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Regional Centers Still Need Our Help

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Our California Regional Centers still need our help.  They need all of us to write to our local state representatives and the Governor.  We need them to keep funding going to these organizations.  They are the backstop that helps families with special needs or special care situations manage in California.  They are the organizations that help in coordinating the lives of people who through no fault of their own, can’t take care of themselves.

If the quality of life of a nation is based on how we treat or elderly and special needs, we are a very messed up society.  There is also the business aspect that people tend to forget.  People with special needs and the families that care for them (and by family that can be any legit caring soul) spend money.  Money being spent means that the economy has people who can buy goods and services to keep people employed or get hired. 

There are sub-support systems that generate revenue that generate jobs that come from programs like these.  People who need diapers, special equipment, items that can improve the quality of their daily lives who in turn hire other people who in turn spend money and keep the cycle going – not stopping.  This is the direct opposite of what is happening in our country and almost all over the world today.  People need to be helped because it helps create jobs.

That is good stuff.

The Regional Centers help with home placement and they are getting swamped with people being moved over from other programs that are closing.  People, I don’t know about you but there are a lot of people who need care and supervision ranging from a few minutes a day to 24 hours a day.  Some of these individuals are easygoing and there are some that really need to be supervised.

Help yourself and society by writing and calling and making your voice heard loudly and clearly.

Apr 22 2009

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Regional Centers Still Need Our Help

California Regional Centers Need Money

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

I went to a California Regional Center open forum last night and it was standing room only.  There is going to be a State cut of 3% and a one time cut of $100,000,000 from the state budget for caring for special needs, helping people live on their own and generally giving purpose to the clients of the California regional center.

I urge all of the people reading this in California to please support the regional centers by writing your Congressional representatives and the Governor.  The California regional centers help people with autism, special needs and other disabilities function as part of society.  They are clients for the regional center and they are an easy target for budget cuts.

We discussed in the open forum in Van Nuys that in some small cases there is room for abuse and I think everybody in the program accepts that there will be budget cuts but the regional center clients  need a roof over their heads and they are just trying to be part of society.

The ethical and moral issues aside, it is bad for business to treat our people who can help themselves the least with disdain and abandonment.  I am not one for entitlement programs but I am one for help programs to get people to do something to have a higher quality of life.  The regional centers help people achieve their potential.

Caregivers (parents, siblings, friends) don’t live forever.  The scary part of life isn’t death but who is going to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves after we are gone.  Please do what you can to help and if you need more information drop me an email or a post.  You can google California Regional Centers for more information or visit here.

I have a daughter who is a client of the Regional Center and I have a vested interest in seeing her have a decent quality of life.  You may have friends or loved ones in the state of California who also are in need of a decent quality of life.  Think of it this way as well:  If you are out of work, without a place to stay and hungry, how much worse is it if you can’t take care of yourself or completely understand what is happening to you or are unable to express your frustrations at what is going on around you?   The Regional Centers can help with that.

Thanks for listening.

March 26 2009

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 If you are looking for a day job, part time work, suggestions for saving money or investing, please check out my book listed below.  Part of all the proceeds from the sales of that book  go  to Rett Syndrome research.  One girl is born with Rett Syndrome worldwide every fifteen minutes.   My daughter Arianna has Rett Syndrome and we are working to do all we can to make her life easier and find a cure in her lifetime.  Boys born with the Rett gene generally die at birth.

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