New List serve - Announcing a new National Listserv - NOEWAIT

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I got this on one of my local list serves but thought I would share it

with all of you!

Jeanette, Tait's mom

Denver, CO

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!

http://members.aol.com/dnvrfox