Announcing a new National Listserv - NOEWAIT

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Please copy and send this message to all listservs, acquaintances,

professionals, local and national and sister organizations and other sources

you may

have. For example, all the DD Councils, the P & A national and state

organizations, the appropriate persons at the National Arc, other state and

local ARC's,

national Autism and CP, other professional organizations, governmental

officials, school officials, etc. We need a great deal of national

involvement

if anything is going to get done. Please - anyone you can think of - that is

how this movement might possibly be successful - by letting just everyone

know and getting them involved.

To join NOEWAIT, contact _DnvrFox@..._ (mailto:DnvrFox@...)

NOEWAIT - The National Organization to End the Waitlist through Advocacy,

Information and Transformation

_NOEWAIT _ (mailto:NOEWAIT )

Dedicated to ending national waitlists for services for adults with

Developmental Disabilities through ADVOCACY within the political system, the

sharing

of INFORMATION from all sources, and the TRANSFORMATION of the laws, leading

to all individuals with Developmental Disabilities receiving appropriate

services of their choice within the community.

Waitlists for services for adults with developmental disabilities are a

national disgrace. Some states have over 100,000 adults with extreme needs

waiting for services. A few states have passed legislation to end the

waitlists.

Yet, individuals in most states are fighting for services on a

person-by-person, state-by-state basis. There seems to be no national awareness

nor

coordination, yet this is truly a national issue.

The moderator, Denver C. Fox, Ed.D., is a parent of two adult children with

profound disabilities. He is the moderator of the Colorado listserv, Parents

of Adults with Disabilities.

Dr. Fox and PAD-CO participants have been very active in the Colorado

attempt to reduce the waitlists for about 7,000 adults with developmental

disabilities in the Colorado system.

This listserv is open to all parents, friends, professionals, politicians

and others, and is designed to gather information about the extent of the

waitlist in each state, to find out what attempts are being made to solve that

problem within each state (and their success), and to develop a national agenda

regarding ending the disgraceful waitlists.

PLEASE LET OTHERS KNOW!

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