An Idea that's time has come...

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       Instant Access to Life in the Community

Children and adults who have permanent disabilities of communication and who are unable to fill out forms, or to represent themselves or call or find needed services, must have a permanent MEDICARD, with a micro chip coded for all the services for which they are obviously eligible.

Every other disability has accommodations like ramps, elevators, Braille signs, seeing eye dogs access, interpreters, captioned films, etc. But nothing for children and adults with developmental disabilities and communication disorders ... until this super MEDICARD!

This would provide children and adults with developmental disabilities a shining model for the first in the United States of America accommodations compliant with ADA, as well as meeting the mandates for services stated in Washington's state constitution.

A permanent MEDICARD will save millions of dollars by eliminating paper work, a huge monitoring bureaucracy, disallowing any parent pay, co-payments, or users fees demanded of "unknown others" on behalf of children and adults with developmental disabilities, yet honoring their parents' rights of protection and advocacy.

A permanent MEDICARD with picture will allow people with a permanent developmental disability some control over their own lives while holding accountable the state, which is mandated by our state constitution to serve them with NO WAITING LISTS.

The power and uniqueness of MEDICARD FOR ALL , unlike all other state proposals is 

MEDICARD FOR ALL comes from

 "WE THE PEOPLE"! 

A Permanent Card for our citizens with Permanent disabilities.  Is there anything more logical?

Imagine cutting through all the Red Tape with interviews, renewals, confusion at the pharmacy or provider's office.

To learn more about the technology joining with MediCard for All - click HERE

One Card does it all.

Please sign our online petition

Katie Dolan, Chair     Parul Houlahan Co-chair       Sponsored by NW Center, Tom Everill, Chair

ORGANIZATIONS  FOR MEDICARD FOR ALL

1. NW Center

2. Washington State ARC

3.  King County ARC  

4. Provail (formerly United Cerebral Palsy)

5. Epilepsy Foundation Northwest

6. Education For All

7. Autism Society of Washington

8. Autism  Recovery Resources of Washington

9. Janet Taggart, Advocate Child Development Centers

10. Washington State Special Education Coalition

11. Action for RHCs, Dave Wood Advocate

12. Cecile Lindquist, Birth to Three Advocate

13. Parul Houlahan, The Chain Reaction

14. Autism Resource Center

15. Washington State Wee Care Coalition

16. Fodor Homes

17. Gail Provo, Medical Advocate

18.  Parents of Autistic Children of Washington, Annika Mito

19. Helping Hands for the Disabled, Barbara Barger

20. Champion House

21. Halcyon

22. Visions

23. Trail House

24. Alpha Spring Meadows Homes

25. Nancy Vernon & Associates

26. Spokane Parent Coalition

27. The Houlahan Foundation  

28.   Dr. Ryad Karmy Jones, NAAR

29.  Dr. Lorie Thomas, NAAR

30.   Windermere Realty, Gayle Winters

31.   Mutual Materials

32.  Washington State Protection & Advocacy System

33.  Dain Rauscher, Neil McDevitt

34.  Rosso Nurseries

35.  O'Conner Law

36.   Dussault Law Group

37.   Boeing Employees Association

38.   Mears Spears

39.   Smith Barney

40.    Windermere Realty, Gayle Winters    

41.    www.disabilitytroubleshooters.com    Katie Dolan

42.      King County Parent Coalition

43.    Value Village Stores

44.     National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR)

45.     Rainier QFC

46.     Dr. Ilene Schwartz, Chair, Special Education Area - UW  Experimental Education Unit

47.    International Soroptomist, South Seattle

48.    Chi Square Technologies

49.    lockergnome.net