HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA– Excerpt from Inclusion Daily [Excerpt] A small group of activists, most in wheelchairs, found locked doors and a cordon of police and security officers blocking the way Wednesday as they tried to deliver a message to Gov. Tom Corbett about cuts to programs for disabled people.
Activists say they are angry that the governor has proposed cutting funding to services they need, such as a program that provides home health aides whose help allows them to remain in their homes.
Mr. Corbett wants to spend $103 million on that program, a decrease of $17 million from current funding.
Protester Cassie Holdsworth, who has spina bifida, said that program provides aides who help her prepare meals, handle household chores and dress for her job as policy director of Liberty Resources Center for Independent Living in Philadelphia. “Without the services, I couldn’t work and I couldn’t live in my home,” she said.
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Protesters see ‘bind’ in urged state cuts
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11146/1149269-178.stm
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