Did you know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month? Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and living with a disability does not make you immune. However, women with disabilities are less likely to receive ongoing breast cancer screening because of a combination or variety of physical, psychological or accessibility barriers. That’s [...]
Montana Independent Living (IL) Symposium gathering held in July Missoula and Summit played host to the 2010 Montana Independent Living (IL) Symposium this past July! Our theme “You Have The Power, Live The Dream”! was a call to action from one of our beloved national leaders, Justin Dart, 20 years ago in moving the Americans [...]
Not sure who represents you in the Montana Legislature? Need to know what district you live in? Here are some ways to find out which district you live in and who your Montana legislators are: You can use the “My Voter Page“ (https://app.mt.gov/voterinfo/) to find out what district you live in, if you are registered [...]
Not a Registered Voter? Now is a great time for Montanans to register to vote in the Federal General Election on November 2, 2010. Regular registration ends at 5:00 p.m. on October 4. Those who miss the deadline may register in person during Montana’s late registration period - which runs from October 5 until the [...]
Mark your calendars and be sure to save the date. The Statewide Independent Living Council and Montana's four Independent Living Centers, Summit, NCILS, MILP, and LIFTT, are sponsoring a legislative day at the Capitol Building in Helena during the Legislative session on Thursday, January 20, 2011. The day's activities will include a morning workshop on [...]
Disability Rights Montana is arranging Election Day transportation to make sure Montana voters with disabilities and senior citizens can make their votes count. If you need a ride or can provide a ride, please call: Disability Rights Montana Election Hotline: (866) 790-VOTE (8683).
Summit is working with The Rural Institute and The Centers for Disease Control on a project designed to increase the awareness and knowledge of people with disabilities of the benefits of routine health screenings, and accessible health services available at Community Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics. The project will also provide CHC and RHC [...]
The Big news for the Summit Kalispell office is that we have MOVED. Our new address is 1203 Highway 2 West, #35. The telephone numbers remain the same. We are located in the old Gateway West Mall, which is now called the Gateway Community Center. Many other human services agencies are, or will be, located [...]
Summit Student Interns Thank you to Justyn Field, our summer intern from the U of M school of journalism. His writing ability and video interviews were a huge support to Summit as we prepared to put on four events in three days in July! His editorial about Youth and the ADA that was in the [...]
Here in Lake County since the big celebration in July of the ADA 20th anniversary, we have held a luncheon. The luncheon's purpose was to introduce Summit Independent Living Center to agencies and residents of the Flathead Indian Reservation. The luncheon was very well attended. Friday the 24th of September we hosted our first LEAD [...]