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ARCIL INVITES YOU TO JOIN OUR DISABILITY ACTION CREW (DAC)
WE HOLD ONE MEETING A MONTH FOR EACH COUNTY WE SERVE ( CARBON, SCHUYKILL AND LOWER LUZERNE ).
ALONG WITH SOLVING DISCRIMINATION ISSUES WE ALSO DISCUSS TRANSPORTATION AND ATTENDANT CARE ISSUE'S.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE JOIN OUR TEAM WHETHER YOU ARE DISABLED OR NOT!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE ANTHRACITE REGION CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AT 1-800-777-9906 AND ASK FOR JULIE OR BUTCH
DAC has meetings coming up
Hazleton DAC: at the ARCIL office for 1:00 PM
Carbon DAC: Drop In Center in Lehighton for 1:30 PM
Schuykill DAC: at the Career Line East Arch Street Pottsville for 12:00 Noon
Juniper DAC: 50 East Juniper Street Hazleton for 1:00 PM
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY EVENTS
Personal Assistance Services Backup Study Forum
September 11, 2003 - Schuylkill - Schuylkill Mall Sears Wing - More Mobility Showroom
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Pennsylvania is dedicated to eliminating employment barriers faced by its citizens with disabilities. The Commonwealth has many service programs that can provide the necessary supports for individuals to be employed. However, these services are not always available or constructed in a manner that supports employment. The result is that many individuals willing to work do not have the opportunity to do so. To succeed in reducing these barriers and increasing employment, PCIL needs you.
This forum allows consumers and stakeholders to be the primary voice in shaping and developing future policy regarding the critical issue of Backup Personal Assistance Services (PAS) or attendant care. It has been long been proven and known that the reliability of PAS is extremely important for those who utilize this service to attempt to work, to get to work, and to be and remain employed. When a personal assistant or attendant is not timely or does not show up, it makes it difficult or impossible for a person depending on PAS, to maintain a job or acquire an employment opportunity.
PCIL would like to gain additional insight into your perspective and experience as a consumer or stakeholder as to:
- What does and does not work in achieving reliable, backup PAS as it related to employment.
- What does it mean for a consumer “wishing to be employed”? Help us develop that definition.
Please join us and the Schuylkill Advisory Committees on Employment to support people with disabilities in securing and sustaining competitive employment.
CARBON COUNTY EVENTS
LUZERNE HAZLETON COMING EVENTS
Golf Tournament Set
Golf Tournament: "SWING FORE INDEPENDENCE" 7TH ANNUAL OPERATION OVERCOME AND ARCIL GOLF TOURNAMENT Set For FRIDAY AUGUST 29, 2003. For More Information call Tom Winters at 570-788-2410
Pennslyvania Councel on Independent Living ( PCIL ) will be having trainings in Clarion on July 24th, Greensburg on July 31st, Altoona on August 7th, Hazleton on August 14th, and West Chester on August 19th on Breaking Barriers. For more information call Butch at 570-455-9800 or 1-800-777-9906.
Transportation Survey
Study Announcement
If you are a wheelchair user who sits in your wheelchair while riding public buses, and you can complete a survey on the Internet or have a family member or personal assistant help you complete it, we have an opportunity for you! The University ofPittsburgh is investigating the real-world usage patterns of wheelchair transportation safety equipment on public buses, and we would like your input.
To participate in the study, you must:
- Be eighteen years or older
- Sit in your wheelchair while riding public buses
- Have access to the Internet
- Live in the United States of America
If you would like to participate or would like more information about this study, please point your browser at http://www.wheelchairnet.org/survey/bus.html
ARCIL INVITES YOU TO WASHINGTON DC
FREE OUR PEOPLE RALLY
SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 1:00 P.M.
