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Show 406 ties Act, the Olmstead Act, the Fan Housing Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It also provides professional legal advocacy in behalf of people with disabilities in the Voc Rehab programs under the Client Assistance Program. Each state's P&A operates using a different name. Go to <http://www.napas.org/index.htm> to find the one in your state. The second organization welcomes individuals with disabilities as active participants in the process of change. Though they are called "Independent Living Centers," no one lives there. Rather, their purpose is to increase the level of personal independence among people with disabilities through assistive technology, training, and advocating for better law at both the state and the national levels. It could be argued that modem disability law had its grassroots beginnings in the independent living movement. In addition to teaching, advocacy and support, most centers are also resource centers, knowledgeable as concerns area and statewide resources for all things disability-related. To find a center near you, go to <http://www.ncil.org>. There is much more written about stiff-man syndrome now than when I was first diagnosed. Much misinformation remains, but a simple Google search ofthe term will bring a few pages of at least semi-accurate information. (Stiff-man syndrome is also known as SMS, still-person syndrome, SPS, and Moersch-Woltman syndrome.) The most accurate information currently comes from several doctors at the National Institutes of Health and also from a few doctors at some of the most renown centers of medicine across the country. |