OVERSIGHT HEARING ON H.R. 4498, AMERICANS HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SELECT EDUCATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR ONE HUNDREDTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION HEARING HELD IN BOSTON, MA, OCTOBER 24, 1988 Serial No. 100-109 Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California JAMES M. JEFFORDS, Vermont CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina CONTENTS Page Caudre, Joseph, AIDS Advisory Board, State of Massachusetts 113 37 Chao, Matthew, legislative committee chair, Bay State Council for the 150 Hanscom, Linda, chairperson, American Disabled for Accessible Public 60 Horndt, Eileen Healy, executive director, Independence Northwest. Husted-Jensen, Nancy, chairman, Governor's Commission on the Handi- Johnson, Jerry, Names Project New England. Johnston, Philip, secretary, Executive Office of Human Services..... (III) Statement of-Continued Kappe, Cindy, Bridgeport, CT. Page 69 Karuth, Denise, chair, Massachusetts Coalition of Citizens With Disabilities.... 194 Kennedy, Ted, Jr. 44 Knight, Bill, chairman, Greater Waterbury Consumer Action Forum Levin, Marilyn, supervisor, occupational therapy, Department of Mental 131 Levine, Donald, president of Barry Independent Living Association, 41 Long, Ruth, peer advocate counselor, Vermont Center for Independent Marshall, Melissa, executive director, Disabilities Network of Eastern 72 McCarthy, Mary, commissioner, Department of Mental Retardation Myette, Peter, Mayor's Commission on People With Disabilities, Boston, 209 Nelson, John, Washington, DC. 46 Nwojke, Emeka, assistant director, Northeast Independent Living Program. 40 O'Day, Bonnie, executive director, Independent Center of Hampton 45 Oestreicher, Michael, director, Challenges Unlimited. 99 Palotto, Patrick, editor, Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, CT 52 38 Preneta, Ed, director, Connecticut Disabilities Development Office, East 65 Price-Spivack, Marilyn, National Head Injuries Foundation 220 L Reisken, Julie, community organizer, Connecticut Coalition of Citizens Sutton, Rima, service coordinator, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 114 Teed-Wargo, Shelley, chairman, Connecticut Union of Disability Action Wood, Barbara Jean, Commissioner, Massachusetts Commission for the 25 Zapun, Paul, executive director, Independence Unlimited, Hartford, CT..... Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera: 85 Bartels, Elmer C., commissioner, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, prepared statement of.. 20 Batten, Lelia, Portland Coalition for the Psychiatrically Labeled, prepared statement of. Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et cetera—Continued Page 152 11 224 Davis, Speed, assistant director, Office of Handicapped Affairs, Boston, Domini, Virginia, Independence Unlimited, Inc., prepared statement of..... 86 Dorfer, William, prepared statement of.... Dukakis, Hon. Michael S., Governor, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, prepared statement of. Durkin, Ilona, Connecticut Traumatic Brain Injury Association, Inc., prepared statement of.. Durkin, Nancy E., Center for Independent Living of Southwestern Connecticut, prepared statement of... Espling, Larry, prepared statement of.. 187 Foley, Tim, prepared statement on behalf of the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council... 184 Griffin, Eric L., National Council on Independent Living, diary samples submitted by. Harris, Edith, Disabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut, Inc., prepared statement of.. Healy, Jean, director, Deaf-Blind Contact Center, prepared statement of ... 103 137 Horndt, Eileen Healy, executive director, Independence Northwest, prepared statement of Husted-Jensen, Nancy, prepared statement on behalf of the Rhode Island 191 182 Johnston, Philip W., Secretary of Human Services, Commonwealth of 16 Karuth, Denise, Massachusetts Coalition of Citizens With Disabilities, prepared statement of.. 197 Knight, Bill, Consumer Action Forum, prepared statement of....... Koslowski, Stan, assistant director, Connecticut Office of Protection and Lyons, Elisabeth H., prepared statement of.. Marshall, Catherine E., prepared statement of.. Miller, Cynthia L., prepared statement of.. Mills, Linda J., prepared statement of....... Mulligan, Kathleen, prepared statement of.. 158 179 Myette, Peter J., Mayor's Commission on Persons With Disabilities, 211 Owens, Hon. Major R., a Representative in Congress from the State of Palotto, Patrick, prepared statement of....... 53 Preneta, Ed, director, Connecticut Developmental Disabilities Council, prepared statement of. 65 Reisken, Julie, Connecticut Coalition of Citizens With Disabilities, prepared statement of 75 Roth, Marcie, Western Connecticut Association for the Handicapped and 82 St. Laurent, Robert, prepared statement of.. 100 Sutton, Rima, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, prepared statement of.. Teed-Wargo, Shelley, Connecticut Union of Disability Action Groups, Inc., prepared statement of 117 71 Telker, Ellen M., attorney at law, prepared statement of Zapun, Paul, Independence Unlimited, Inc., prepared statement of.. 49 202 208 85 |