{"id":3007,"date":"2023-03-21T20:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/?p=3007"},"modified":"2023-03-21T21:57:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T21:57:49","slug":"survival-coalition-press-releasedisability-advocacy-day-march-232023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/2023\/updates\/survival-coalition-press-releasedisability-advocacy-day-march-232023\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Coalition Press Release:Disability Advocacy Day, March 23,2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>More Than 300 Members of Disability Community Plan to Participate in Annual Disability Advocacy Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caregiver Crisis, Voting Access For All on Priority List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(MADISON) \u2013 More than 200 members of the disability community from all parts of Wisconsin plan to rally on March 23 for the Survival Coalition\u2019s annual Disability Advocacy Day. Grassroots advocates will gather at the Monona Terrace for issue discussions and planning before making the walk to the Capitol to visit with \u00a0their state legislators and share how the issues impact their lives as Wisconsin residents<br>This year\u2019s goal is to ensure legislators understand that the voices of people with disabilities and their families are facing significant challenges to their health, safety, and ability to remain in their homes because of the underfunding of Wisconsin\u2019s long term care services for people of all ages. Advocates will also share the importance of protecting voting rights, supporting special education, mental health services and ensuring transportation is available for non-drivers.<br>\u201cEvery morning in Wisconsin people wake up waiting and worrying about themselves or their family members.\u00a0 The low Medicaid rates don\u2019t attract enough workers or providers to meet the needs of Wisconsin residents.\u00a0 said Survival Coalition Co-Chair Patti Becker.<br>\u201cAging family members are sacrificing their jobs, their health, and their retirements to cover the gaps. We have to reinvest in our systems to pay for the actual costs of care,\u201d said co-chair Beth Swedeen<br>\u201dNew restrictions on voting rights are creating added barriers for people with disabilities to exercise their right to vote.\u00a0 We ask our policymakers to work with us to make our elections more accessible and inclusive &#8211; not more restrictive\u201d, says\u00a0Barbara Beckert,\u00a0Milwaukee Office Director of External Advocacy,\u00a0Disability Rights\u00a0WI.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2023-DAD-Survival-Press-Release-Final-1.pdf\">Read full press release.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Than 300 Members of Disability Community Plan to Participate in Annual Disability Advocacy Day Caregiver Crisis, Voting Access For All on Priority List (MADISON) \u2013 More than 200 members of the disability community from all parts of Wisconsin plan to rally on March 23 for the Survival Coalition\u2019s annual Disability Advocacy Day. Grassroots advocates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3007"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3016,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3007\/revisions\/3016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.survivalcoalitionwi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}