
President Barack Obama told a crowd of students at Arcadia University, in Glenside, Pa. on Monday that
there should be an "up or down vote on health care." (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Explore with us how we can improve Topeka’s support of alternative transportation modes.
LIEAP provides help paying winter heating bills to qualifying households.
You can apply for LIEAP online at: http://www.usa800.net/lieapportal/.
Unsafe In The Schoolhouse: Abuse Of Children With Disabilities, details 180 incidents of the use of abusive interventions against children with disabilities in school. The report also includes suggested legislative remedies.
The Intersection between Budget Cuts to Services and Civil Rights of People with Disabilities under the “Olmstead” Decision, Presented to: The House Committee on Long Term Care and Aging, Provided by: Mike Oxford, Executive Director, Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, January 26, 2010 - This testimony presents a cogent argument regarding the necessity for systematic, comprehensive, long range planning to address the future long term care needs of our state that culminates in the development of an Olmstead Plan for the state of Kansas.
The next in the series of webcasts will be, Best Practice in Developing and Disseminating Documents Electronically at 1pm on March 10, 2010.
The Employment First initiative establishes integrated, competitive employment as the first priority for Kansans with disabilities. The summit will share best practices and strategies designed to support this initiative. For more information, please contact the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities at 785-296-2608.