Also from the Brain Injury Association Web site - www.biausa.org
"Promises...Promises -- Thanks to Justice for All for the following.
Knight Ridder
Newspapers combed through the President-Elect's speeches and position
papers to compile a list of his promises. Promises in the section related
to disability include:
Triple the federal Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers'
budget for
technologies that assist disabled people
Create a new fund to help bring those technologies to market
Provide $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work
from home
Provide $45 million for pilot transportation programs
Provide $25 million to help small businesses comply with the
Americans with
Disabilities Act
Establish a $100 million matching grant program for community-based
transportation alternatives
Issue an executive order implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead
ruling,
requiring moving people from institutions to the community
Increase funding for low-interest loan programs to help people with
disabilities
purchase assisting technology
Increase funding for special education to meet the federal
obligation under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Create a national commission to recommend reforms of the mental
health service delivery system
Make it easier for disabled people to vote
Provide $10 million in matching funds annually to increase access
for people with disabilities to organizations exempt from Title III of
the Americans with
Disabilities Act, such as churches, mosques, synagogues and civic
organizations
Revise Department of Housing and Urban Development's section 8 rent
subsidies to disabled people to permit them to use as much as a year's
worth of vouchers to finance down payments on homes"
For the complete list of promises, go to:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/nation/stories/krpromises
