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Calling Washington
What Sally Johnston did was create a program whereby the client, i.e., the competent citizen, would hire, train, schedule and supervise the aide. The program would be embedded in an Independent Living Organization, such as ARISE, which would do the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, God, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Transportation
Tagged advocacy, ARISE, Beata Karpinska, Call-a-Bus, CDPAP, Centro, citizen, consumer directed personal assistant program, Enable, Frank Kobliski, Linda McKeown, paratransit, Sally Johnston, Sara Wall Bollinger, success, transportation
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From God to Linda McKeown–There’s a Trip
How do I know that God’s got my back? The first and biggest confirmation of this came about three years after I was diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, which is a rare form of kidney damage that is caused by bad doctors … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, God, Government Services, Onondaga County, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Spirituality, Transportation, Values
Tagged Bus, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, citizen, complaints, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, God, Jenifer Rich, Linda McKeown, lithium, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, paratransit, Peter Cahan, power, power wheelchair, powerlessness, transportation
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Some of Us Don’t Even Have Feet
Letter to the Editor, Post-Standard (continued) Do you know who comes to the [Public Transportation Advisory Committee] meeting? Linda McKeown, director of Call-a-Bus. Fifteen disabled people sit there and try to make some sense out of the system, and Linda … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Transportation, Values
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, Linda McKeown, paratransit, Post-Standard, transportation
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From Linda McKeown to Aunt Naomi
There was no apparent logic behind how trips were scheduled for Call-a-Bus, and if you weren’t waiting at the door when the bus came then you’d miss your ride. Assuming you actually got on the bus, the drivers were hostile and lazy. … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Housing, Onondaga County, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Aunt Naomi, Bus, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, cerebral palsy, CP, disability, Linda McKeown, paratransit, transportation, wheelchairs
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The Franks, and No More Jazz
Centro bus company has gotten a bazillion dollars of the taxpayers’ money to build the Hub–an unpleasant new bus center erected downtown that preempted the Red Cross blood collection station. And how is Centro serving those taxpayers? Well, it for darn sure … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, power wheelchairs
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, bus shuttle, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, disability rights, Frank Kobliski, Frank Malfitano, Jamesville Beach, Jazz Festival, Onondaga Community College, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power
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Fixing What’s Broken
Good morning, peeps. Here’s the news for today: I just saved you $155 with Medicare/Medicaid, and my open letter to Centro bus company did some good. But first, the weather: it’s gorgeous. The Broken Prong Story I have a power … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs
Tagged Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, Medicaid, Medicare, paratransit, power wheelchair, Wheelchair
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An Open Letter to Frank Kobliski, Executive Director of Centro Bus Company
Frank Kobliski, Executive Director of Centro Bus Company CNY Centro Syracuse/Onondaga 200 Cortland Avenue PO BOX 820 Syracuse, NY 13205-0820 May 14, 2012 Dear Frank, Yesterday I was at Shoppingtown Mall when Call-a-Bus paratransit picked me up in my wheelchair at 3:30 p.m. … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs
Tagged air condition, Air conditioner, Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, disability rights, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Health, heat, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, problem solving
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Out of Control
Do you know what it’s like not to have any control over your life? Come over here and follow me in my wheelchair. Several years ago I attended a church where the pastor told me that he understood that people … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness
Tagged Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, control, disability, disability rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, power wheelchair, Wheelchair
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How to Act Like an American (Part V)
(Continued from July 24) So now we have Centro Executive Director Frank Kobliski and his special assistant, Betty Petri, working on fixing Call-a-Bus (CAB), while Manager Linda McKeown continues to run the day to day operation—which isn’t going all that well. Every time I … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged American, Betty Petrie, Bus, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Centro, citizen, citizenship, CNYRTA, David Knight, disability, disability rights, electric wheelchair, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Governance, Linda McKeown, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, power wheelchair, problem solving, Wheelchair
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How to Act Like an American (Part IV)
(Continued from July 21) I got Frank Kobliski, executive director of Centro, to come to Public Transportation Advisory Council meetings at ARISE. At the first meeting Frank attended, he learned that Linda McKeown, manager of Call-a-Bus (CAB), had a standing … Continue reading
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Tagged Betty Petrie, Bus, CAB, Call-a-Bus, Central New York Regional Transportation Authority, Centro, CNYRTA, David Knight, disability, disability rights, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Governance, Linda McKeown, OCR, Office of Civil Rights, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, Wheelchair
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