Subject: Breaking News
From: Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 13:50:47 +0000

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Hello!
 
I got bumped from The Diane Rehm show this morning due to breaking news. The producer sent me this note: &ldquo;Hi Jennifer, We are switching shows for tomorrow because of Cruz dropping out of the race and Sen. Sanders winning Indiana. So you are off the hook for tomorrow. Hopefully we will reschedule soon. Thanks for understanding.&quot;

I really hope they will reschedule soon because thousands of people with disabilities are being held against their will in nursing homes http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=36&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0 and other institutions. It&rsquo;s not just happening in South Dakota, where the Department of Justice is rightfully asking serious questions. It&rsquo;s happening all over. These people with disabilities did not do anything wrong -- so why are they essentially imprisoned?
 
It's partially because of ABLEISM. That's when people think that people who have disabilities are somehow less human/less valuable than people without disabilities. That is why some people think it's alright to take away an individual with a disabilities' right to choose where they live and who they live with. But it&rsquo;s not alright and it needs to stop. Not only is it right to enable people to be able to stay in their own homes and communities as long as possible the right thing to do, it is usually much LESS EXPENSIVE than putting people in 24 hour a day staffed nursing facilities. So what has been going on &ndash; putting thousands of people with disabilities (including young people with disabilities) in nursing homes - is a triple crime against decency. It robs people with disabilities of their basic rights and dignity, it robs their loved ones of their presence, and it costs taxpayers way more money.
 
ADAPT is working with Sen. Chuck Schumer and others for the Disability Integration Act http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=16&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0, which has been endorsed both by both former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=24&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0 and Sen. Bernie Sanders http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=12&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0.It still needs Republican support to move forward. Groups such as Bazelon http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=5&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0 and the AARP http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=19&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0 also are doing very important work on these issues.

But work cannot stop there. Many groups are working with Sen. Grassley on the Transition to Independence Act http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=25&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0. On our front, we have now submitted our formal comments to all fifty states on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=18&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0. I also spent much of last week at the White House working with Valerie Jarrett, Attorney General Lynch and many others on criminal justice reform. We are working to bring in the disability lens to that moving public policy issue. Did you know that 32% of people in federal prison and 40% of people in jail have disabilities? In terms of mental health, the majority of inmates have those issues when they leave incarceration. We sent a memo to the White House on these issues, and are currently working on a white paper on this subject which I will send you when it is completed.
 
We are doing events at the political conventions and I will send you information on that soon. Please also mark August 8th on your calendar as we will be doing a one-day training seminar in the Capitol that you won&rsquo;t want to miss!
 
Thanks for all you do!
 
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
Co-founder/President, www.RespectAbilityUSA.org http://links.grassrootstargeting.mkt7273.com/ctt?kn=6&ms=MjU0MDQxNjcS1&r=MjI2MzE1OTQzOTEyS0&b=2&j=ODAwNzE2MTcxS0&mt=1&rt=0 
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