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A resolution to honor the importance of advocacy in the lives of Tennesseans with disabilities
and in improving access to equal opportunities across the state of Tennessee.
WHEREAS, there are approximately 1.6 million Tennesseans with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, disability can bring with it unique challenges in the day-to-day life of the person experiencing it; and
WHEREAS, individuals with disabilities experience barriers to accessing the same education, housing, transportation, and health care as their peers; and
WHEREAS, individual advocacy can be a powerful tool for Tennesseans with disabilities to break down barriers to equity; and
WHEREAS, collective advocacy can bring about great social and political change such as the passage of the civil rights legislation the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Tennessee Disability Act; and
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE CONCURRING, that we honor March 11th, 2021 as Disability Advocacy Day.
List of TDC Achievements:
Katie Beckett Program
Autism Equity Act
TN Family Support Program
Tennessee Autism Council
STEP UP Scholarship
Expanding home-and community-based services
Nurse delegation of health maintenance tasks
Claire’s Law (hearing aids for kids)
Concussion management protocol in schools
Support for aging caregivers
Protecting student rights
Service animal protections
Fair housing
Protecting individual rights in deinstitutionalization
Disability Vote Alliance
Personal assistance licensure
Modernizing state laws on mental health and developmental disabilities Tennessee Disability Act
Supporting and licensing medication administration in the community
Ensuring accessibility in Legislative Plaza and the Cordell Hull building
Limiting institutional care
Open Doors Home Health Care Act
Lane v. State of TN – equal access to justice
Prohibiting employment discrimination
Protecting and expanding access to Medicaid
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