http://www.lgtinc.org en-us http://www.lgtinc.org N/A contact@lgtinc.org Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:01:18 EST 20 http://www.lgtinc.org/articles/199/1/Story-of-A-Learning-Disabled-Child This story is from a letter that I wrote in 4th grade at age eleven, which describes what it was like to have learning disabilities. Dale Brown Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 EDT http://www.lgtinc.org/articles/170/1/Healthcare-for-Kids-Rally-Flyer-and-Other-Information--Please-Distribute%21 September 19, 2006   Dearest Advocates:   Please find attached the "official" flyer for our upcoming Healthcare for Kids Rally to be held on November 4th at 9:30am at Georgia State Capitol.    The time has come for us to unite our voices to be heard....HEALTHCARE must be a priority for our children! This rally is being put together for everyone that has been impacted or has a vested interest in the Medicaid system (which includes the following: parents, providers, and concerned tax paying, voting citizens of Georgia....Therefore, everyone is impacted by this issue in the State of GA!)   At the rally, we will be discussing the following issues: + Eligibility + Access to care and provider networks. + Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis & Treatment Federal Requirements. + Burdensome Application, Appeal and Claims Process.   We encourage children to attend and plan on having some entertainment for them as well. It is going to be a family friendly event! We need to put a face to the children being impacted by poor decisions.   The color theme is RED.  Please try to wear red the day of the event.    We recommend that you either car pool with other families or take Marta. There is parking available but it might be easier to come together as a group!    We currently have a wonderful volunteer group of over 40 concerned citizens wanting to make a difference and change in the direction of Medicaid!  I am amazed at how many people are actively wanting to get involved.  If you would like to volunteer (still looking for people the day of the event to help with set-up/clean-up): please send Leanne Manning (leanne_d@bellsouth.net ), my administrative assistant for the Rally, an e-mail with the following information: Name, e-mail, phone numbers, where you live, and if you are a parent, provider,etc.   Also- if you know of a organization and/or person that would like to donate to the Rally, please let us know.  North Metro Miracle League (NMML) has graciously offered to be an administrator of funds for the Rally! Please see the attached flyer for further information. Thanks in advance for your help in this matter.    This is going to be the event of the year for Healthcare in this State....... Let's show our support!   Feel free to distribute this flyer to anyone you think would like to attend and post at therapy clinic's doctor offices,etc. WE need to get the word out about this event. The more people that show up the better........   We are voting citizens and need answers to the healthcare crisis in Georgia!   UNITED... WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!   Additional information can be found on our website: www.kidshealthcarega.org  Hope to see you there!   Sincerely, Heidi J. Moore Healthcare for Kid's Rally Coordinator   --Heidi J. Moore (Proud Mother to Jacob - 6 years old with Down syndrome & Jared - 4 years old) "Help The Children Now, So They Can Help Themselves Later!" The material contained in this e-mail is for general information only. It is not intended in any way to provide or offer legal advice. To obtain legal advice, please consult with your attorney or a qualified legal representative. Heidi J. Moore Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT http://www.lgtinc.org/articles/166/1/URGENT%3ASave-That-Date%3A-Children%26%2339%3Bs-Healthcare-Rally%21-11%7B47%7D4%7B47%7D06-at-9%3A30am September 1, 2006   Dearest Advocates:   The time has come for EVERYONE to get involved.......    We are planning a Children's Healthcare Rally at the State Capitol on Saturday, November 4th at 9:30am.  More information will be following but I wanted to make sure you SAVE THAT DATE!   We all need to speak up and have our voices heard for our children and the providers that service them.  This is an election year and we need to make sure the State understands OUR priorities must include healthcare for our children.   The Children's Healthcare Rally will involve some of the following issues:   1. Eligibility Issues for disability waivers (including the Katie Beckett Waiver). 2. Access to a viable provider network (including therapy!) 3. CMO concerns. 4. BCW Concerns. 5. Overall, administrative paperwork problems in the system!   As you can see, we will be advocating for all children with and without disabilities that require healthcare from the State.   The issue is...... all children need healthcare (which includes having service providers to perform those services!).   If you are interesting in getting involved, donating time, or money in helping make this be the most effective rally to get the lawmakers attention....please send me a BRIEF e-mail stating the following:   1. What you think you do to help the cause? 2. Contact information including: name, phone numbers, e-mail address. 3. Where you live? 4. Are you a parent, provider, friend, concerned citizen, etc?   A rally committee is being put together to help make this a successful event.  Thanks in advance for wanting to participate!   Let's show our strength in numbers....OUR VOTE COUNTS!    UNITED... WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE!   Hope to see you there! More detailed information will be following shortly.    Sincerely, Heidi   --Heidi J. Moore (Proud Mother to Jacob - 6 years old with Down syndrome & Jared - 4 years old) "Help The Children Now, So They Can Help Themselves Later!" The material contained in this e-mail is for general information only. It is not intended in any way to provide or offer legal advice. To obtain legal advice, please consult with your attorney or a qualified legal representative. Heidi J. Moore Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EDT http://www.lgtinc.org/articles/82/1/What-We-Hunger-for What we hunger for   Those of us who make up the physically limited society of the United States would like very little from those of you who make up the able bodied society of the United States.  In actuality we hunger for only two things.  The first thing would be acceptance.  You will ask, "What do you mean by this?"  What we mean by this is your understanding that life is fragile and is filled with many painful realities.  There is nothing man can do about these realities. You cannot run from them nor hide from them.  They will always be there wherever you might travel.    Those of us who make up the society of physically limited understand we are the true representatives of reality.  This is because we have been struck by reality head on.  Meaning we have lost a limb or two, we have become paralyzed horizontally or vertically or a limitation has come in some other way.  True, the able bodied society chooses to label us in their own way by saying we are disabled or better yet handicapped.  This is why we ask those of you who are able bodied on the face of this earth, "Who on earth is able to run a one minute mile?"  No one has the ability to run a one minute mile, of course.    This is why everyone is unable to do something; therefore giving everyone a disability.  Name one person on the face of the earth who does not need something.  Again everyone is in need of something.  This is why everyone has a handicap, meaning everyone could hand their cap out for something.  Think about this; fifty thousand Americans become physically limited each year by various means.  This is just one reason the able bodied society fears reality so much.  Now, you will ask, "How can we accept you, when there is no way we can conquer our fears?"  This is how.  We want you to put forth the effort to understand although, our bodies have been weakened physically we are still human beings, just as you are.  We want you to understand our minds remain strong.  We have character, personality, wit, along with mental strength you may not want to focus on.  You will ask, "How can you carry these traits with you when your body is weak?"  The answer is simple and that is through the power of the human spirit.  You cannot understand the power of the human spirit until you are required to use your human spirit.  I challenge you to think about this.  "Life is a challenge to see what one can get out of life."  Those who are challenged more get more out of life.  If you would offer all of those who are physically limited your acceptance, you would learn one valuable lesson and that is, you do not know what you have in life until you lose it and that life is the second greatest gift of all.  You would understand that there is no definition for life and that you have no choice, but to live life day by day.  This is why we want to be known as physically limited people, not disable or handicapped people.  This is why we want you to focus on the individual that exist, not on the limitations that are present, so you can see our strengths and abilities.  If you concentrate on our limitations you will only see our weaknesses and never see are strengths.  The same goes for those who are mentally limited. They are not retarded, they are just mentally limited and please understand that is not by choice.  Since mental limitation take place from birth and not during one traveling the road called life there is absolutely no reason for fear.  It is your concentrating on their mental limitations that brings discomfort.   The second thing we want from the able bodied society is for them to give us the opportunities we deserve.  Although we are physically limited, this does not mean we are mentally limited.  We hunger to know why you can only concentrate on our physical limitations and not focus on our mental abilities.  I, myself, have been physically limited since the age of eleven from a series of hemorrhages in my brain, meaning strokes.  Finding a job for myself has always been a difficult task.  I landed my first full time job with the Georgia Department of Education in February of 1987.  I went through eleven interviews with a number of state departments before this took place.  I was very pleased to have been given a chance, for the first time.  I continued working for the state of Georgia, getting a few promotions here and there.  In January 1990 I entered Georgia State University.  On August 27, 1994, I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History.  By this time I was a principal clerk with the Georgia Department of Revenue Division of Motor Vehicles.  Having a college degree I thought would open many doors for me.  I applied for a number of jobs and got reply after reply, stating I was not qualified.  Then in December of 1996, I was unjustly terminated by the DMV for not making quota for title examination.  I lost my ADA law suit against the state.    I would not find another job until August of 1998.  This is when I began working for a rather large fortune 500 Company.  Now I thought I would have a chance to make a stand and rise up to new ranks.  This would never take place.  After five years of service I was laid off.  Today, I am on disability, but I am eager to go back to work.  Having been unemployed since December 2003 I have applied for over one hundred jobs.  This would include twelve with the federal Government, fifty five with the state of Georgia, fifteen with the Georgia Institute of Technology, seven with Georgia State University and the list goes on and I continue to search for an employer.  This is just one reason we want opportunity to come our way.  We want everyone to understand that a weak body can carry character along with a strong mind.  Everyone includes every potential employer in the U S.  We want you to give us the chance to prove what we are made of.  The ADA does nothing, employment wise, for those of us who are physically limited and it does very little other wise.   I hunger to see my autobiography "The Joys of Living" and "My Expressions of Life" published, not for my sake, but for the sake of mankind.  Not a day passes, when I do not think of the words President John F. Kennedy spoke at his 1960 Inauguration, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but instead ask what you can do for your country."  I simply ask, "When will you let us have the chance to do something?"    In closing here is a point to ponder "If one's mind could open as wide as one's mouth an ocean of understanding could enter".   Darrell A. Deeds March 12, 2006 Darrell Deeds Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 EST