Voting Resources for Individuals with Disabilities

The Arc – Nationwide, people with disabilities accounted for over 35 million eligible voters in 2016 (that number jumps to 62 million eligible voters when you include family members) but less than half of individuals with disabilities participated in the election. This year we have incredible potential to demonstrate the power of the disability vote and by promoting full participation, we can help shape policies that affect the entire community.

More information here – https://arcminnesota.org/public-policy/2018-voter-engagement

Minnesota House of Representatives – Assisting a Voter & Polling Place Accessibility

More information here – https://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/issinfo/AssistingVoter.pdf

State of Minnesota – People with Developmental Disabilities Have the Right to Vote! Everyone wants to vote, including voters with mental disabilities. If you are a voter with a developmental disability, you should know your rights. Knowing your rights will help make sure you can vote. Print this item and take it with you when you go to vote so that you know what your rights are.

More information here – https://mn.gov/mnddc/news/newsitems/righttovote06.html

In the News, Legislation and Community Action

October 16, 2018

Joan Vaughn

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Written by Joan Vaughn

I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out. I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff). I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success. So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses. Join me in the conversation.

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