by Grace Ellsworth Macalester College students with disabilities find peer support through the MentorUP: Mentoring Program for Students with Disabilities, which pairs students with disabilities in a mentor-mentee relationship. Participants…
Day: April 1, 2021
Vaccines ramp up statewide
by Access Press staff The opening of vaccination lists to more Minnesotans, and easing of some COVID-19 restrictions are welcomed by many people with disabilities. Still, federal and state health…
Minnesota day activities centers took shape over the years
Day activity centers have long provided a lifeline to friends, employment and community for many Minnesotans with disabilities. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced several of Minnesota’s day activity centers to…
Tim's Desk -- April 2021
This is testimony presented to the Minnesota Legislature in March: I was diagnosed quadriplegic in 1974 when I was 21 after diving off an unfamiliar dock into a shallow lake…
The Illusion of Choice in Integration, Inclusion, and Person-Centered Planning
by Kathy Ware, RN, PHN Person-centered planning has an elephant in the room that is being ignored. The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) website states, “everyone who receives long-term…
Brick's retirement marks end of an era in Minnesota
It’s the end of an era in Minnesota disability circles with the retirement of Bob Brick: co-founder of the Minnesota Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MNCCD), public policy expert, board…