Essential services millions of people with disabilities rely on are in jeopardy right now. Medicaid funds 75% of disability services. Next year, Congress will consider budget cuts that will deeply affect lives in every community. 692,000 people with disabilities are already waiting for services. Imagine how many more families will be left waiting—or denied care altogether—if these cuts go through.
We need immediate action, including:
• More money for programs that allow people with disabilities to live at home, without having to wait years to get the help they need.
• Paid leave for all, so workers don’t have to risk losing their jobs when taking time off to care for a loved one.
• Better pay for direct care workers, who perform a critical job but don’t earn a living wage.
Please sign the petition below. Thanks. #CareCantWaitaction.thearc.org
Evolving Your #Legacy: A Mission for Younger, Older & Elder
Today, we're diving into a topic that affects everyone, regardless of age: legacy.
YT @YoungerOlderElder believes everyone has a legacy story to share and a legacy contribution to make as a meaningful impact for the community, with loved ones, and the planet.
https://lnkd.in/gr58j_q7
July is Disability Pride Month. If you have been following along with my posts, following is another Point of Pride...
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One of the things that helped me heal after my injury was returning to my passion. I had been a competitive athlete from the age of seven and am still one today. Sport has made the biggest impact on my life, making me the person I am—from inspiring confidence and competitiveness, to helping me take care of my body—paying attention to what I put in it, how I treat it, and being grateful for all of the things it can do for me, regardless of my disability.
Yet I’ve often heard people refer to me as "wheelchair-bound" or "confined to a chair."
However, what most don’t understand, is that a wheelchair isn’t a way to confine a person. It’s simply a mode of transportation. As a wheelchair user, I appreciate my chair every day because it is the thing that has taken me around the country and around the globe. It has enabled me to speak on stages around the country, compete, and live my life just like anyone else.
The wheelchair, far from being a symbol of confinement, is actually freedom and empowerment. In my experience, it has enabled me to embrace life’s adventures and opportunities with a renewed sense of purpose. Through the support of organizations like the Challenged Athletes Foundation and the community of adaptive or “para-athletes,” I learned to view my wheelchair as a tool that enhances my capabilities rather than limits them.
This shift in perspective allowed me to pursue new goals and push my boundaries. It gave me the confidence to compete in events I once thought impossible. I realized that my wheelchair was not a limitation but a means to reach new heights.
When I look at the video I’ve posted, that’s what comes to mind: the sense of freedom and possibility. Embracing the wheelchair as a means of independence and adventure has been one of my greatest points of pride on this journey.
After all, “Why walk, when you can fly?”
Let’s start creating a disability-friendly culture by changing our language.
Here are a few Dos and Dont’s for using disability-friendly language:
1. Don’t use the term “wheelchair bound” or “confined to a wheelchair” when referring to a wheelchair user.
2. Do use the term “accessible” when referring to things such as a bathroom or parking spot. When referring to an individual with a disability, it is okay to say the word or phrase disabled or has a disability (although this can be personal preference, so check in with the person or persons you are referring to). But in either situation the use of the word handicapped is outdated.
3. Don’t use euphemisms like “differently-abled” or “special needs” unless the person prefers it. These terms often come across as condescending.
#DisabilityPrideMonth#PointsOfPride#Inclusion#WorkplaceInclusion#Resilience#Advocacy
REALTOR®,Seniors Living & Certified Aging in Place Specialist | MA Licensed RE Broker | Passionate about Enhancing the Quality of Life for Seniors | Assisting with buying, selling, & relocating
🎥 Discover Welch Senior Living: A Legacy of Care and Community
Join Karen Powers, a Certified Aging in Place Specialist and Seniors Living Expert, as she interviews Leanne Welch, Director of Community Relations at Welch Senior Living.
In this engaging conversation, Leanne shares the inspiring story behind Welch Senior Living, a family legacy that began over 75 years ago with her grandmother’s vision to care for seniors. Learn about their comprehensive services, including independent living, assisted living, and memory care, and discover how their communities focus on enhancing residents' quality of life through connection, care, and socialization.
Highlights include:
🌟 The origins and growth of Welch Senior Living
🌟 Insight into the continuum of care offered
🌟 The importance of socialization for seniors
🌟 Why seniors and their families choose Welch communities
If you or a loved one are considering senior living options, don’t miss Leanne’s valuable insights on what makes Welch Senior Living a trusted choice for decades.
Leanne Welch
Director of Community Relations
Welch Senior Living
781.878.6700
www.welchseniorliving.com#seniorliving#independentliving#assistedliving#memorycare#seniorcare
What if overcoming denials was the biggest challenge to accelerating meaningful action on the polycrisis we are facing into ?
And what if it was our deeply ingrained colonial ways of knowing and being in this dominant culture that are keeping us locked into responding in the same exhausted ways ?
Denying the very stories, beliefs and behaviours that keep us locked on a path towards more violence, division and breakdown.
Seeking out constant solutions to hold onto that make us feel good and stop us from confronting the true depth of the mess we’re in.
Facing into denial is painful and hard.
But working towards acceptance with community, connection, tools, play and practicing other more expansive ways of knowing and being can help us move faster into clearing the ground for alternative futures to take root.
Futures that put care, solidarity, creativity, regeneration and life at the centre .
The longer we are in denial, the harder the conditions for any widespread meaningful change will become.
Acceptance is fertile.
Join us at Becoming Crew - for an experiential (un)learning gathering on 25th June with special guest Artist and Educator - Azul Carolina Duque from Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures Collective to explore this and more.
Everyone welcome - tickets via link
https://lnkd.in/eVzmux9q#becomingcrew#unlearningtogether#community#practicedrivenchange#polycrisis
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Video Credits
includes short clips from:
Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg
Trippy animation by Anthony Francisco Schepperd
Yassss!!!! Commissioner Jones Gaston gets it! The scared connection siblings share has the power to light up a room, heal hurts and rewire connections in the brain that tell us what we believe to be true about humanity!
If you’re in Nebraska find out what you can do to help honor these connections - I’ll start with a suggestion www.campcatchup.org ((you’re welcome))
The redesign discussion paper is out folks!
If you want to be part of the sector response workshop and you're not already connected in with the Family Preservation Sector Network, make sure you get in touch👉 https://lnkd.in/gZxfia95
Director, Family Preservation and Child Protection at NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Check out this exciting future for Family Preservation in NSW - driving a system and services that are more effective and responsive for children and families!
A big thank you to all colleagues across DCJ and the Family Preservation sector for their insights and efforts over the past 18 months to build a collective understanding of the limitations in our current system, and the opportunities to keep more children safe at home with their families.
We are very keen to hear your perspectives on these proposals and look forward to even more collaboration over the course of the next commissioning cycle.
Special recognition of course to Jade Lane, Alira Tufui, the team at AbSec and the ACCO sector for their advocacy that has brought about the Aboriginal Family Preservation proposals.
Also of course a big thanks to my team for working with open hearts and minds to develop this vision.
