One of Summit’'s Sanders County Peers, Sandy Davis, was recently featured in an article in the Sanders County Ledger that acknowledged all of her contributions to the citizens of Sanders County. The article referred to Sandy as the honorary "Mayor of Noxon" and announced that she would be Grand Marshal of this year's Huckleberry Festival [...]
Fall is in the air, school is back in session, the upcoming holiday season is just around the corner, and we're gearing up for the 2011 legislative session! The summer passed quickly as we celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, participating in activities at the Bitterroot Glory Days, as well as [...]
There live a people who will never feel the sacrifices their forefathers made to fight for their freedom. They will never truly understand that only a short time ago their people were not citizens in the land of the free—they could be shipped off to an institution against their will, be arrested for going out [...]
The $600,000 roundabout at the intersection of Higgins, Hill and Beckwith was built with safety in mind. Cars could no longer be struck broadside in an accident. Vehicles would be moving more slowly. And drivers would be given the ability to look out for pedestrians and bicyclists. A 2005 Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness [...]
The Montana Medicaid for Workers with Disabilities (MMWD) program, one of the key achievements of the 2009 Legislature for individuals with disabilities, goes into effect July 1, 2010. The MMWD program is a new Medicaid eligibility category specifically designed for individuals with disabilities to go to or return to work or for those who are [...]
The Flathead Youth Opening Doors through Advocacy (YODA) group has been having so much fun in the past few months! We have gained 6 new members and hopefully there are more to come. We have a member that will be attending MYLF as a delegate this year. We helped with a Comedy/Karaoke party that was [...]
Forty-eight consumers, family and friends had a wonderful time at the Karaoke and Comedy Night party May 1st. We enjoyed having Mike Beers there to give us some laughs. We also had Flo and peer advocates, Leo, Marty and Carolyn give a performance as “The Monkees” which was very “tuneful.” Silliness was everywhere as people [...]
Summit and Montana’s three other Centers for Independent Living are teaming up once again with the Montana Disability and Health Program at the Rural Institute on Disabilities this summer to conduct accessibility reviews at all community and rural health clinics throughout the state of Montana. You may recall when the Center’s partnered with the MTDH Program [...]
Right now Summit is under a lucky star! Spring and Summer is so busy we can hardly tell when we are coming or going, but it’s been a blast! We hosted an ADAPT board member picnic on June 26th. What is ADAPT you ask? ADAPT is a national group of disability rights activists who have [...]
The peer advocates and members of the Bitterroot People First Action Club are very busy planning disability awareness activities in conjunction with Bitterroot Glory Days to be held July 2nd, 3rd, 4th at the Ravalli County Fairgrounds. They plan to participate in the parade on Friday and the activities on Saturday to celebrate the 20th [...]