MAR Conference
The MAR Conference is right around the corner and will be focused on “Forging stronger relationships” with Employment Opportunities.
Montana Association for Rehabilitation
The 56th Annual Conference
October 9-11, 2013
La Quinta Inn and Suites
Butte, MT
Visit: www.mtmar.org to learn more!
Register by email to psanders@mt.gov or call 1-406-782-4046 for more information
(Please email Patrick Sanders with your accommodation or scholarship needs by October 1, 2013)
July Newsletter Crossword Answers
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2. Montana Vocational Rehabilitation provides employment supports, and is also called MVR
4. If you have freedom, you also must bear responsibility for your choices
9. The advocacy group People First at Summit is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club
13. Instead of saying able-bodied, use the term nondisabled
15. Someone who interacts with others is being social
16. People live in and are part of a community
17. This civil rights law was passed in 1990 ADA
18. Summit’s Youth Advocacy Club is also known as YODA
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1. MT Program: Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities
3. The ABLE Act would allow people to save money yet still receive Medicaid
5. Office of Public Assistance or OPA
6. Someone shows independence if they make their own decisions
7. Certain inalienable rights are inherently part of living in a free society
8. Supplemental Security Income is also SSI
10. Social Security Disability Insurance is also SSDI
11. Summit provides advocacy for people with disabilities
12. Sometimes a person will make an Independent Living Plan to make sure he or she is supported in the community
14. The Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C. determined that people have a right to live in the community
