PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION Census 2000: Counting America's Disabled FROM: American Disability Association Maryland Conference College Park, Maryland Eugene Spencer is telling Washington how to count America's disabled. What's so special about that, you may ask. It's good news for America to have Gene on their side. In the next few years, America will face more issues surrounding Disability than any other single problem affecting the nation, the reason: baby-boomers. Who better than Gene, who fought for and obtained curb-cuts in his Southside neighborhood in Birmingham, a city slow to make its' streets accessible, to help make sure Americans with Disabilities, a population so easily overlooked, are counted. As America's population ages, it also becomes more disabled. This is a simple fact of nature, and many argue because of current medical technology, this simple fact has become an issue of major importance. Whether social programs in America can be made to stand the weight of this increasing population is of major concern. Spencer works for the American Disability Association, an association of people with disabilities. This group of people are among one of the first affected by the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. Individuals, with or without a disability, are eligible to join the American Disability Association. Membership is open to the general public, and costs $24.00(US) per year. You may join the American Disability Association by calling (888) 221-0088. Members receive the official American Disability Association bi-monthly publication, Disability Today (Access Living in Canada). Further information regarding our organization is available through our website at www.adanet.org The American Disability Association has taken a strong stand against the reforms of the Welfare Act. Under that act, people with serious disabilities (prevented from working for over 2 years), receive only 10% of past due benefits with their first payment if they had a lawyer, one third of past due benefits if they had no lawyer. The disabled person waits at least twelve full months for the government to receive payment of all past-due disability benefits. The American Disability Association encourages everyone to complain to the Social Security Administration, as well as their federal representatives, about this outrage. The Social Security Administration can be reached at (800) 772-1213. In the next several months, the shared International Discussion Groups on Disability will be available through the associations' website. Company : American Disability Association Contact : Gene Spencer Phone : 205-323-0088 Fax : 205-251-7417 Email : GeneS@Zebra.Net Address : 2201 Sixth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL. Postal Code : 35233 URL : www.adanet.org
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