Disability Rights

Wellsville, NY--Steve came from New Jersey, Toby’s from Indiana and Nick joined them from Detroit. Mike Blake was there for a while but he’s with his family right now. They share a small, green house in Wellsville with photos of friends killed in Iraq and nightmare-memories of a place where the flags on their arms were taken as targets. They live with injuries and problems but also with a sense of compassion so large that it could fill any house, pour into any conversation.

School children are setting up gardens to feed the poor and to give fresh produce to food banks. Volunteers needed from around the country.

Gang Stalking / Electronic Harassment / Business Ethics / Trashy Workplaces

utilizing organic school gardens for improving Academic Performance and social development

Many Links to sustainable technology, Recycling, organic gardening-farming, renewable energy, Permaculture and disaster relief web sites.

Industry sneak attack on organic standards rammed through congress.

The Social Security Administration has adopted a policy of taking unnecessary SSI Disability applications from every applicant for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits -- despite the fact that many applicants are clearly ineligible.

Over and over, I have heard that America has the greatest health care system in the world. Politicians and pundits have repeatedly bragged about the high quality of medical care and medicine in our nation. I always believed the statements without question until recent years. Facts got in the way.

I went looking for the numbers behind the real situation. My grandfather Crockett often said, "Numbers never lies but liars use numbers." The real story told by the numbers is very disturbing.

On Sunday, March 13, 2005, Rochester-area disability rights activist Chris Hilderbrant will formally announce his entry into the race for County Legislature. The announcement will take place among family and friends, as well as neighbors and small business owners from the 6th Legislative District. The campaign kick-off will be held at Northgate Plaza, 3800 Dewey Avenue. Supporters will gather by 12:15 p.m. and the announcement will start at 12:30 p.m. Following the announcement, Hilderbrant and his supporters will have lunch at a locally owned restaurant in one of many efforts to revitalize small business in the district.

I am writing today to ask you to please contact your state's U.S. senators and tell them to support the Smith-Bingaman amendment to strike the $15 billion in Medicaid cuts from the budget resolution and create a bi-partisan Medicaid Commission. I as you to do this today because I am Medicaid beneficiary — a beneficiary of the sort that most people don’t think of when they think of Medicaid recipients.

Sign The Petition To Save The Nations Housing Assistance Programs!