Fwd: ACLgov on Twitter Update

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From: Administration for Community Living <acl@public.govdelivery.com>
Date: Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 6:06 AM
Subject: ACLgov on Twitter Update
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View in browser | Distributed by US Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Community Living ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun RT @AndyAUCD: Olmstead counsel Steve Caley speaking about Georgia's ugly history of institutionalization #Olmstead15 pre-1999 http://t.co/e… Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun 15 Years After Olmstead – Our Commitment to Community Living | The White House: http://t.co/jta1GAecnV @whitehouse Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Thank you for joining us for the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the #Olmstead15 decision. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Rodriguez: "Together we will make the promise of community living a reality for anyone and all who seek it." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Leon Rodriguez, Director of the Office for Civil Rights @HHS.gov offers closing remarks. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Lori DiDonato: "When you know better, you do better… we look forward to Louis' future." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Lori DiDonato: "I think this is the way it should have been." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Lori DiDonato: "I didn't undertand that the segregated environment was not helping him reach his potential." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Lori DiDonato: "Words like sheltered workshop, integrated employment were not in my vocabulary." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Lori DiDonato: "We were determined to defy the odds." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Louis has a developmental disability that restricts motor function. He formerly worked in a sheltered workshop making <min wage. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Self-advocate Louis DiDonato and mom Lori DiDonato discuss "Where We're Headed" #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Antosh: "Give control of funding to the people and their families so they can take control of their own lives." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Antosh: "Too many governments are cautious... It's time to not be cautious. "#Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun RT @lsadnadvocacy: Incredible #selfadvocates at #Olmstead15 celebration. Thank you Shareen & Stephon Young-Chavez and Melissa Taylor. @Civi… Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Antosh: "Olmstead is about the struggle between segregation and integration."#Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Antosh led efforts to close the Ladd School in Exeter and move RI students with disabilities into regular classrooms. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Anthony Antosh, founding director for the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities, discusses "Where We're Headed" #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Thanks to vouchers provided by Money Follows the Person, Michelle now lives in her own apartment! http://t.co/TDxSCJzOGc #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Michelle Taylor: "I ended up in a nursing home. I was 46 years old." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun After #MS progression, Michelle lived in a nursing home. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Michelle Taylor is a self-advocate, @HowardU graduate, and small biz owner who lives with #MS! #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Self-advocate Melissa Taylor is now discussing the Impact of Integration. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Shareen Young-Chavez: Without Olmstead, Stefon would have been a statistic. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Shareen Young-Chavez: "Stefon's circles of support continue to grow and expand." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun RT @NACDD: Mom and advocate Shareen Young-Chavez discusses importance of #Omstead15 for her and son Stefon http://t.co/XevFfZoFVy Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Shareen Young-Chavez: "Olmstead made it possible for my family to stay intact… united." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Shareen Young-Chavez: "Stefon will continue to reside at home with his family who loves and supports him." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Shareen Young-Chavez: "There have been times when we have had to turn the first floor of our home into a makeshift hospital." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Mom, Shareen Young-Chavez, has been honored as one of top U.S. advocates for persons with disabilities. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Diagnosed with Angleman Syndrome, intellectual disabilities and significant health impairments; Stefon loves riding his bike! #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Self-advocate Stefon Young-Chavez and mom Shareen Young-Chavez, now discuss the "Impact of Integration." Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Thank you Steve Caley of @GreenLaw for being with us here today! #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Caley: "There is still a lot that needs to be done, but we've come a long way since 1845." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Caley: Elaine Wilson has been in hospital 30x in 20 years. #Olmstead15. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Caley: "Lois Curtis had been institutionalized 18 times." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Caley discussing history of the #Olmstead15 case: "ADA precedential case." Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Caley was granted the ACLU Georgia Civil Liberties Award in 2000 for his Supreme Court victory in #Olmstead15 case. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Caley: In 1845 Georgia passed statute requiring segregation of "lunatics." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Steve Caley, Senior Attorney at @GreenLaw Inc. Lead counsel in OLMSTEAD v. L.C. speaking on "Framing the Issue." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Milton Thomas and Charles Stewart at HRSA. Thanks for amazing videos! #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Eve Hill: More and more research, policy, expertise show that we know better now. Segregation is not the model now. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Now showing: "Voices of the Olmstead Decision" on http://t.co/Y0VoZrqZir #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Self-advocate Stefon Young-Chavez and mom Shareen Young-Chavez, are here today. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Justin Duvall, his mom, grandmother and Hurley, his service dog, are with us today! #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Ricardo Thornton describes fatherhood while living with #disabilities: "Will my baby love me?" #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Melissa Taylor is here with us today and will be speaking shortly. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Also with us today are honored guests Justin Duvall & Ricardo Thornton. Both are featured in "The Promise of Olmstead." #Olmstead15. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Now showing: "The Promise of Olmstead: 15 Years Later" on http://t.co/Y0VoZrqZir. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Eve Hill, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, introducing #Olmstead15 film. #PWD tell their own stories. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Greene: Last year HUD issued guidance to encourage housing providers to support Olmstead implementation. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Greene: "The department is exploring how it can fund additional integrated housing units scattered throughout communities." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Greene: "HUD is committed to ... programs that offer individuals with disabilities options in housing." #Olmstead15. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Greene: There remains a great need for affordable housing where #PWD are able to live and interact with individuals w/out disabilities. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Bryan Greene, Acting Assistant Secretary Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity @HUD is now speaking. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Samuels: "Ending unneccesary segregation can improve lives of #PWD." #Olmstead Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Samuels: Next week RI… will host summit to improve employment for #PWD. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Samuels describing sheltered workshop jobs. Some pay 46 cents an hour. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Samuels: #Olmstead15 enforcement by DOJ benefitted 46K #PWD since 2009. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Samuels: "Ending segregation of people with disabilities is priority." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Samuels: "We at DOJ have been proud to partner with HHS to implement Olmstead." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights @TheJusticeDept is now speaking. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Secretary Burwell: "Thank you for all the work that we will do together." #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Secretary Burwell asks: "What did we each do?" #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Secretary Burwell: #Olmstead15 "affirmed that #PWD should not have to choose between the support they need and the home they love." Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun RT @samhsagov: MT @ACLgov: @HHSgov Secretary Burwell now delivering #Olmstead15 opening remarks and introductions. Tune-in LIVE at http://t… Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Secretary Burwell: "Are we content, allowing some of our neighbors to stay in the shadows?" #Olmsted15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Secretary Burwell: The roots of this tree are human dignity, equal rights, and equal opportunity for all Americans. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Secretary Burwell: Civil rights and #disability rights are branches of the same tree. #Omstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Secretary @HHS.gov now delivering #Olmstead15 opening remarks and introductions for #Omstead15. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Administrator Lewis: "The barriers to full community participation are starting to come down."#Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Administrator Lewis: "...yet for people with #disabilities those simple choices have not been theirs to make."#Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Administrator Lewis: "Many of us take for granted how we spend our days.…"#Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Sharon Lewis, ACL Administrator and HHS's Senior Advisor on Disability Policy is about to offer #Olmstead15 opening comments. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Happening now in the Great Hall @HHS.gov: #Olmstead15 Celebration live on http://t.co/Y0VoZrqZir Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Learn more about enforcement of the Olmstead Decision at http://t.co/OhIsIFoE5u #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Thank you to all our followers for the #Olmstead retweets. We are excited about this important Civil Rights anniversary. Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun Self-Determination, n; Determination of one's own fate without compulsion. #Olmstead15 #pwd #leadon Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun #DYK? The Olmstead Decision was passed on a 6-3 vote. #Olmstead15 Details  |  Retweet ACLgov ACLgov 20 Jun TODAY is the day! Join us online at 1 pm EST for live streaming from HHS of the #Olmstead15 celebration http://t.co/Y0VoZrqZir Details  |  Retweet     Please do not respond to this e-mail. Contact Administration for Community Living   SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Manage Preferences |  Unsubscribe  |  Help This email was sent to iammejtm@gmail.com using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Administration for Community Living · One Massachusetts Avenue · Washington, D.C. 20001

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