2011 is now in full swing so now it is time to say goodbye to 2010 but as we do, we would like to take this opportunity to reflect on yet another successful year!! We owe a lot of thanks to our peer advocates, who work hard in the office and in the community to [...]
Building Advocacy and Learning Leadership Skills (BALLS) classes were offered to five high schools this past year and almost 100 students took this training in three Missoula High Schools as well as in Frenchtown and Florence. Disability and IL History, Movement and Culture training was also given to junior and senior history/government classes at Big [...]
Please contact Kathy Boyer or Jude Monson about your interest in taking these classes. Living Well with a Disability Workshop – Held on Mondays from 1-3 pm Co-Facilitators Darren Larson and Andrea Dahl A class to set your personal goals for 2011! Each class builds on the previous one so we ask that you commit [...]
Summit has recently contracted with Portland State University to participate in a research project called the Women’s Safer and Stronger Program along with two other centers for independent living, Sources in Fayetteville, AR and ABIL in Phoenix, AZ. The project will last three years and women from western Montana who have experienced abuse are welcome [...]
Summit Independent Living is pleased to announce a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) activity and support group in Missoula. Last year the group shared movie nights, went camping, enjoyed great barbeque, fine dined and even went Christmas tree hunting. The group also joined Summit in several outreach programs. All people with MS are welcome. The group holds [...]
One of the most important rights we enjoy as citizens of our state and nation is the right to vote for the people who make and uphold our laws. This right is the foundation upon which our democratic form of government is based. Many people in the world do not share this right. It's a [...]
If you have a physical disability or are unable to read or write, you may ask an election judge to help you mark your ballot for you. Or you can bring a friend or relative who, with the permission of the election judge, can go into the voting booth with you and help you vote. [...]
Summit is working with The Rural Institute and The Centers for Disease Control on a project designed to increase the awareness and knowledge of people with disabilities of the benefits of routine health screenings, and accessible health services available at Community Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics. The project will also provide CHC and RHC [...]
Summit Student Interns Thank you to Justyn Field, our summer intern from the U of M school of journalism. His writing ability and video interviews were a huge support to Summit as we prepared to put on four events in three days in July! His editorial about Youth and the ADA that was in the [...]
There live a people who will never feel the sacrifices their forefathers made to fight for their freedom. They will never truly understand that only a short time ago their people were not citizens in the land of the free—they could be shipped off to an institution against their will, be arrested for going out [...]