tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19024620193423262352024-03-13T10:02:01.563-07:00Total Individual AdvocateJames Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-14907527477999096882013-09-12T11:10:00.002-07:002013-09-12T11:10:43.418-07:00In Romania and Turkey there's kids in orphanages that are disabled the parents leave them there because they have no visible means to support them. Every year a kid spends in an orphanage the louse one year of learning so we gotta under the CRPD we gotta make everything more normal for them. Right now disabled individuals in turkey and Romania have no rights and
money should be going the the parents instead of orphanages. This must happen all over the world but we never hear about it so it's a good thing that the Washington post had an article about it so if you want to read about it hear it is <br />
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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/orphanages-are-no-place-for-children/2013/08/09/6d502fb0-fadd-11e2-a369-d1954abcb7e3_story.html" target="_blank"><span class="entry-title">Orphanages are no place for children</span></a>James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-77968345956895560812013-08-30T11:28:00.000-07:002013-08-30T11:28:25.671-07:00My Interview with Bob I probably asked him questions that nobody ever asked him. I guess when he was going to school his teachers encouraged him to pursue art. He told us all about the movie he's making now, he sent it to an art festival in Sebastopol. I think he's a good artist I watched him do a couple of the things he gets paid for. He's self taught, he taught himself how to draw and to paint. It took him two years to do the movie "Mysterious Place" that's at the Sonoma County museum right now. It's on the 3rd story till the end of Sept if anyone's interested. James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-80970688211528437812013-08-30T11:15:00.001-07:002013-08-30T11:15:11.122-07:00Trying to get out of the group homeBecause of what happened 7 years ago, I got a piece of hamburger stuck in my lung instead of going into my stomach. So the way we had to get it out was to have surgery and they also put the J-tube in at the same time. Because I had aspiration pneumonia I had no choice in the matter they only gave me 15 minutes to decide about the operation or they said I would die. So I ended up in a group home which I do not like. I've been in a group home ever since. They restrict me from living my life. For instance let's say I met a girl I would not be able to have a full relationship if you know what I mean. <br />
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I liked it very much because I pick to when I went out and what buses I took I was much more independent I went to the grocery store every weekend and I got to choose what to do and I had a couple small parties form my church. and I was able to drink alcohol which I can't do with this stupid tube. I got involved with a mens gay group until I got sick and I enjoyed that because they were men I could talk to about different things like the bible and stuff. <br />
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They made lots of promisses to me when I moved into the group home but they never followed through. Like that I could go out as much as I wanted, then they told me they didn't have proper staff. The only reason I'm still at bi is I refused to go to their day program. It consists of taking labels off cans and bundling newspapers no wonder my friend "L" goes crazy there. James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-10029352849960032572013-08-12T12:58:00.001-07:002013-08-12T12:58:54.718-07:00I've been reading a <a href="http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/newport_news/jenny-hatch-in-court-aug-2" target="_blank">story about a young woman with downs syndrome named Jenny Hatch</a> and her mother wanted her to live in a group home but she wanted to live in the community with her friends. It took a year for her to win her battle in court. In the group home they took away her cell phone, her computer and they would not let her use the house phone. She was not allowed to leave the house, she was not allowed to see her friends at the thrift store where she used to work. She only got to see them once, after the visit the group home said she had behaviors and she couldn't have any visitors after that.. This could be me if this was California, but I do get to use the phone, I do get to go to work every day, but for the lack of freedom it's just like me.James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-9290723157158245502013-06-27T13:09:00.001-07:002013-06-27T13:09:37.988-07:00Disabled people in Nepal have a hard time getting and education some children have to move from village to village to get an education. They have inadequate schools for the disabled in Nepal . <a href="http://www.hrw.org/audio/2011/08/22/nepal-children-disabilties-struggle-get-education" target="_blank">Balkumari </a>is 21 years old and now lives with her aunt and uncle and goes from village to village to try and convince parents to let their kids go to school. She wants to help younger children get an education like she did. <br />
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In <a href="http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/08/24/futures-stolen" target="_blank">Nepal</a> they keep holding the kids with disabilities back, and when it comes to the disabled the teachers are complacently untrained. The organize <a href="http://www.hrw.org/topic/disability-rights" target="_blank">Human Rights Watch</a> thinks that the passing of <span class="st">the "<a href="http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/conventionfull.shtml" target="_blank">Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities</a>" </span>would help counties like Nepal get it's educational system on its feet. there are disabled kids all over but they're stuck at home their parents never let them out of the house.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/audio/2010/06/25/music-prudence" target="_blank">Prudence</a> is a disabled girl form Zimbabwe south Africa and she's part of a musical group a band. and they just made a movie about her she just got an academy award int he short film category. James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-9736193778108718332013-05-09T13:40:00.002-07:002013-05-09T13:40:33.849-07:00<b id="docs-internal-guid-604c4d0c-8b06-dcb9-bbba-3d75411a89ab" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-604c4d0c-8b06-dcb9-bbba-3d75411a89ab" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I read an article on </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6563/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=7843" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">caps for malpractice victims</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. The guy is totally blind and has Cerebral Palsy because he was denied a medical test when he needed it. What if his parents die and they have to put him in an institution. We the taxpayers, because of their mistake, have to pay for the rest of his life. Doctors should make medical decisions not insurance companies. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The law should be repealed. The cap is outdated. They should not limit settlements to $250,000, they should get rid of it all together. Doctors, Hospitals and their Insurance companies should be held accountable. If they don’t pay the taxpayer gets the bill, taxpayers should not have to pay for mistakes of others. If it’s just a slap on the wrist they might do it again. Do</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we want them to keep doing this? Make them think about it, they should make changes so bad things don’t happen again. If they make fewer mistakes there would be fewer people with disabilities. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s time to change the law. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They should do a case by case basis because each case is a different circumstance. People who are injured need the money to take care of them for the rest of their lives. Juries and Judges should decide how much to award, not insurance companies who just want to make endless profit. These same insurance companies will not give life insurance to disabled people.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 24px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they lost the life they would have had. They’re going to be disabled for the rest of their life. They could have been the next president or invented a new kind of wheelchair.</span></b>James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-87299974246960564442013-02-14T13:28:00.000-08:002013-02-15T12:43:36.808-08:00 Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 'Access Now ! Regional Power Summit.'<a href="http://www.cilberkeley.org/" target="_blank"> www.cilberkeley.org</a><br />
There were discussions about housing, medical, and other disability rights topics.<br />
It was held at the Ed Roberts building in Berkely. It was held over a two day symposium. The first day was used to formulate ideas. The second day was to streamline the first days brainstorm.<br />
I attended through the Law and Justice Center here in Santa Rosa.<br />
One of my favorite speakers was Anita Shafer Aaron of the World Institute on Disability. The things that struck about this woman were that she is completely blind, and runs the institute ( with minimal staffing ) by herself. She spoke about curb cuts when there were none. This was a large issue for me when i was growing up. I was not able to even go to the movies without sneaking in the back door. This touched me personally because I had dealt with these issues for a long time.<br />
I also would like to recognize April Wick from The Law and Justice Center. Thank you so much for inviting and taking me along! And to Becoming Independent for providing transportation.James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-66901754118055360522013-01-24T14:13:00.001-08:002013-01-24T14:13:33.637-08:00If your gonna buy a tablet don't buy a Kindle and if your disabled don't by a Kindle and if your blind or print disabled and can't read don't buy a Kindle. Because when your blind or print disabled the Kindle does not work because they lock you out of every app that you could use to help you read. You can't use no talking e-readers, no nothing for accessibility. I already called Amazon who makes the Kindle and complained that there is no accessibility on the Kindle. I had to get rid of the Kindle because it was not going to work for my visual and print disability's and it would not work for my BookShare library. I turned around and bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" and have had no problem so far. I'm reading books on it, learning to use the camera. Tomorrow were going to use Skype to get a hold of either Uwe or Julianna. I'm planning to get a case for it and a holder to mount on my manual and electric wheelchairs.James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-37262748398309925342012-09-27T12:35:00.000-07:002012-09-27T12:35:40.730-07:00<span style="font-size: x-large;">I read an article on Disability Scoop about </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">the</span><br />
<a href="http://www.nfdi.org/"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>National Forum on Disability Issues</b></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> where the candidates were invited say what they are going to do for the disabled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">None of the candidates are showing up to go to this forum. Whats that say about our candidates and the disabled people in the USA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am very dissatisfied with the candidates because they send a representative instead of going themselves, apparently it's not important enough to go themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You can <a href="http://www.nfdi.org/invite_candidates/">write to the candidates</a> if you want and maybe get them to change there minds before Friday or just tell them how you feel. </span><br />
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register online for disabled people who might find it hard to get to a
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-81761465070051906952012-07-12T13:43:00.001-07:002012-07-12T13:43:01.296-07:00<span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />There's this movie out of France on autism, but
you cannot watch it because is been censored by the French courts. Have
you heard about it? Its about two autistic boys, one is going to school and one is in an
institution, he doesn't speak.. We were trying to watch it but we couldn't
because its' banned all over the internet. Here's a link to an article
about it one from Wrong Planet <br /><a href="http://www.wrongplanet.net/article424.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch the Banned French Autism / Psychoanalysis Film: The Wall</a><br />and one from Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative<br /><a href="http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/autism-in-the-arts/2012/documentary-review-le-mur-the-wall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1342124920_1">Documentary review: 'Le Mur' ('The Wall')</span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />We found the movie finally after a two day search</span><span style="font-size: small;">, it's a good movie if you can follow poor quality subtitles</span> and it's about an hour long.<br /><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nemesistv.info/video/HR4YB1RSSNYM/Le-Mur-La-psychanalyse-%C3%A0-l8217%C3%A9preuve-de-l8217autisme" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1342124920_2">http://nemesistv.info/video/HR4YB1RSSNYM/Le-Mur-La-psychanalyse-%C3%A0-l8217%C3%A9preuve-de-l8217autisme</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1342124920_2">The boys are brothers, ones treated well and ones treated very poorly. When your in an institution it's not all like being in a home </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Biography of James Vigare</span></div>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My
name is James Vigare and I’m a total individual cause I’m my own
person, I’m a very big advocate for the rights of the disabled. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m
56 years old and have needed to use a wheelchair all my life. I use
an electric wheelchair to get around all over the buildings at Becoming
Independent. Becoming Independent is a place I go every day for
people with disabilities. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My
earliest advocacy work was in Marin County. I was on the advisory
committee to get the first disabled lifts on the buses. We also
protested movies theaters, it was terrible, it made us all very angry.
They would not let in people in wheelchairs in at all. So we had a
friend buy the tickets and we snuck in the back door after going down
the back alley in the dark and the rain. Once we got in there was no
place to park wheelchairs so we had to be carried to a seat. We also
complained about curb cuts and public restrooms. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m
partially blind but I’m on the computer constantly that’s how I keep up
with the world and disability issues. I’m a big advocate for helping
other people that’s why I run my support group. At Becoming Independent
I’ve written letters to the governor and other politicians. I have also
helped fund raise, lead board tours, participated in interviewing new
instructors and protested funding cuts to the disabled</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I
recently went to pizza and I could not get into the bathroom, we’ve got
a long way to go. Doing the radio program would help get these issues
out to the public and other disabled people in Santa Rosa.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><br />
<br />James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-26979374461309108782012-06-28T10:43:00.000-07:002012-06-28T10:43:50.088-07:00Still waiting to get approval for the radio program so even if they say no I will still do the blog and maybe I'll do the radio program on my own. I did a two part radio show about me the "Total Individual Advocate", it's gonna be two parts we broke it into two different programs.<br />
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I'm a member of Bookshare it's place you can get books online and have them read them out loud . It took us a year to get me into Bookshare, I had a million problems. It took me no time to get into the NFB-Newsline that was a piece of cake but it took a year to get into Bookshare. NFB-Newsline is a place where you can read news papers and magazines online with speech support. I'm gonna look up articles about disability on NFB-Newsline <br />
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<br />James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902462019342326235.post-49360526830879851122012-06-21T13:45:00.001-07:002012-06-21T13:45:37.788-07:00<h1 dir="ltr" id="internal-source-marker_0.7010368779846787">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This
blog is going be about my radio show which will be about disability,
related topics and different issues. I will try to keep it current by
interviewing people, that's what it's going to be about. I would like to
make it like “Pushing Limits” but for the North Bay Area. We are going
to interview me for the first episode. I'm going interview people with
disabilities after that. I’m going have a calendar of events, current
events, services, rights issues, accessibility and different things
coming up in the legislature concerning people with disabilities. I’m
planning to have a radio show on </span><a href="http://www.kows.fm/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">KOWS RADIO OCCIDENTAL 107.3 </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or listen online </span><a href="http://24.130.103.233:8000/listen.m3u"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://24.130.65.159:8000/listen.m3u</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> . And if this radio show doesn't work this blog will still be about the same issues. </span></h1>James Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096455706900693228noreply@blogger.com0