[QUAD-L] helping people
Title: AOL Email I went to Lawrenceburg, IN, and I was transferring into my wheelchair from my car with my Mom in a parking garage. I heard someone sitting behind our car, and when I was situated, I turned around and saw a young black man in a wheelchair (a regular hospital chair not evaluated and fit to his needs). He said, "How do you do that, get out of you car like so?" I said, "It has taken hard work to learn the sliding technique. I slide on a transfer board to the front seat." He then said, "Do you think you could help me? I do not have a chair like that so I can go out to the mall and stuff like that. I told him to give me his phone number and I would call him with resources, a way to do things, and that I would walk him through this and get him the things that he needed to become independent. I had never seen this person in my entire life, but he needed help and he called upon a stranger in a parking garage. God works in mysterious ways. My question to everyone is if you know about any good support groups, or Independent Living Centers in Hamilton Co., OH? I will be calling him to discuss his situation, and his different needs, and I want to be prepared to answer all his questions thoroughly. I am not familiar with the State of Ohio, so if anyone can send me info, it would be appreciated. ***Hello everyone! I hope you are doing fine. Keep your heads up, because tomorrow the sun will rise again.
[QUAD-L] RE: {Quad-L} Re: human embryos
I agree with you! iii life begins when you start paying taxes!From: "Corie Jones" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Re: human embryosDate: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:44:48 -0800In my opinion, human life begins when the embryo becomes a human fetus, which is when the fetus begins to have a brain, spinal cord, heart, and other functioning organs. These embryonic cells are just that...cells...until they are implanted into a woman's body. There is no LIFE without a WOMAN's body to allow the cells to grow into a human fetus, which can eventually live outside of his/her mother's womb. So many pro lifer's do not consider this important fact. I get very angry with the argument against partial birth abortion, which only happens because the woman's life is in jeopardy. Doctor's do not perform abortions when the fetus is over 8 weeks UNLESS the mother's life is at risk. Doctor's are very conservative about this. It is not something done lightly. It amazes me that there is always this huge concern for an embryo (before it is a fetus, before it has a brain, spinal cord, heart) when the woman/mother NECESSARY for the growth and life of this developing fetus is disregarded so callously.I hope I'm not sorry for responding to this!Peace, Corie :-)
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Can anyone tell me about the lawsuit that Advantage Home Health Care is filing toward the medicaid waiver program? Apparently half of the home care agencies are not going to accept the medicaid waiver anymore. inline: Desk Of .jpg
[QUAD-L] RE: ADVANTAGE
I was notified from the local Advantage office here in IN, that Advantage was bringing forth a lawsuit to the waiver program, and that Advantage and 1/2 of all the other Home Health Agencies were going to stop using the waiver as a payment option. I was told, by a reliable source, to start looking for a new pay source for my hours that were covered by waiver in order to avoid a bad situation in the future. According to my source, Advantage is either the largest or one of the largest home health providers in Indiana. It definitely needs to be looked into! inline: Desk Of .jpg
Re: [QUAD-L] Bush plays the game of being Christian
IN REPONSE TO: "I never mentioned color in my post because I know it's not just black women that do it, however they are the majority when it comes to that. I realize what you are saying, but it's wrong no matter what color you are and having all these children knowing you don't have an honest way to support them." US Census 2000 Total population: 281,421,906 Total responses to race: 274,595,678, African American: 34,658,190 White 211,460,626 Hispanic: 35,305,818 The percentage of African Americans on government assistance is higher than the other races, this is true. However, if you consider the population at whole, is the African American percentage actually higher than whites on government programs? inline: Desk Of .jpg
[QUAD-L] RE: Bush plays the game of being.....
Not all single women have children just to receive a welfare check every month. Do you think it is fun to live like that? There are many women who work full time jobs, and have to have government assistance to survive. You should not have to give up your child because you are financially unstable. By the time I was 19, I had three children. I worked two full time jobs, but still couldn't make it. I had food stamps, and lowered rent, but I deserved my children just as much as a woman who was married and financially stable. And for the women who don't work, many times you can't win for losing. If you work, you do not earn enough to to raise a family, and if you apply for benefits, you don't receive enough assistance to even help make a difference. By the time you add child care for when you do go to work, you still have nothing. If you quit your job, you are then eligible for more assistance, and you can live better than if you were working. It is no way to live, but you do what you have to do to survive. Now for those women who don't even try to better themselves or the lives for their children, is unexceptable. But they should not have to adopt out their children. Until you have had to live in the system and raise children, you should not judge whether they deserve to have and keep their children. You could one day have to depend on food stamps, welfare, and lowered rent to raise your kids, because you aren't guaranteed a stable life. Would it be fair to say that a mother who is disabled should have to adopt out their child? No! It is a struggle depending on the government to raise your family, but it doesn't make you any less deserving of a family, a bad mom, or any less of a person. If anything needs to change, it is the way the system works. Better assistance should be available for those mothers who are working, that way they can get on their feet, become stable, and come out of the system and poverty. For the mothers who did not want to work, they would have to become employed in order to best utilize their resources, and would see that working is more beneificial than welfare. The welfare system makes it impossible to get back on your feet when you have hit rock bottom. As far as teenage pregnancy, yes, it is irresponsible. We have all made decisions as teens that were not responsible, but we are only human. Who are we to judge one another anyway? I do believe that we all have our flaws!!! Well, kids and single women are having babies and living off of the system. They get money to raise the baby, money off of rent, food stamps, and other things they may be eligible for. It is a shame. I think those people should be forced to give their babies up for adoption or after having a couple they should. So many of these women have 4,5 or more kids. I know a woman from back home that has 7 and doesn't work because she gets so much help. Stacy inline: Desk Of .jpg
[QUAD-L] STUDENT LOANS
Does anyone know anything about getting defaulted student loans reduced? I cannot afford the payments because I took out the loan prior to my disability. My income from SSDI is not enough to make the loan payment. I was one of fourteen students accepted into a new Honors programs at Indiana University this year, and now I can't even go to college. Voc rehab cannot help until I resolve this loan matter. I sent a form (the form that verifies I am disabled so that my loan can be reduced) from the financial aid office, to my doctor three times to verify that I am disabled, and they will not sign it. I am a quad resulting from a T1 spinal cord injury. How is that not a disability? I should be responsible for my debt, but I cannot afford it at this time. I desperately want to go to school. Does anyone know what I could do? inline: Desk Of .jpg
