April 2002 Issue

1April 10, 2002

Inside■■■■■ Bioethics — p. 3■■■■■ Buck Humphrey — p. 3■■■■■ Anita Silvers’ Lecture — p. 6

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Volume 13, Number 4 SOURCES RESOURCES April 10, 2002

Redistricting AndBeyondby Joel Ulland

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LEGISLATIVE WATCHMENTAL HEALTH UPDATEby Sue Abderholden

“I am what I am, so take me as I am!” —J. W. von Goethe

If you have been readingthe news in the past month,

you have been hearing a termthat comes around onceevery ten years: redistricting.Many politicians believe thattheir political fortunes can bewon or lost based on wherethe lines of their districtbegin and end. But if you’renot a politician, lobbyist, orsomeone who closely followspolitics, why should you careabout new lines on a map?The reason is simple. Thenew lines on the redistrictingmap mean there could be amajor shift in who controlsthe power at the State Capitoland who is setting disabilitypolicy for years to come.

Because of the new map,your current legislator—priorto redistricting—may noteven be on the ballot thisNovember. Instead, youmight be represented byanother legislator who usedto serve in a neighboringdistrict. Find out what yournew legislative district lookslike and who may be repre-senting you next year.

Other Potential Changesin the Legislature

There are 17 state House

districts that don’t have anincumbent running and ninestate Senate districts withoutan incumbent. This meansthere could be up to 26 newlegislators at the Capitol nextyear. There could be evenmore new representativesand senators based on theretirement of current legisla-tors and, of course, if anincumbent loses the electionin November.

No matter how many newlegislators are in the halls ofthe Capitol next spring, thevast majority of them willhave little or no expertise ondisability issues. Thesenewly elected officials willneed to be educated about thewide variety of issues thatpeople with disabilities faceon a daily basis.

Now is the Time to ActWhy wait until after theelection to start discussingdisability issues? Many ofthese candidates will bedoor-knocking from nowuntil the election and mayvisit you at your home. Takethe opportunity to educatecandidates about disabilityissues and what the govern-ment does—and does not

do—for you.

Many legislators have ageneral rule: if they hearfrom five of their constituentsabout a single issue, they payattention and often see whatthey can do on that issue. Ifmany people with disabilitiesstart talking to candidatesand current legislators aboutimportant disability issues,imagine the impact we canhave!

Whether or not you areaffected by redistricting orother changes detailed above,get involved in the electionprocess in whatever wayyou can. Most importantly,please vote at the primaryelection in September and thegeneral election in Novem-ber.

If you are unsure of whatlegislative district you are in,contact the Minnesota Secre-tary of State’s Election Divi-sion and they will be able totell you. The phone numberis 651-215-1440. ■

Joel Ulland is the PublicPolicy Manager for theNational Multiple SclerosisSociety, MN Chapter. Legislative - cont. on p. 6

The House and Senate,which worked so quickly

on round one of the budgetcuts, have come to animpasse as they try tocomplete round two. Theirself-imposed deadline ofcompleting their work byEaster was missed.

For mental health advocates,such as The National Alli-ance for the Mentally Ill inMinnesota (NAMI-MN), thefirst round was a disaster.The Children’s Mental Healthcollaboratives lost 100% oftheir wraparound dollars—and dollars for newcollaboratives for the nextfiscal year. This means thatthe approximately 4200 chil-dren (and their families) thatreceived services under thisprogram last year will be leftwithout adequate family sup-ports. The Regional Treat-ment Centers (RTCs) alsosaw their budgets cut by $8million, which will result inabout 700 people beingdenied services.

In round two, the Senaterestored the wraparound dol-lars, and $5 million to theRTCs. They also excludedfunds for state-operated ser-vices for the Department ofCorrections and the Depart-ment of Human Servicesfrom contract reductions—and excluded employees atstate correctional facilitiesand state-operated servicesfrom the hiring freeze. TheSenate is also requiringprepaid health plans to passon the increase they receivedlast year to mental healthservice providers and madeone-time funding shifts forMental Health Grants, Com-munity Support Grants, andGroup Residential Housinggrants. These funds will bedelayed by about six months.The only concern is ifcounties will pass on thatdelay to the nonprofits pro-

viding these services. Mostof the nonprofits do not havereserves to absorb the delayin funding.

The House cut $2 million byeliminating the Commissionerpositions in the 27 statedepartments and creating 8secretarial positions instead.$20 million in general cutswere made including imple-menting a state hiring freezeand a moratorium on consult-ant contracts. $61.6 milliondollars were cut from theHealth and Human Servicesbudget. To meet this target,the House greatly restrictedGeneral Assistance (GA) tosix months every two yearsand Emergency General As-sistance to once every eigh-teen months, which saves$696,000. General Assis-tance Medical Care (GAMC)was consolidated into MNCare for a savings of $37.3million. Additionally, theyshifted budget reserve moneyfrom the state-operated ser-vices accounts to the generalfund saving $7.75 million.

NAMI and other mentalhealth and poverty advocatesare very concerned about thecuts to GAMC since 34% ofpeople on this program havea mental illness and 50% arementally ill and/or chemi-cally dependent. The depart-ment estimates that 7,000people will be without insur-ance. People who are leavingan RTC or are newly diag-nosed and have lost a job tendto go on GAMC. They areusually waiting to go onanother program like SSI/SSDI and MA. Some of thedifferences between GAMCand Minnesota Care are thatMN Care has premiums ($4)and prescription co-payments($7), and you must bewithout insurance for fourmonths before you are eli-gible. GAMC is an entitle-ment but MN Care is not.

This means that when fund-ing is low, they can restrictMN Care and the first peoplekicked off will be singleadults with no dependents.

New Bills

Special education advocatesare working on language thatwould essentially requireeducation programs in careand treatment facilities toconform to state and federaleducation laws (includingspecial education). Studentsmust begin receiving educa-tional services within threedays of entering a facility.They also must have accessto the same hours of educa-tional instruction as otherstudents living in the districtunless their treatment planspreclude that. This wasadopted onto the ChildrenFamilies and Learning (CFL)bill in the Senate policy andfinance committees. Actionon the CFL bill in the Housewas not completed, and wedon’t know what the House isgoing to do. The language isalso included in a billauthored by Senator LindaBerglin.

The Bonding Bill containsfunding for the 218 support-ive housing beds on theMinneapolis VA campus andthe 125 beds at the St. CloudVA campus. Half of the bedsare to be used by veterans.

Also, HF 97 (Greiling)/Chapter 221 was passed andsigned into law. It wouldchange the language in stat-ute to people first languagewhen referring to people withmental illness.

A Timely Case

NAMI-MN joins the MentalHealth and Somali communi-ties in mourning the death ofAbu Kassim Jeilani. This

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Behing The Scenes of The History Of Bowlingby Tim Benjamin

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The History of Bowlingfinds Chuck, a quad-

riplegic, going back to col-lege after spending almosthalf his life just watching TV.In a physical education class,he meets Lou, who has beenhiding her epilepsy for mostof her life. They are throwntogether when their PEteacher makes them work ona joint project. Soon Chuckand Lou fall in love, but notwithout the accompanyingsquabbles—and some inter-ference from Chuck’s room-mate, a deaf and blindscoundrel.

During its run at the MixedBlood Theatre, I saw this playand found it to be hilarious. Acouple of weeks later, I got tomeet the two men most closelyassociated with the play. My

afternoon with Mike Ervin,playwright of The History ofBowling, and Bob Ness, thelead actor in the play, wasfilled with laughter, loud talk,sarcasm—and above all—some deep thought on thesubject of people, like our-selves, with disabilities.

A friend of Ervin’s, who hasepilepsy, inspired the play;she told him the story of howshe tried to get out of physicaleducation class in high schooland ended up having to writeessays about each sport theclass participated in. Ervinsaid, “It didn’t just come tome: Aha! This is a play. ButI thought it said somethingabout the silly nonsense thatwe as people with disabilitieshave to put up with some-times.” He went on about a

group in Chicago, called theApostolic of the Handicapped,that takes people with dis-abilities to a Catholic churchonce a month on a Saturdaynight. They have a specialservice just for the handi-capped—and then don’t seethem again for another month.It seems these kind of thingsturn out to be more for themembers of Apostolic of theHandicapped than for thepeople with disabilities. Ervincontinues, “It’s like ‘You’regoing to go have fun with usnow, damn it!’ or ‘You can befriends with the cripples from1 p.m. to 4 p.m.’” After manyyears of musing, Ervin put allthis together and The Historyof Bowling was born.

Ervin said that he has writtenother plays—Activities of

Daily Living and The Pluckyand Spunky Show—that hefelt were fairly successful andhave been seen in a fewplaces, “if Alaska is consid-ered a place”. He feels thatThe History of Bowling hasmade a pretty good round.The reviews haven’t alwaysbeen good, he laughed, say-ing, “Cincinnati gave it theworst reviews I’ve ever hadon anything.” The TwinCities were very nice to TheHistory of Bowling. Ervinlikes the fact that you can get aroom full of 100 or so peopleand they are all laughing atthis kind of unconventionalsarcasm. He went on toexplain that the laughterhopefully means they’re un-derstanding the sarcastic, un-clear humor in the play. Nessinterjected, “Good reviewsbring more people that other-wise wouldn’t come to see aplay about an epileptic, quad-riplegic, and a blind/deafman.” In Chicago, Ness knewthere were a lot of walk-infolks. It played at a theaterwhere he worked and therewere a lot of people that theydidn’t recognize. He foundthat pretty exciting.

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The topic of stem cell re-search is a very hot issue

globally. The subject ofresearch in general has oftendivided the disability commu-nity. We should work to closethe divide on this and otherimportant topics. We must alleducate ourselves on theethics of these issues and beopen to discussion. There aremany questions to be an-swered—and each answerwill probably create morequestions. On page 3, Dr.Steve Miles, professor ofbioethics at the University ofMinnesota, has offered asampling of his expertise inthis area. In the future, he iswilling to discuss—in writingfor now—questions from ourAP readers. This is an exciting

prospect; we’ll keep youposted.

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Joel Ulland from the NationalMultiple Sclerosis Society,Minnesota Chapter, has givenus a quick summary ofredistricting. Joel points outthe importance of makingsure that if your representa-tive or senator has changed, itis your responsibility to makesure your new legislator isinformed about your con-cerns. Let’s all make sure thatany new legislator walkingthe halls of the Capitol nextsession knows our issues.And, if you have been moved

to a new district, makecertain that representativeknows your concerns.Thanks, Joel—for an under-standable summary.

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I was fortunate in the lastmonth to have spent sometime with two influentialmen: Buck Humphrey andMike Ervin. Both willcontinue to have a role in thedisability community andhave interesting perspec-tives on life, careers, andpossibilities. Read aboutthem on pages 2 and 3. ■

Ervin went on to talk aboutVictory Gardens in Chicago;they are well-known for theirproductions of works by localplaywrights. In the mid-90s,the Victory Gardens startedtheir Access Project to maketheir four theaters acces-sible—not just wheelchair-accessible, but accessible inevery way: audio description,sign language, and captioningfor older folks who are hard-of-hearing and don’t knowsign language. The text ofeach play is projected over thestage like it is in operas. Ervinstated, “The actors hate itbecause the audience can seewhen the actors have missedlines.”

The playwright also men-tioned Vickie Lewis, who hasrun The Other Voices Projectin Los Angeles for about 15years. She has helped bringalong many playwrights. Hesaid, “Actually, I owe her alot; she helped me with a TheHistory of Bowling and de-serves some of the credit.”John Belluso is Lewis’ co-director and has written a fewplays himself that have beenvery successful. This particu-

lar project is just starting tobring people to the surface;there are about four or fivepeople around the countrywho are getting some thingsdone fairly regularly. Ervinsaid, “More plays written bypeople with disabilities willcreate more characters foractors with disabilities”.

He maintains that he writesabout disability in all hiswriting: journalistically, plays,whatever. Ervin writes aboutdisability issues because hewants to; he doesn’t feelpigeonholed. He said, “It’swhat I know, and it’s what I dobest”. There are all kinds ofimportant stories to be told;he doesn’t think he will everrun out of them. Ervin hadone professional writer readThe History of Bowling. Thepro said, “It is a good play, butwhy don’t you write aboutsomething not disability-re-lated and show your realrange.” Ervin disagrees andthinks that he can show hisrange within this subjectmatter—and don’t they say towrite about what you know?

There is hope that in the futurethere will be many moreopportunities for persons withdisabilities to work in thetheater: as playwrights andactors, in production, and inmany other areas. Ness hasbeen working in the theatersince shortly after his acci-dent. Prior to that time, heplayed guitar and keyboardsin a band. The theater hasgiven him an opportunity toexpress himself, but there justaren’t enough jobs for actorswith disabilities. Ness is now36, but Chuck, the characterhe plays in The History ofBowling, is 32. He joked, “Icannot play 32 forever!” andadded that he “wanted to runfor Senate, just for thebenefits. My platform wouldbe ‘Elect Bob Ness, he needsthe benefits.’” ■

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The Center of Bioethics atthe University gets many

inquiries. Some are mysteri-ous: “Do you think thatabortion should be madeillegal if scientists perfect theartificial womb becausewomen will be able to give upan unwanted fetus?” Someare personal: “My mother isdying and on life support,what should I do?” Some arepolitical: “Who was Presi-dent Bush trying to pleasewith his stem cell policy?”

Some are moving, puzzling,and thought-provoking: “Doyou think that people withspinal cord injuries shouldoppose stem cell research onrepairing the spinal cord inorder to preserve the sense ofdignity and community thathas developed among manypersons with such injuries?”

The question is interesting inthree respects. First, the factthat it can be asked at all is ameasure of the success andpublic presence of personswith these injuries. Second,there are few precedents forasking this type of question.(One example is the concernthat the artificial cochleareinforces prejudice againstthe deaf and would harm thevibrant community of personswho have created and whoflourish with American Sign

Language.) Finally, thequestion asks each of us toidentify the real threats topersons with disabilities.

People with cord injurieshave come a great distancesince “ugly laws” (see boxbelow) banned them fromappearing in public. Myuncle was Sister Kenny’s firstpatient in Minneapolis. Whenhe walked out of the hospitalon crutches and into thepractice of law, it was morethan front-page news—it wasan assertion that people withdisabilities should live fulland fulfilling lives. Sincethen, his path has beenbroadened with new wheel-chairs, electric doors that arewide enough for wheelchairs,ramps, curb cuts, buses withwheelchair lifts, parkingspaces, and adapted housing.Each year, powerful andconfident wheelchair racerslead the Twin Cities Mara-thon. People with spinalinjuries are friends, politicalactivists, students, teachers,and colleagues. This newpublic community generatesmore support, stronger advo-cacy, deeper friendships, andgreater opportunities.

Stem cell technology doeshave the potential for repair-ing some acute spinal cordinjuries. However, it will not

repair all disabilities. It isunlikely that it will work forALS or MS or some diffuseinjuries that are part ofcerebral palsy. So, thequestion stands: will thisadvance for some underminea community that has benefit-ted so many?

I think this question points tothe need for solidarity amongpersons with all disabilitiesfor a common agenda foraccess to affordable healthcare based on need, includinghome care and attendants; theremoval of barriers; andefforts to end discriminationin the larger society. It alsopoints to the need for personswho are not now disabled tojoin in this broader agenda.

If stem cell research for spinalcord injuries is a threat, it is athreat because it diminishes abroader solidarity. These newhealing technologies are athreat if the cord-injuredpersons who benefit fromthem fail to use their new

Commentary

The Effects Of A Cure OnThe Disability Communityby Steve Miles, M.D.

Buck HumphreyVisits AccessPressby Tim Benjamin

Buck Humphrey an-nounced his candidacy

for Minnesota Secretary ofState in early December.Recently, he came to theAccess Press office to ask ourhelp. He is very concernedabout the barriers to peoplewith disabilities at our localpolling places. Humphreywants to make sure voting isaccessible to all people withdisabilities: “The ability toexpress ourselves freely inour state elections is a right,not a privilege. Minnesotanswith disabilities expect thatwhen they go to the polls toexpress themselves that ma-chines, election judges, sys-tem errors, or any otherbarrier will not disenfranchisethem.”

People with disabilities havea voice and that voice canmake a big impact on our stateand federal elections—butnot if our polling places arenot accessible to every citi-zen. Humphrey has encour-aged me to ask the readers ofAccess Press to express theirneeds concerning accessiblevoting to him. He was eagerto explore a number ofoptions: absentee ballotingunder any circumstances,touch-screen voting, and on-line voting. Humphrey ishonestly concerned with the

disability community and ourability to vote. He haspromised me that he willmake it his goal to make aballot available to everyeligible citizen with a disabil-ity who wants to cast his or hervote.

Pledging to bring renewedenergy and enthusiasm to theoffice of Secretary of State,Humphrey has a bachelor ofarts degree from the Ameri-can University in WashingtonD.C. and a master’s degree inpublic administration fromHamline University. He hasbeen involved in agriculturalbanking and has representedfarming issues in Washing-ton. He served as policy aideto the Minneapolis Mayor andwas chief adviser on publicworks, transportation, regula-tory services, and labor rela-tions issues. Humphrey statedthat if elected, “The office ofSecretary of State…will bemanaged in the most efficient,cost-effective, and citizen-friendly manner.” ■

To provide Humphrey withinput regarding accessiblevoting, contact him [email protected] orvisit http://buckhumphrey.org/ for more information onhis campaign.

HHS Approves Prescription DrugDemonstration Projects

An example of an “ugly law”:

No person who is diseased, maimed, mutilatedor in any way deformed so as to be an unsightlyor disgusting object or improper person is to beallowed in or on the public ways or otherpublic places in this city, shall therein orthereon expose himself to public view, under apenalty of not less than one dollar nor morethan fifty dollars for each offense.

—Chicago ordinance

abilities to pursue our largercommon agenda. After all, aperson whose cord is healedremains vulnerable, as any ofus are, to chronic lungdisease, mental illness, andthe full host of disablingconditions that the largercommunity faces.

But, does stem cell researchthreaten the community ofpersons with spinal cordinjuries itself? I do not thinkso. This new technique willnot work for everyone. It willnot completely end disabilityfor many of those who arebenefitted. It will be costlyand much work will have to bedone to assure that thistechnology is made availableto all who need it. Thecommunity will continue toexist and work will remain tobe done on the agenda ofliving with a disability. ■

Steve Miles, M.D., is with theCenter of Bioethics, Depart-ment of Medicine, Universityof Minnesota Medical School.

HHS Secretary TommyG. Thompson an-

nounced, on April 1, theapproval of innovativeprojects in Minnesota andGeorgia designed to makeprescription drugs less costlyand more readily available tosafety-net patients. Theprojects involve groups ofcommunity health centers thatwill buy and distribute pre-scription medications to theirpatients at reduced costs.

In the Minnesota project,three health centers in Minne-apolis/St. Paul—SouthsideCommunity Health Services,West Side Community HealthServices, and Model CitiesHealth Center—have joinedforces to create a prescriptiondrug purchasing and distribu-tion system called the Neigh-borhood Pharmaceutical CareNetwork. The network willprovide less expensive pre-scriptions for the centers’more than 13, 000 uninsuredpatients.

“These projects in the TwinCities and in Columbus, GA,reflect our commitment toprovide those most in needwith access to affordableprescription drugs,” Secre-tary Thompson said. “These

networks will be able topurchase drugs in largerquantities and pass the sav-ings on to the people that theyserve—many of whom do nothave any health coverage.”

More information about thealternative method demon-stration projects is availableat www.hrsa.gov/odpp/new.htm. ■

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She paints her eyes asblack as night, now. She

pulls those shades down tight.There’s a smile when the paincomes. The pain gonna makeeverything alright. —“SheTalks To Angels” by TheBlack Crows

I’ve ridden rocket bikes andHarleys for 30 years, but Idon’t have tattoos. I havescars. Scars are tattoos with astory—and I used to love myscars, my wounds, my “death-defying” stories. Sometimeswhen you spend your forma-tive years with depression andbipolar, you don’t have thesame victories or rites ofpassage into adulthood thatothers do. There aren’tgraduations, scholarships, orawards for chronic mentalillness. What I had for medalsand honors were scars—“warwounds” that proved I hadsurvived traumatic situations.

Shakespeare captured it in hisfamous Crispian’s Day speechof Henry V, just before thebattle of Agincourt: “Then hewill strip his sleeve and showhis scars, and say, ‘Thesewounds I had on Crispian’sDay.’” When all you have to

show for your life is simplyyour life, sometimes scars areall you have. You can eithercry or laugh, hide them, orshow them off with fiercepride. They can be “Heidel-berg dueling scars,” or addi-tional marks of stigma.

When I was wounded in someway, had an accident oroperation, I could point to mybandages or casts and tellpeople, “This is where I hurt.This is what gives me pain.”With my multiple sclerosispeople can see my limp, mycane, my walker, and under-stand that I’ve been injured orill. With depression, some-times there aren’t visiblesigns of your suffering—nophysical manifestation of yourinner wounds. It’s hard toshow someone a broken heart;a fractured self-image; thehuge, aching hole of loneli-ness. There aren’t the wordsto describe them—no way toshow that kind of disablingwound. Anyone who’s suf-fered grief and despair knowsthat wounds of the flesh aremuch easier to bear thanwounds of the spirit.

If I look honestly at my past, I

have to admit that most of mywounds were self-inflicted. Iwould deliberately put myselfin harm’s way. I would gointo a corner faster than Ishould; I’d take extra chancesthat were foolhardy. I’d makebets with luck that eventuallyI would lose. My reputation atone point was that of adaredevil—someone who hadno fear, who would riskeverything for almost nostakes. It wasn’t that I wasbrave, I just hurt so muchinside I didn’t give a rip.

Sometimes I was so numbwith inner pain that I couldbarely feel the world aroundme—not even my own body.I remember going out in aJanuary blizzard wearing jeansand a T-shirt. I remembertears freezing on my face as Icried from being able to feelthe terrible, wonderful cold. Iremember picking myself offthe street after a bike crashand questioning how I couldhave been so foolish, and thenanswering myself that I’drather feel bad than feelnothing at all.

Self-harm is a tough, touchyissue with folks who strugglewith MI. One of thesymptoms of these diseases isthat your self-esteem andsense of worth are destroyed.In addition to this suffering isthe stigma, the mark ofdisgrace that still follows MI.The judgment that you areweak, lazy, and flawed ofcharacter.

There are many ways weinflict self-harm on ourselves:starving or gorging. Cutting,hitting, or burning. Chasingaway the people that love usand courting the people thatdon’t. We put ourselves intodangerous situations. Weabuse substances. We isolate.We give up the things welove. We sabotage our

romances or work situations.We listen to our “innertyrants” and believe we areunlovable people and we’dbetter reject others beforethey reject us.

Sometimes we mistakenlybelieve that self-harm is a wayto get control over our lives.When we’re lonely and indesperation, when the pain isso great, we fool ourselves bysaying: “Well, at least I cancontrol my body and my life. Ihave the ultimate powerbecause I can injure ordestroy myself.” Like somekind of twisted emotionalsafety valve, we think we cancheckmate our inner pain byour willingness to damage ordestroy ourselves.

When my heart was so lost inpain and shame, I evenbelieved that my pain, myblood, was a way of cleansingmyself—a form of penance.But that path led nowhereeither. No matter what I did,or how bad I hurt, or howmuch blood was spilt, I wouldask the sky: “Is that enough?Have I paid enough to beloved now? What more doyou want? Can I go homenow? Can I have a life now?”But it was a lie, and it neverwas enough. Could never beenough.

The Dutch artist, Vincent vanGogh is famous for manyreasons. His style of paintingchanged the whole landscapeof art over the last century, buthe was considered a failure

during his lifetime, and soldonly one of his paintings.After his death, he wasacclaimed as a genius—andseven years ago, one of hispaintings went to an anony-mous collector for 26 milliondollars. He is known for hiswonderful letters to his be-loved brother, Theo. And heis known because of hismental illness, his stay in amental hospital, his suicide,and his self-mutilation.

Many remember him as theguy that cut off his own ear.There are many stories andmyths around that incident:that he was trying toimpress a prostitute; thathe was angry at his friend,the artist Paul Gauguin;that he was simply out ofhis head. I think it wasbecause he was desperatefor love. He needed and hurtso deeply that he woundedhimself as a way to distracthimself from his breakingheart. His passion andcapacity for love was in everypicture he painted, everyletter he wrote. He needed tobe loved, but even more, heneeded to give love. Vincent’shuge heart needed moreoutlets than his painting andhis brother. He neededfriends, a wife, children—heneeded people to give hisenormous love to. And heneeded to be loved, to beaccepted, to be good atsomething, to feel special insome way. He needed peopleto rely on him, to confide inhim, to believe in him. He

Religion and Disability

Your Inner Dancerby Sister Jo Lambert

Did you know that, tohumans, dance is innate?

You don’t agree? I see—youthink that you have to be aGinger Rogers or Fred Astaireto be able to dance, right?Wrong! Dance is defined inthe dictionary as, “rhythmicmovement, ordinarily to mu-sic, to move the body.” Howdo you define body? How doyou define dancing? Do yousee it as a trained or controlledphysical movement? Do yousee it as expression in aphysical way? Do you see itas exercise for your body? Ineach of these, the physicalbody is the dancer—but try tosee it as movement for yourinner body. We all have ahidden dancer inside justwaiting for us to allow it tocome out.

Are you able to see the innerdancer? Now can you see it asa way to express or free yourspirit? Never thought ofdance as spiritual expressionbefore? Actually, dance is avery old form of spiritual

expression or prayer. Allcultures have had dance intheir history and develop-ment, used either spirituallyor socially. Dance can befound in biblical writingsdating back to the OldTestament: “...and Daviddanced before the Lord....” (2Samuel 6:16) and “Let thempraise his name in the festivedance....” (Psalm 149:3)

Many disciplines use a formof movement to free the innerperson and open the spiritualside. The dancer inside isthere—this may not be a“prima ballerina” or a GeneKelly, but each has to bring itout according to whom youare. You decide what yourdancer looks like. The bodyof the dancer in you is what isimportant. To be able toexpress in movement in thespirit rather than in what bodyparts move or don’t move iswhat is important. The focusof the dance is on the inside—the rhythmic movement isinside and can go to the center

of your being. This innerdancer has the ability to leadyou. Dance as a spiritualexpression is freeing—a wayto journey through the uni-verse within and find yourplace in the universe.

Because the movement doesnot have to be in the outsideworld, but is a movementinside you, you decide on thedance. If your only physicalmovement is in your eyes,they are the connection withthe dancer inside and theyexpress your inner dance.Your expression of your innerjourney is always personaland holy. Each time youfocus on the spiritual side ofyour personhood, you growand become more of whomyou are meant to be. Whatdoes your inner dancer looklike? Search out your innerdancer and let it be a guide toyour spirit—and share it withothers. ■

Sister Jo Lambert is affiliatedwith Catholic Charities.

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5April 10, 2002

Disability Culture

The Dome Strikes Outby John Tschida

Forget the budget battle atthe Capitol for a moment

and let’s focus on a publicpolicy debate that reallymatters: getting a newbaseball stadium for theMinnesota Twins. This isn’tabout rich owners, overpaidplayers, or even new taxes.It’s about the lack of acces-sible seating, in both quantityand location, and a ticketingsystem that prevents friendsand families from enjoying agame together.

Finished in 1981, the HHHMetrodome is a pre-ADArelic, with exactly four wheel-chair-accessible seats in eachupper deck section. In thelower bowl there are just twolocations for wheelchairs whenthe stadium is configured forbaseball. Half the Planet, anational nonprofit organiza-tion supporting the applica-tion of technology to promotethe values of the ADA, ratesall the Major League ballparks.They give the Hump a“single” with a “home run”being the best rating. I say theDome strikes out looking. Itsproblems are legion and aswith houses, bathrooms, andretailers, retrofitting is expen-sive. Want a seat in the frontrow behind home plate?Forget it. Even if you scoredsuch a ticket from a scalper,you’d need attendants to haulyou down the steep concretestairs. You can get a Twinsticket in the top price cat-egory, but that only buys youthe back row in the spendyseat section, 27 rows from theaction.

Of course, the Dome is notalone. Aging arenas andstadiums from coast to coastare decidedly unfriendly forthe mobility-impaired. Pas-sage of the ADA didn’t solvethe problem, but it did help,requiring that 1 percent ofarena seats be marked forthose with disabilities. Newlybuilt stadiums around the

nation began to burst likepopcorn in the 1990s, fueledby public dollars and teamowner hunger for increasedrevenue. Most are better thantheir bulldozed predecessors.Some consulted the disabilitycommunity when building;some didn’t.

Predictably, lawsuits fol-lowed. The poorly namedCoalition of Accessibilityemerged to fight accessibilitystandards. This group, com-posed of major sports facili-ties, teams, and leaguesthroughout the United States,demanded the accessible seat-ing mandate be halved, to .5percent. They lost.

Their beef, argued before afederal panel charged withimplementing the ADA regu-lations, is that the accessibleseats go unused, that there aretoo many of them, and as aresult, arena operators losemoney. Based on their sta-tistics, accessible seating re-quests would have to rise1300 percent to fill the 1percent of seats that stadiumshave set aside for the dis-abled.

And herein lies the rub: thesesame venues—and by exten-sion, their super-sized partnerin crime, Ticketmaster—strictly limit companion ticketsales to a single ticket perchair user.

This policy, implemented ac-cording to the stadium lobbyto maximize the number ofwheelchair users at eachevent, prevents guys like meand Anthony Zyskowski fromaccompanying friends andfamily to social events.

Anthony is a 15-year-old kidfrom Kent, Washington, whojust wanted to sit with hisfamily last month at a prowrestling event in suburbanSeattle. That’s what mostpeople do at such events—sit

next to friends, coworkers,whatever. But Anthonyhappens to use a wheelchair,so Ticketmaster said no dice.They told Anthony he couldhave only one friend or familymember accompany him. SoAnthony took his plight to alocal reporter. Ticketmaster(saying it was only followinginstructions from the TacomaDome) blinked after mediainquiries, but the story stillended up on the MSNBCwebsite.

With the exception of certainhigh-demand events that logi-cally call for limiting thenumber of tickets purchased,no able-bodied fan has theirsocial circle shrunk to a singleindividual on game day. Andit really is that simple. Thesepublic events are as muchabout socialization and frater-nization with those close to usas they are about the action onthe playing field. Ironically,those close to use are notallowed to be close to usunless they also have adisability. It’s a double hit tobe relegated to the nosebleedsection and be permitted onlyone buddy next to us whilewe’re there.

This isn’t about reasonableaccommodation, it’s aboutequity. Sadly, there’s nothingtechnically wrong with thecurrent arrangement. It meetsthe letter of the law, butcertainly not the spirit. Par-ticularly insulting is that thevery policies limiting oursocial circle are framed astools to ensure access to thegreatest number of people inwheelchairs.

The stadium folks can’t haveit both ways. They can’tshrink the number of alleg-edly unused accessible seatswhile promoting policies thatdiscourage us from buyingthem. Instead, why not buildremovable seating into thearchitectural plan, as they’ve

done on a limited basis atCamden Yards in Baltimoreand elsewhere. Modularseating allows for more acces-sible locations and integratedseating choices, not just at theend of the row where you gettrampled by the mid-inningbathroom crowd every 20minutes.

America is all about baseballand apple pie. Today I canenjoy that pie with as manynon-disabled friends as Iwant. Hopefully, in the nearfuture, I can say the same istrue for a ball game. ■

John Tschida is the SeniorDirector of Public Affairs &Research at Courage Center.

The Space Shuttle AndAssistive Technologyby Jeri Mundl

As millions around theworld watched, a Minne-

sotan piloted the space shuttlein March. The technologyused to launch the astronautsinto space, perform five spacewalks, enhance the HubbleTelescope, and return to earthis amazing to most of us.However, the number of high-tech developments within thedisability community over thepast few years is just asphenomenal.

Mobility

The advancements in wheel-chair technology are goodexamples of this phenom-enon. Most wheelchairs nowhave as many options as youcan get when purchasing aluxury car. Today the usergets not only basic mobility,but can also add options suchas environmental controls,tilt-in-space positioning (torecline in a variety of posi-tions), communication aids,varying speed, and sit/standcapabilities. The most recentdevelopment is a wheelchairthat can actually walk upstairs. Recently, I wired avoice-activated cell phoneinto my wheelchair batteriesthrough technology normally

used in an automobile. Notonly does the phone allow meto dial and answer hands-free,it also has a built-in phonebook.

Another mobility aid is theArgo 6X6 Vanguard, anamphibious all-terrain ve-hicle. Thanks to its handcontrols, it can be used bypersons with lower extremitydisabilities. This six-wheeldrive vehicle may be drivendirectly from land onto wa-ter—or through deep snow ormud, and over marshland andbushland.

Hearing

Another exciting technology,available to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, is thecochlear implant. This isessentially an artificial innerear intended to take over thejob of the cochlea, the snail-shaped organ that translatessound energy into nerveimpulses and sends thoseimpulses to the brain forprocessing. Researchers hopethat cochlear implants willreturn hearing to people whohave total hearing loss, evento those with congenitalconditions.

The iCommunicator is an-other assistive technology aidfor the deaf designed toenable individuals with hear-ing disabilities to communi-cate with hearing individualswithout an interpreter. Thiscomplete computer-based sys-tem converts speech to text,speech to sign language,speech to computer-gener-ated voice, and text tocomputer-generated voice—all in real time. The systemoffers an 8,000-word signlanguage vocabulary.

Vision

For people with visual impair-ments, new technology offerstalking maps with GlobalPositioning System (GPS)locators. Atlas Speaks (andStrider) is a voice outputelectronic mobility aid forpersons with visual disabili-ties. Atlas Speaks is a talkingmap for a personal computerthat lets users learn about thephysical layout of a neighbor-hood, city, or state. It letsusers figure out the best pathfrom point A to point B usingcross streets, landmarks, andlocal points of interest. Whenthe user is ready to go, he orTechnology - cont. on p. 10

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Every week, we hearheadline stories about

genomics, or the systematicgeneration of genetic infor-mation about living things.What is the hype all about?Why are people so excitedabout various genetic tech-nologies such as gene therapy,or pre-implantation geneticdiagnosis of embryos? Havethese technologies improvedthe lives of people withdisabilities? Or have theymade people with disabilitiesmore vulnerable to discrimi-nation? The College of St.Catherine will sponsor a freepublic presentation dealingwith these issues in May.

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A nationally renowned scholarin biomedical ethics anddisability studies, ProfessorSilvers has a lifetime ofexperience living as a self-supporting person with aserious disability. She haspublished many books andarticles on topics such asgenetic discrimination, bioet-hics, distribution of healthcare resources, and socialjustice. This summer, she willcodirect a National Endow-ment for the Humanities

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In her talk, Professor Silverswill question some of thesocial justice implications ofvarious genetic technologies.For example, why the hooplaabout genomics? The hypeabout The Human GenomeProject, cloning, and variousgene therapies shows howmany believe that such tech-nologies are the best remedyfor disabilities. To manypeople, genomics promisesunparalleled benefits for pub-lic health.

However, we cannot ignorevarious ethical issues sur-rounding the use of geneticinformation. Francis Collinand Craig Venter, two pioneerscientists who helped crackthe human genome, are con-cerned about the use ofgenetic information. Theirworries are echoed by states-men such as Bill Clinton andGeorge W. Bush, who havewarned that new geneticknowledge may pose enor-mous threats to individuals.Although these scientists andstatesmen agree on the impor-tance of creating strong pro-tections against genetic dis-crimination, the public hasfailed to do so. Who, or what,is to blame for this failure? Inher presentation, Dr. Silverswill examine various policies

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was a tragedy that could havebeen prevented. In thisparticular situation, there werepolice on hand who hadreceived mental health crisistraining. But this wasn’tenough. When the systemfails so that a death results, wemust look carefully at whathappened to prevent it fromrecurring in the future. NAMI-MN believes that the legisla-ture and policy-makers mustlook to:

1. Ensuring an ample supplyof mental health servicesand providers by providingadequate reimbursementand by making mentalhealth services entitlementprograms rather than grant-funded programs.

2. Requiring statewide train-ing of law enforcement andother emergency responseteams on mental illness andappropriate interventions.

3. Building the linguistic andcultural capacity of ourmental health system tomeet the needs of all Min-nesotans.

4. Providing options for earlyintervention and treatment.

5. Developing Mental HealthResponse Units that canassist first responders inassessing and addressing orde-escalating the situation.

NAMI-MN is pleased todaythat at least one of the items on

this list is being addressed bythe legislature—that beingearly intervention and treat-ment. We applaud Represen-tative Mindy Greiling andSenator Berglin for their workon this issue. This bill (HF2735/SF 2457) would maketechnical amendments to thecommitment act by deletingthe word “imminent” from thesection of the bill relating topolice and crisis team re-sponse and by making it clearthat a person can be commit-ted to a community hospital.This bill also requires theDepartment of Human Ser-vices to report back to thelegislature on the unmet needsof children and adults withmental illness, and on strate-gies to address the unmetneeds. The bill has passed theSenate by a vote of 57 to 4. Itis awaiting a vote on theHouse floor.

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Flaming Film Festival; ASL 5/1-6; IntermediaArts; Mpls.; 612-871-4444; www.intermediaarts.org. Screening of Crip Shots by JohnKillacky, featuring five queer artists withdisabilities, plus 3-minute short films.

Death of a Salesman; ASL Thurs., 5/2, 7:30;College of Saint Benedict; 320-363-5777;www.csbsju.edu/finearts.

Sweet Potato Pie and Such!; runs 5/2-3; ASLFri., 5/3, 11:15 a.m.; St. John’s University;320-363-5777.

I Don’t Have to Show You No StinkingBadges; runs 4/26-5/19; ASL Fri., 5/3, 8:00;AD Fri., 5/10, 8:00; Mixed Blood Theatre;Mpls.; 612-338-6131; performed in Englishor Spanish on alternating nights;www.mixedblood.com. The son of the kingand queen of Hollywood bit parts drops out oflaw school to challenge stereotypes inTinseltown.

Sisters of Swing; runs 4/13-5/25; AD Sat., 5/4, 8:00 (discussion follows); ASL Thurs., 5/9,10:00 a.m., Sat., May 11, 8:00 (discussionfollows); Great American History Theatre; St.Paul; 651-292-4323; www.historytheatre.com.The story of the Andrews Sisters from MN.

Gypsy; runs 4/25-5/19; AD Sat., 5/4, 7:30;ASL Fri., 5/10, 7:30; Bloomington CivicTheatre; 612-825-7667; www.bloomingtoncivictheatre.com. Based on the memoirs ofburlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee, driven by herdomineering mother into a career as a stripper.

Calliope with Rhiannon; ASL Sat., 5/4,8:00; College of Saint Catherine; St. Paul;612-285-5835; www.calliopewomenschorus.org; tickets 651-989-5151 or www.ticketmaster.com. Rhiannon performs her potentblend of jazz, world music, improvisation, andstorytelling.

May Day Parade and Festival; AD/ASLSun., 5/5, 1:00 to sunset; parade alongBloomington Ave. S. and festival in Powder-horn Park; Mpls.; 612-721-2535; www.hobt.org.

Forty Years and Still Modern; runs May 3-4 and 9-11; ASL Thurs., 5/9, noon (YoungPeople’s Mini-Concert) & Sat., 5/11, 8:00;Hauser Dance; Mpls.; 612-871-9077.

Alice in Wonderland; 4/23-6/15; AD/ASLFri., 5/10, 7:30 (school show Wed., 5/8, 10:30am); Children’s Theatre Co.; Mpls.; 612-874-0400; www.childrenstheatre.org.

The following performances will be Audio Described (AD) for people who are blind or have lowvision, or interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) for people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

Accessible Performances

Wonderful Tennessee; runs 5/3-25; ASLFri., 5/10, 8:00; Rochester Repertory Theatre;507-289-1737; www.rochesterrep.org. Threecouples celebrate a birthday in Ireland andembark on a pilgrimage to unravel theirinnermost secrets.

Midas & the Golden Touch and otherstories; runs 4/24-5/12; AD/ASL Sat., 5/11,7:30; Howard Conn Fine Arts Center; Mpls.;www.youthperformanceco.com; 612-623-9080.

Dancing at Lughnasa; runs 4/24-5/25; ASL/AD Sat., 5/11, 8:00; Park Square Theatre; St.Paul; 651-291-7005; www.parksquaretheatre.org. This story of five unmarried sisterscelebrates the Irish heart and spirit.

How I Learned to Drive; runs 4/12-7/6; ASLSun., 5/12, 2:00; Commonweal Theatre;Lanesboro; 507-467-2525, 800-657-7025;www.commonwealtheatre.org. For matureaudiences, this play shows a young womanwith an abused past taking a gutsy andheartfelt journey of forgiveness.

Anansi, the Trickster Spider; runs 5/3-19;ASL Sun., 5/12, 2:00; AD Tues., 5/14, 11:00;SteppingStone Theatre; St. Paul; 651-225-9265; www.steppingstonetheatre.org.

The Boxcar Children in The Yellow HouseMystery; runs 4/19-5/19; ASL/AD Thurs., 5/16, 12:30, & Sun., 5/19, 2:00; Stages TheatreCo.; Hopkins; 952-979-1111; www.stagestheatre.org. The Alden children explorestrange goings-on in an old house.

A Night at the Black Pig; runs 4/26-5/19;AD Sun., 5/19, 2:00; Theatre in the RoundPlayers; Mpls.; 612-333-3010;www.theatrein theround.org. Berlin bohe-mians gather for the birthday of AugustStrindberg, who watches them performscenes from his troubled life.

All My Sons; runs 5/11-6/9; ASL Fri., 5/31,7:30 & Thurs., 6/6, 7:30; AD Sat., 6/1, 1:00(tour 11:00) & Fri., June 7, 7:30; GuthrieTheater; Mpls.; 612-377-2224 or 1-877-44STAGE, TTY 612-377-6626;www.guthrie theater.org.

For updates by phone, call VSA arts ofMinnesota at 612-332-3888 or statewide800-801-3883 (voice/TTY).

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Seventh Annual MN AHEAD Scholarship

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Emerging Artist Grants Available

MN AHEAD (Minne-sota Association of

Higher Education and Dis-ability) will award two $500scholarships to students, witha documented disability, ingood standing at a Minnesotacollege or university. Highschool seniors planning to

Minnesotans with dis-abilities who are devel-

oping skills in an art form areeligible to apply for EmergingArtist Grants sponsored byVSA arts of Minnesota. In itsninth year, the program offersten $200 grants to helpindividuals age 13 or older tofurther develop their artisticabilities through such activi-ties as:

attend college in the fall arealso eligible. The scholarshipfunds may be used forpayment of tuition, books, orsupplies at any technical orcommunity college, or anyfour-year post-secondary in-stitution in Minnesota.

Complete applications mustbe received or faxed by May17, 2002. Contact the Min-nesota State Council on Dis-ability at 651-296-6785 or800-945-8913 for applicationmaterials. ■

• taking a class to improvetheir artistic and/or techni-cal skills in an arts disci-pline;

• attending a workshop onbusiness or marketing skillsto make their efforts moreprofitable;

• purchasing materials to al-low them to continue theirefforts in the arts.

Criteria for Emerging ArtistGrants will be minimallycompetitive. Selection ismade randomly from qualify-ing applications. Previouswinners are not eligible.

Grant applications must bepostmarked or delivered nolater than Friday, April 26,2002. For an application,contact VSA arts of Minne-sota, 612-332-3888 or 1-800-801-3883 (both voice/TTY)in greater Minnesota; [email protected]; or go tothe web: http://mn.vsarts.org.For an alternative format,specify: audiotape, Braille,large print, e-mail, or PCdiskette. After normal busi-ness hours, deaf callers canuse the Minnesota RelayService to leave a message. ■

Artists from across theUnited States, as well as

international locations, havesubmitted artwork for theSister Kenny RehabilitationInstitute’s 39th Annual Inter-national Art Show by Artistswith Disabilities. This eventhas been a tradition since1963.

The public is invited to thegala grand opening on Thurs-day, April 25 from 5-8 p.m. onthe second floor of Sister

Kenny Rehabilitation Insti-tute at Abbott NorthwesternHospital, located at 28th andChicago Avenue in Minne-apolis. Admission and park-ing are free. Regular exhibitand sale hours extend throughMay 22, weekdays from 9a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekendsfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A panel of professional cura-tors—featuring RobyneRobinson , KMSP-TV anchorand owner of flatland gal-

lery—will serve as judges forthe show. Work will bejudged in six categories:graphic, photography, water-color, mixed media, oils andacrylics, and sculpture. Manylocal organizations and indi-viduals have contributed withdonations in the form ofencouragement awards to helpindividuals pursue their art.

For more information on theshow, call Kathy Schultz at612-863-4463. ■

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Directory of Organizations forPersons with Disabilities

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONSACT-UP MN, Robert Halfhill, 612-870-8026Advocating Change Together, Kathy Sanders, 651-641-0297ARC - Anoka/Ramsey Co.s, Marianne Reich, 763-783-4958ARC - Hennepin/Carver County, 952-920-0855,

archennepincarver.orgARC - MN, Bob Brick, 651-523-0823, 1-800-582-5256,

[email protected] - Suburban, Marianne Reich, 952-890-3057ARRM, Bruce Nelson, 651-291-1086Justice for All, 202-488-7684, Justin and Yoshiko DartMN Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, Tom Brick,

651-296-3478MN Developmental Achievement Ctr Assoc, 651-647-9200North Suburban Consumer Advocates for the Handicapped

(NSCAH), Jesse Ellingworth, 763-783-4708, 763-783-4724 TTY

Ombudsman for Mental Health & Mental Retardation, 651-296-3848, 1-800-657-3506, www.ombudmhmr.state.mn.us.

BRAIN INJURY SERVICESA Chance to Grow, Bob DeBour, 612-521-2266, newvisions

@mail.actg.orgBrain Injury Assoc. of MN, Stephanie Weiss Lake, 612-378-

2742, 800-669-6442, [email protected] Brain Injury-TBI Metro Services, 612-869-3995

COMMUNITY-LIVING SERVICESCommunity Bridge Consortium, Pat Svendsen, 651-748-7437

V/TTY, [email protected] Involvement Programs, 612-362-4400Help Yourself, Sara Meyer, 651-646-3662Henn. Co. Lib. Homebound Serv., Becky Mobarry, 952-847-

8850Metro Ctr. for Independent Living, 651-646-8342 V, 651-

603-2001 TTYSE MN Ctr for Independent Living (SEMCIL), 507-285-1815,

507-285-0616 TTYSILC-Statewide Independent Living Council, Bill Bauer, 651-

296-5085 V, 651-297-2705 TTYSo. MN Independent Living Enterprises & Serv. (SMILES),

Alan Augustin, 507-345-7139West Henn. Commu. Services, Mary Perkins, 952-988-4177

EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONSAdaptive Recreation & Learning Exchange, Kristen Abel,

612-861-9361 V/TTY, [email protected] Basic Ed/Special Needs, Betty Sims, 651-290-4729Center for Learning & Adaptive Student Serv. (CLASS),

Robert Doljanac, 612-330-1648, [email protected] Community Services, Diane Cross, 612-861-1688,

[email protected] Disabilities Program (Family Services of St. Paul),

Jan Parkman, 651-767-8321Learning Exchange, Lynn Dennis, 952-885-8531, TTY 952-

885-8590MELD (MN Early Learning Design), 612-332-7563 V/TTY,

[email protected]. Community and Technical College, Office for Students

w/ Disabilities, Melissa Newman, 612-341-7000 V/TTYMN Higher Education Services Office, Sarah Beth Mueller,

651-6420533PACER Center, Inc., Pat Bill, 952-838-9000 V/TTY, tbill

@pacer.orgParent Support Network (EBD/ADD/ADHD/LD), 763-783-

4949POHI District Consultants-Mpls. Public Schools, Jim

Thomas- Anwatin Coord., 612-668-2450Project Compass, Adult Disability Program - Winona Comm.

Educ., Helen Newell, 507-454-9450 Voice/TTY,[email protected]

Reuben Lindh Learning Center, 612-721-5111

GOVERNMENT SERVICESDakota Co. Social Services, 952-891-7400, www.co.dakota

.mn.usDivision for Persons w/Developmental Disabilities, 651-282-

2086Mpls. Advisory Commitee for People with Disabilities,

Margot Imdieke Cross, 651-296-6785, [email protected]

GOVERNMENT SERVICES continuedMN Children with Special Health Needs, 651-215-8956, 1-

800-728-5420 V/TTYMN Dept. of Human Services, Traumatic Brain Injury

Program, 651-582-1938MN Gov. Council On Dev. Disabilities, Deborah Tompkins,

651-296-4018 V, 651-296-9962 TTYMN State Council on Disability, 651-296-6785MN State Services for the Blind, 651-642-0500, 800-652-

9000St. Paul Advisory Commitee for People w/Disabilities, Roger

Schwagmeyer, 651-266-8891Social Security, St. Paul PASS Cadre, 651-290-0304

HEALTH ORGANIZATIONSChildren’s United Hospital, 651-220-8000Gillette Children’s Hospital, Lynn Carpentier, 651-229-3845Health Psychology Clinic, U of M, 612-624-9646Methodist Hosp. Ctr. for Senior Services, 952-993-5041Methodist Hosp. Parkinson Center, 952-993-5495Methodist Hosp. Stroke Supp. Grp., 952-993-6789Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, Karen Boyer 612-596-6105Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, Access and Referral

Department, 612-863-4457, www.sisterkennyinstitute.com

HEARING IMPAIRMENT SERVICESDeaf Blind Services MN, Jean Greener, 612-362-8454 V/

TTY, [email protected] & Hard of Hearing Services Metro, Marie Koehler, 651-

297-1313 TTY,651-297-1316MN Assoc. of Deaf Citizens, Inc., Douglas Bahl, 763-757-

5998 TTYMN Commission Serving Deaf & Hard of Hearing People,

651-297-7305 TTYMN Relay Service, 1-800-627-3529, sprint.trscustserv@mail.

sprint.comSelf Help for Hard of Hearing (SHHH), Leslie Cotter, 651-

772-4931 V/TTYSight & Hearing Association, 651-645-2546

LEGAL SERVICESLegal Advocacy for Persons with Dev. Disabilities, 612-332-

1441, mnlegalservices.orgLegal Aid Society of Mpls, Laurie Moser, 612-332-1441MN Disability Law Ctr., 612-332-1441

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESAlliance for Mentally Ill - Wash. Co., Bob Rafferty, 651-439-

3800Alliance for Mentally Ill of MN, 651-645-2948Centre for Mental Health Solutions, Tamera, 952-922-6916,

www.tcfmhs.orgHenn. Co. Mental Health Ctr., Joel Pribnow, 612-348-4947Mental Health Association, 612-331-6840, 1-800-862-1799,

www.MentalHealthMN.orgMental Health Consumer/Survivor Network, 651-637-2800,

1-800-383-2007, [email protected] Health Law Project, Pat Siebert, 612-332-1441MN Assoc. for Child. Mental Health, 651-644-7333, 1-800-

528-4511, [email protected] Depressive & Manic Depressive Assoc., 612-379-7933Pilot City Mental Health Center, Sy Gross, 612-348-4622

RECREATIONAL SERVICESAccess Outdoors/Wilderness Inquiry, Mike Passo, 612-676-

9416, 800-728-0719 V/TTY, www.accessoutdoors.org orwww.wildernessinquiry.org

Achilles Track Club-Uptown, Kay Christianson, 612-822-7872

Boy Scouting for People w/ Spec. Needs, Jan Bovee, 651-224-1891

Camp for Child. & Teens w/ Epilepsy, Deborah McNally, 651-646-8675, 1-800-779-0777

Camp Winnebago, Kathy Geely, 507-724-2351, [email protected]

Capable Partners, Jonathan Leslie, 763-542-8156Ski for Light, 612-827-3232US Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association, Craig McClellan,

763-535-4736

REHABILITATION CENTERSCourage Center, 763-588-0811, www.courage.org.Functional Industries, Don Tribyl, 763-682-4336Kaposia, Inc., Cindy Amadick, 651-224-6974, camadick

@kaposia.comLifetrack Resouces, 651-227-8471, TTY 651-227-8471Metro Work Center, Inc., 612-729-7381, mwc@onvoy

mail.comMidwest Special Services, Lyth Hartz, 651-778-1000North Memorial Rehabilitation Services, North Memorial

Medical Center, 763-520-5690Opportunity Partners, 952-938-5511, 952-930-4293 TTYOwobopte, Inc., 651-686-0405Rehabilitation Centers, MRCI - Burnsville, 952-894-4680

MRCI - Carver/Scott 952-445-6811MRCI - Chaska, 952-448-2234MRCI - Fairmont, 507-238-4388MRCI - Industrial Operations, 507-386-5600,

[email protected] - Lakeville, 952-898-5025MRCI - New Ulm, 507-233-2700

RESIDENTIAL SERVICESAccessible Space, Inc., Stephen Vanderschaaf, 651-645-

7271, www.accessiblespace.orgAltern. for People with Autism, Inc, Mike Amon, 763-560-

5330, [email protected] Metro Reg. Treatment Ctr., Judith Krohn, 763-712-

4000Homeward Bound, Inc., 763-566-7860Nat’l Handicap Housing Inst., Inc., Mike Bjerkesett, 651-639-

9799, [email protected] Phoenix Residence, Darlene M. Scott, 651-227-7655

RESOURCE CENTERSAccess for All, Mike Chevrette, 651-481-4062ALS Assoc. (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), 612-672-0484Alzheimer’s Association, John Kemp, 952-830-0512Am. Behcet’s Disease Assoc., 1-800-723-4238American Cancer Soc.- MN Div., 612-925-2772, 1-800-227-

2345Am. Cancer Soc. (Ramsey Co.), 651-644-1224Amer. Diabetes Assoc., Lee Johnson, 763-593-5333Amer. Heart Assoc., Betty Young, 952-835-3300,

www.americanheart.orgAmerican Lung Assoc., 651-227-8014, 1-800-642-5864 (in

MN), [email protected] Resource Center, Leah, 651-227-6321Arthritis Foundation, Deb Dressely, 651-644-4108Catholic Charities, Program for People with Disabilities, John

Schatzlein, 651-222-3001Chemical Injury Resource Assn., 651-647-0944Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association of Minnesota, 651-

644-4975Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Molly Boyum, 651-631-3290,

[email protected] Institute, Wendy Brower, 952-935-9343Down Syndrome Assn. Of MN, 651-603-0720,

[email protected] Consumer & Family Regional Resource Center, 218-

728-3531East Suburban Resources, Sue Schmidt, 651-351-0190 or

MRS 800-627-3529ELCA Committee on Disabilities, Linda Larson, 612-788-

8064Epilepsy Found., John Thompson, 651-646-8675, 800-779-

0777, [email protected] Foundation of MN, 763-323-7406Independence Crossroads, Rob Olson, 612-854-8004,

[email protected] Family Service, Maggie Spears, 612-348-5788KDWB Variety Family Center, Elizabeth Latts, 612-626-

3087 www.allaboutkids.umn.eduLeague of Women Voters, 651-224-5445, [email protected] Society of America, MN Chapter, 952-545-3309Lupus Foundation of America, MN Chapter, 612-375-1131,

[email protected] Disease Coalition, Linn Olivier, 651-64-7239,

[email protected] Disease Network of MN, Linn Olivier, 651-644-7239

Editor’s Note: Please let us know if there are any errors in your listing or if you would prefer your organization be in a different category. Thank you!

Directory - cont. on p. 9

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RESOURCE CENTERS continuedMN AIDS Proj., Lorraine Teel, 612-870-7773, 612-870-0700MN Resource Center, Kim Feller, 612-752-8102MN Stroke Association, 800-647-4123, www.strokemn.orgMuscular Dystrophy Assoc., Christina Van Vooren, 952-832-

5517 (Mpls. district), 952-832-5716 (St. Paul district)National Ataxia Foundation, Donna Gruetzmacher, 763-553-

0020, [email protected]’l. Multiple Sclerosis Society, MN Chapter, Jill Retzer,

612-335-7900, 1-800-582-5296 V/TTY, [email protected]

People, Inc. Epilepsy Services, Anne Barnwell, 612-338-9035, www.orgsites.com/mn/epilepsy

Spina Bifida Assoc. of MN, Lisa Schaffee, 651-222-6395Stroke Center, N. Memorial Medical Center, 763-520-5900Twin Cities Autism Society, 651-647-1083United Cerebral Palsy of MN, JoAnn Erbes, 651-646-7588, 1-

800-328-4827, ext.1437, [email protected]

SERVICE DOGSHearing and Service Dogs of MN, Alan Peters, 612-729-5986

V, 612-729-5914 TTY, [email protected] Paws Of MN, 952-988-9359, [email protected]

SOCIAL SERVICESCapella Management Group, Gerald Glomb, 651-641-0041NW Henn Human Services Council, 763-493-2802 V/TTY

SUPPORTAmerican Syringomyelia Alliance Project Inc. (ASAP), 1-

800-ASAP-282, www.asap4sm.orgBrain Injury Support Group, North Memorial Medical Center,

Susan Keeney, 763-520-5090Emotions Anonymous, 651-647-9712, [email protected] and Lesbian Helpline, 612-822-8661 V/TTYSpinal Cord Support Group, North Memorial Medical Center,

Twyla Misselhorn, 763-520-1449

If your organization would like to be included in theDirectory of Organizations, contact Access Press at

Suite 104S, 1821 University Ave. W. St. Paul, MN 55104 • 651-644-2133 • [email protected]

DIRECTORY- Cont. from p. 8

SUPPORT continuedSpinal Cord Injuries Help Line, Roger Hoffman, 651-464-

7559

TECHNOLOGYClosing the Gap, MaryAnn Harty, 1-507-248-3294,

[email protected]

TRANSPORTATIONMetro Mobility, 651-602-1111, 651-221-0014 TTY

U of M AFFILIATED PROGRAMSInstitute on Community Integration, Vicki Gaylord, pub

[email protected], 612-624-4512U of M Disability Services, 612-626-1333 V/TTY, web

[email protected] of M Disabled Stud Cultural Ctr, 612-624-2602, 612-626-

7003 TTY

VISION IMPAIRMENT SERVICESAm. Council of Blind Services, James Olsen, 612-332-3242BLIND, Inc., Joyce Scanlan, 612-872-0100Candle in the Window, Kathy Szinnyey, 1-502-895-0866Deaf Blind Services MN, Jean Greener, 612-362-8454 V/

TTY, [email protected] & Hearing Association, 651-645-2546State Services for the Blind:

Aids & Devices (The STORE), Duane Troff, 651-642-0777Audiotape Transcription Services, Ellie Sevdy, 651-642-

0849Braille Transcription Services, Mary Archer, 651-642-0852Employment Services, Joe Pattison, 651-642-0515Radio Talking Book and Dial-In News, Stuart Holland, 651-

642-0503Self-Sufficiency Services, Linda Lingen, 651-642-0504

VISION IMPAIRMENT SERVICES continuedUnited Blind of MN, Inc., 763-391-3699Vision Loss Resources, 612-871-2222Volunteer Braille Services & Large Print, 763-971-5231

VISUAL/PERFORMING ARTSInteract Center for the Visual and Performing Arts, 612-339-

5145 V, 612-339-6465 TTY, [email protected] MN, 612-332-3888 V/TTY, [email protected]

VOCATIONAL SERVICESAccessAbility, Inc., Darren Mack, 612-331-5958,

[email protected] to Employment, Lori Sterner, 763-543-6980V/TTYGoodwill Industries/Easter Seal, Lynette Bergstrom, 651-646-

2591 V, goodwilleasterseals.orgHennepin County Vocational Services Program, Shanna

Melton, 612-348-8370, [email protected]

Lifeworks Services, Susan Sczcukowski, 651-365-3732,[email protected]

Midway Training Services, Barbara Kale, 651-641-0709Minnesota AgrAbility Project/Rural Rehab Technology, Beth

Zabel, 507-354-5380, [email protected] Work Incentives Connection, 651-632-5113 or 1-800-

976-6728 (voice), 651-632-5110 (TTY)Rehab Services Branch, 651-296-5616 or 800-328-9095, 651-

296-3900 TTYRise, Inc., 763-786-8334, [email protected], Inc., Phil Saari, 651-489-2595Vinland Center, Carol Jackson, 763-479-3555 V/TTY,

vinland @vinlandcenter.orgWings, Debbie Atterberry, 612-752-8844, djatterberry

@juno.com

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R.C. SALES AND MFG., INC.14726 Wake Street NE · Ham Lake, MN 55304 · (763) 786-6504

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INDEPENDENCE CROSSROADS, INC.Serving people with disabilities since 1976.

In-Home Counseling Community Support Groups Information & Referral Advocacy Public Education

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8932 Old Cedar Ave. So., Bloomington, MN 55425Office (952) 854-8004 Fax (952) 854-7842

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DISABILITY BASICS CONSULTING INC.Ron Lynaugh

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• Educating clients to successfully interact/work w/disabled• Serving as a group home advocate for change• Leading support/mentoring groups for the disabled

P.O. Box 65266 Phone (651) 735-2253St. Paul, MN 55165-0266 Fax (651) 735-3374

METROPOLITAN COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGSON PROPOSED SERVICE REDUCTIONS IN

REGULAR PUBLIC TRANSIT ROUTES

The Metropolitan Council will hold a series of public hearings on proposed service reductionsin regular public transit routes operated by Metro Transit and Metropolitan TransportationServices. Since many of the proposed service reductions involve major portions of routes orentire routes, Metropolitan Council policy and federal guidelines require that public review andinput be considered before the proposed major changes in route service are adopted andimplemented.

The service changes are in response to budget reductions mandated by the 2002 session of theMinnesota Legislature. The public hearings will be held from April 29 through May 2, 2002,and will be followed by a ten-day open comment period before the public input is summarizedand reported. Implementation of major service changes will be scheduled for September andDecember, 2002, following Metropolitan Council adoption of recommendations, and asresource, planning, and contractual constraints allow.

The public hearings will be held:Monday, April 29, 2002 • 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Metropolitan Council Chambers • 230 East 5th Street, St. Paul

Monday, April 29, 2002 • 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.Metropolitan Council Chambers • 230 East 5th Street, St. Paul

Tuesday, April 30, 2002 • 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.Robbinsdale City Hall Council Chambers • 4100 Lakeview Avenue North, Robbinsdale

Wednesday, May 1, 2002 • 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.Minneapolis Public Library Auditorium • 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis

Thursday, May 2, 2002 • 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.Bloomington City Hall Council Chambers • 2215 W. Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington

All interested persons are encouraged to attend a hearing and offer comments. People mayregister in advance to speak by calling Data Center at 651-602-1140 or 651-291-0904 (TTY).Upon request, the Council will provide reasonable accommodations to persons withdisabilities.

Comments, which must be received by Sunday, May 12, 2002, may also be submitted asfollows:• Send written comments to Bruce Howard at Metropolitan Council, 230 East Fifth St.,

St. Paul, MN 55101• Fax comments to Bruce Howard at 651-602-1464• Record comments to the Public Comment Line at 651-602-1500• E-mail comments to [email protected]• Send TTY comments to attention of Bruce Howard at 651-291-0904.

Copies of the public hearing draft proposal of the Service Reductions in Regular Public TransitRoutes will be available no later than April 19, 2002. They may be picked up at the St. PaulTransit Store, 101 East 5th St., Firstar Center Skyway Level; Downtown Minneapolis TransitStore, 719 Marquette Ave.; Mall of America Transit Store, 60 E. Broadway, Bloomington;Metropolitan Council Data Center, 230 East Fifth St., St. Paul or by calling 651-602-1140 oron the web at www.metrocouncil.org.

FEIGAL - Cont. from p. 4

she can transfer route infor-mation from Atlas Speaksinto a Braille ‘n’ Speak, andprint it on a Braille printer orenter it into a personal taperecorder.

Strider is the Atlas Speaks’map access system that can betaken with the user as anorientation tool. Strider’scomponents—a GPS receiver,an earphone, and a handykeypad—fit into a carryingcase. Strider can direct theuser on a path plotted ahead oftime, help determine thecourse while walking, or keepone informed of the currentlocation. The Strider carryingcase can be worn over ashoulder, or in a backpack,for easy access to the keypad.Atlas Speaks and Strider canbe purchased separately.

TECHNOLOGY - Cont. from p. 5

Learning

The Reading Pen II wasparticularly designed forpeople with reading or learn-ing disabilities, such as dys-lexia. It provides a definitionof a scanned word or line oftext, as well as reading boththe word and definition aloudusing its miniaturized text-to-speech technology. Indi-vidual words are enlarged onthe display, and words may bespelled out, or broken intosyllables. Because of itscomplete portability, thispocket-sized reading technol-ogy can be used where andwhen needed.

The Future

What does the future hold forhigh-tech devices? There aremany other technologies stillin development that will be

equally exciting. Some of thedevices being discussed in-volve biofeedback and evenmind control (with sensorsplaced on the head, eyemovements, brain waves, tem-perature changes, and otherindicators of brain activity areused to work a switch, mouse,and more). As we’ve ob-served in the progress with thespace program, the develop-ment of new technology takesa team of engineers, physi-cists, researchers, astronauts,and many more to safely mana space shuttle. Most of all, ittakes a vision for the future.That same vision is beingused to develop technologythat will give people withdisabilities the ability to reachnew frontiers. ■

Jeni Mundl is the AssistiveTechnology Specialist atCourage Center.

needed exactly what you and Ineed.

We can’t take any kind ofmoral high ground and say,“Well, I didn’t hurt anyoneelse, I only hurt myself.”Whenever we hurt anyone, wedo damage to the world, tonature, to everyone. When Iwould be injured or hurt inany way, my family andfriends suffered more than Idid. What’s worked for me inthese moments is when I’vetaken a chance and reached

out to others—when I’veconnected in some little way,then the noise, the pain in myhead and heart, lessens. WhenI can find outlets for my love,it relieves some of that terriblepressure that builds inside ofme. Giving and receiving loveis the most important elementof living. It may be a cliche,but it’s true that I’ve foundthat the way to have friends isby being a friend. I’ve foundlove by freely giving love, notkeeping score, not measuringon a blackboard tit-for-tat.

But by simply loving. I haveto break those old familiarhabits of self-harm. I have tostop seeing pain as the cost forbeing alive. I have to stopseeing love and kindness as aform of payment so thatothers will love me in return. Ihave to understand that myneed to give love is equallyimportant as my need toreceive love. Then maybesome of those old scars andwounds can begin to heal. ■

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SRF Consulting Group, Inc. isa fast growing, locally owned,and well-established land-scape architect, planning andengineering firm. In additionto varied and exciting work ina positive atmosphere, SRFoffers competitive salary andbenefits, 401(k) & profitsharing. Send your resume toSRF Consulting Group, Inc.,One Carlson Pkwy. N.,#150, Plymouth, MN 55447;fax to 763-475-2429, or e-mail to [email protected]; EOE.

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Ramsey CountyRamsey County invites you to join us in building a bettercommunity through public service in the following fields:

• Administrative, Management and Technical Services• Building and Facility Services• Clerical and Secretarial Services• Community and Social Services• Court, Legal and Law Enforcement Services• Property Records/Revenue Services• Public Works and Transportation Services• Parks and Recreation Services

Contact our Job Hotline for a recorded listof current job openings at:

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Ramsey County Human Resource Dept.430 RCGC West50 West Kellogg BoulevardSaint Paul, Minnesota 55102(651) 266-2700 or (651) 266-2728 (TDD)

You may also view a list of current job openingsand other useful Information, or download

application materials, on internet at:www.co.ramsey.mn.us

STATISTICALASSISTANT/RESEARCH

ASSISTANT

AGS, a leading publisher oftests and instructional materi-als, seeks two assistants fortranscribing, coding/scoring,data entry, and checkingaccuracy of data. Experiencein data entry; strong commu-nication and numerical skillsrequired. Some basic statis-tics/math knowledge, key-board speed and accuracydesirable. Please check us onthe web at www.agsnet.com.

Interested applicants may for-ward resume and salary his-tory to:

AGS-JH4201 Woodland Road

Circle Pines, MN 55014fax to 651-287-7225 or

email to jobs @agsnet.com.

EOE

LEGALADMINISTRATIVE

ASSISTANT - PT & FT

Are you looking for anexciting, new opportunity thisspring? Apply now!

Faegre & Benson LLP, aleading Minnesota law firm,has openings—one full-timeday and one part-time evening(3:45-9:45 p.m., Mon.-Fri.)—for legal administrative as-sistants in its Corporate-Finance practice group. Thesepositions offer interesting andfast paced opportunities in aprofessional work environ-ment. Ideal candidates willhave at least 3 years legalsecretarial experience or astrong administrative back-ground; excellent organiza-tional and communicationskills; proficient word pro-cessing skills; keyboarding at60+ wpm; and a team-oriented, flexible work style.Faegre & Benson LLP offerscompetitive wages and anexcellent benefits package,including a discounted busprogram-Metropass. For ad-ditional information about theFirm or to apply for thisposition, visit our web site atwww.faegre.com. Please sendresume, salary history, andshift preference to HumanResources at: 2200 WellsFargo Center, 90 S. 7th

Street, Minneapolis, MN55402. Fax: 612-766-1763.Email: [email protected].

EOE

FAEGRE & BENSON LLP

MARKETING MANAGER

Faegre & Benson, a leadingMinnesota law firm, has anexciting opportunity in ouraward-winning MarketingDepartment. Reporting to ourDirector of Marketing andPublic Relations, this newly-created position will be re-sponsible for managing theFirm’s external sponsorships,managing our library of legalpractice descriptions andworking with lawyers todevelop new practice materi-als, and providing support forgroup and individual targetedmarketing activities. You willalso have an opportunity toedit and develop writtenmaterial for the Firm’s publi-cation, Trends, as well as ourweb site and media relationsprogram.

Our ideal candidate will havea B.A. degree in Marketing,Communications, English orrelated field, 3-5 years experi-ence in marketing, a thoroughunderstanding of marketingprinciples (preferably in aprofessional services envi-ronment), excellent businessand technical writing skillsand attention to detail. Weoffer a professional workenvironment, competitivewages and excellent benefits.For additional informationabout the Firm or to apply forthis position, visit our web siteat www.faegre.com or sendresume and salary history to:

FAEGRE & BENSON LLP Human Resources

2200 Wells Fargo Center90 S. 7th Street

Minneapolis, MN 55402.

Fax: 612-766-1763Email: [email protected].

EOE

FAEGRE & BENSON LLP

Central CommunityHousing Trust (CCHT), a

nationally-recognized,nonprofit provider of

quality affordable bousingis seeking bright, passion-ate and flexible people to

join our team.

MANAGER, ASSETMANAGEMENT

Responsibilities: Managing adepartment that oversees thecontracted property manage-ment companies who meetour objective to maintain andpreserve quality affordablehousing; budget preparationand on-going analysis offinancials; compliance re-porting to our funders, par-ticularly for subsidized hous-ing; capital planning; fundingresearch and grant writing.Qualifications: Five+ yearsof education or experience inproperty management/real es-tate; excellent computer skills;strong financial analysis; andcommunication skills. Youshould be self-directed, de-tail-oriented and excel atproblem solving.

Human Resources -Employment

CCHT1625 Park Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55404E-Mail: [email protected]

Fax: 612-341-4208

People of color and peoplewith disabilities are stronglyencouraged to apply. EO

LANDSCAPEARCHITECT

Landscape Architect wantedto prepare site and urbandesign plans within a creative,team-oriented studio. Re-quires a degree in landscapearchitecture from an accred-ited school and 1-3 yearsexperience with strong CADand freehand graphics skills.Excellent verbal and writtenskills a must.

SRF Consulting Group, Inc. isa fast growing, locally owned,and well-established land-scape architect, planning andengineering firm. In additionto varied and exciting work ina positive atmosphere, SRFoffers competitive salary andbenefits, 401(k) & profitsharing. Send your resume toSRF Consulting Group, Inc.,One Carlson Pkwy. N.,#150, Plymouth, MN 55447;fax to 763-475-2429, or e-mail to [email protected]; EOE.

TEACHERS - SUMMER MN CERTIFIEDJune 17 thru August 23 • $15.40/hr

Various schedules. Team plan, implement & evaluate project-based learning activities.Students mostly 14-16 years old in school/work prog. MN teaching license & exper withdiverse populations required. Apply in person at LNB, 1925 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, Mon-Th, 9-4 p.m. Agency application required. Deadline: 4 p.m., 4/12 (or until filled). EOE

SERVICES FOR HIRE

Farrar Writing & Editing:Specializing in disability,medical, and environmentalwriting and editing fornonprofits, businesses, andindividuals—15+ years expe-rience. (952) 472-6874; http://www2.bitstream.net/farcor

FOR RENT

Lewis Park Apartments:Barrier free housing withwheelchair user in mind.Section 8 subsidized. One-and two bedroom units. Formore information on avail-ability call (651) 488-9923.St. Paul, MN Equal Opportu-nity Housing.

Holmes-Greenway Housing:One and two bedroom apart-ments designed for physicallyhandicapped persons. Conve-nient SE Minneapolis loca-tion. Call (612) 378-0331 foravailability information. EqualOpportunity Housing.

Seward Square Apartments:We are currently acceptingapplications for our waitinglist at Seward Square Apart-ments in Minneapolis. SewardSquare is barrier-free housingand is federally subsidized.For an application, please call(612) 338-2680. Equal Op-portunity Housing.

FOR SALE

89 Ford full-sized van. Lift-equipped, floor cut down,power doors, 6-way powerseats, low miles, dual tanks,fully-loaded, excellent condi-tion. $8500. 612-378-5246or 612-978-2487 (cell).

1993 “Vibo” Pontoon Boat.24 ft w/2/3 Canopy. Wheel-chair Widened Doors-Smallfold-down ramp on frontentrance. Less than 130Hours use on 40 Horse ForceMotor. Elec. Start, PowerTiller, Fish depth finder, Livewell. Asking $4500. Previ-ous owners wheelchair users.Contact: J. Schatzlein 952-881-2129 or 651-215-2216.

MISCELLANEOUS

“Words of Love” is a CD bySnoopi Botten, a musicianwith cerebral palsy whowrites and performs inspira-tional songs using a syntheticspeech system. To order, call(612) 872-7233 or visitSnoopi’s website at http://hometown.aol.com/dectalk/myhomepage/index.html.

HARDWARESPECIALIST

Faegre & Benson, LLP, aleading law firm, has a newopportunity in our downtownMpls. office. As a HardwareSpecialist in our InformationServices department, you willinventory, setup, install,troubleshoot, maintain andrepair all end-user computerequipment, including desktopPCs, laptops, printers, A/Vand videoconference equip-ment. Candidates shouldhave completed a minimum ofa certification program inmicrocomputer systems ortwo years of post-high schooleducation and have two yearsexperience working on com-puter hardware. Prior experi-ence with PCs and laptops in aWindows environment, net-work hardware and interfacecards, printers, presentationdevices, audio/visual andvideoconferencing equipment,Microsoft Office (especiallyPowerPoint), Ghost, and otherdiagnostic software and hard-ware is desirable. Must havethe physical capability toconsistently lift 50-90 lbs.without assistance.

Faegre & Benson LLP offersa professional work environ-ment, competitive wages andan excellent benefits package,including a discounted busprogram-Metropass. For moreinformation about FaegreBenson or to apply on-line,visit our website www.faegre.com. You may also send yourresume and salary history toFaegre & Benson LLP,ATTN: Human Resources,2200 Wells Fargo Center,90 South Seventh Street,Minneapolis, MN 55402.Fax: 612-766-2763. Email:HR@ faegre.com.

EOE

FAEGRE & BENSON

PROGRAMASSISTANT

Human service organizationhas an immediate opening fora part-time evening and week-end position assisting adultswith epilepsy living in semi-independent apartments in theCedar Riverside area. Highschool diploma and one yearof Human Service experiencerequired, B.S. degree, medi-cal cert. training, and under-standing of traumatic braininjuries and mental illnessdesired. Good communica-tion skills a plus.

Please indicate Job Code#AP0408 on resume.

www.peopleincorporated.org

Send resume to:

PEOPLEINCORPORATED

Attn: Human Resources317 York Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55101

Fax 651-774-0606

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