;
Framingham, MA; Montgomery, MD; Butler County, PA:
Cumberland, RI; Providence, RI; King County, WA.
Find Out More!
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