BAC Rutland

Starting Tuesday, the state is launching a survey to learn more about employment issues for the disabled in New Mexico.

The New Mexico Human Services Department’s Medical Assistance Division and the state’s Focusing on Abilities partners (15 agencies) are joining forces to conduct the statewide research.

“This survey will help us determine what obstacles people with disabiilities currently have in obtaining work in New Mexico,” said Carolyn Ingram, director of the Medical Assistance division. “[It] will also provide some data on how effective our current programs are … and how improvements can be made.”
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By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Published: August 25, 2008

Former Staff Sgt. Kevin Owsley is not quite sure what rattled his brain in 2004: the roadside bomb that exploded about a yard from his Humvee or the rocket-propelled grenade that flung him across a road as he walked to a Porta Potti on base six weeks later.
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Back in the 1920′s when Dr. Thomas owned the orchard, he had two old houses put together to make one big orchard house.
Today, half the house serves as our bakery, motel office, and Millie’s house. The rest of the house, complete with a full bath, kitchen, private entry and lots of mouth watering bakery aromas, serves as a guest house.
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When does a deficit become a strength? When does who a child is become more important than society’s norms? When and how do we decide if a child, especially a pre-k student, needs a medical intervention for behavior? When does a bunch of energy become “too much” energy for a parent or a teacher?
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Settlement to let Medicaid cover alternative care.

By Carey Goldberg
Globe Staff / August 14, 2008

CANTON – Just 29 years old, Kaya Alexander lives in a nursing home. She had no other options after a 2006 car accident broke her neck, damaged her brain, and sheared off three fingers of her left hand, the only hand she can move.
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MONTPELIER — Protesters who picketed a Montpelier movie theater showing the new movie “Tropic Thunder” say the blockbuster comedy is mean-spirited in the way it portrays a character with cognitive disabilities.
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By DERRIK J. LANG – 3 days ago

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Tropic Thunder” is pushing the envelope too far for groups representing the mentally disabled.
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By Timothy Shriver
Monday, August 11, 2008; A15

I’ve been told to keep my sense of humor about the film “Tropic Thunder,” which opens this week. Despite my requests, I have not been given the chance to see the movie. But I’ve seen previews, read about it and read excerpts of the script. By all accounts, it is an unchecked assault on the humanity of people with intellectual disabilities — an affront to dignity, hope and respect.
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BAC Meeting – 8AM in the conference room on the fourth floor of the TD Banknorth building. All members and those interested in joining are welcome to attend.