The Memphis Center for Independent Living

Senator Bill Frist and Deborah Cunningham.

City of Memphis ADA Report Card 2008

 the letter f  EMPLOYMENT: The City lacks a program to recruit, hire and retain persons with disabilities.
 the letter f  EDUCATION: Memphis City Schools have segregated schools and classes for persons with disabilities.
 the letter c, with a plus sign  TRANSPORTATION: MATA has begun to work with persons with disabilities to find solutions to the transit problems.
 the letter d, with a plus sign  CONSTRUCTION NEW AND OLD: Memphis continues to build shameful walls of exclusion.
 the letter c  CURB RAMPS: 18 years and still behind schedule.
 the letter f  CITIZENSHIP: Administration lacks sensitivity and is indifferent towards the rights of disabled Memphians.

MCIL Journal Index 2008

Date Name
8/20/2008 Stop the cuts!.
5/22/2008 Long Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008.
3/18/2008 Bredesen's Proposal for Long Term Care
2/10/2008 MCIL Comments on the Tennessee Community Choices Act
1/29/2008 Gov. Bredesen Highlights the Tennessee Community Choices Act
1/24/2008 Tennessee Community Choices Act
1/21/2008 The ADAPT Community Poster
1/3/2008 Nursing Home Trasition Drawbacks