Posted on February 15, 2023 by jack
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It’s always a good, no – make that a great idea – to plan ahead when doing most anything. My thought in this edition though is for building or buying a home when people with disabilities and the elderly are involved – especially with arthritis. What’s described below is not consistently true, but it’s a good rule to follow. In 1994 we decided to build a 1600 sq. ft. home. Being in a wheelchair for 23 years at that time, I knew very well what I wanted to include and what things to avoid. Obviously, stairs, steps and a wheelchair… Read More
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Posted on February 3, 2023 by jack
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The late Ewing W. Mays founded Mays Mission, a non-profit organization… …in order to give help, encouragement and guidance to the physically and mentally disabled.As a double amputee (he lost both of his legs during World War II), Ewing knew all to well the anguish and heartache of being disabled. He was only 25 years old when he lost his legs. For two years he lay in a hospital bed at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas undergoing one operation after another before being fitted for artificial legs. Not once did a person with a similar disability ever visit him…. Read More
Updated on September 2, 2021 by jack
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Labor Day, always the first Monday in September, also known as the “workingman’s day”, has many roots and origins as with any other national holiday. It introduces a yearly national tribute to the hard work that workers have made to the prosperity and involvements of our country. The severe depressive economic conditions of the late 1890’s caused layoffs and pay cuts to thousands of railroad workers. Workers walked off the job and protested and joined by mobs of non-union workers. President Cleveland called in 12,000 troops to end the dispute. Legislation was rushed through Congress and the bill arrived on… Read More
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Planning Ahead
Posted on February 15, 2023 by jack
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It’s always a good, no – make that a great idea – to plan ahead when doing most anything. My thought in this edition though is for building or buying a home when people with disabilities and the elderly are involved – especially with arthritis. What’s described below is not consistently true, but it’s a good rule to follow. In 1994 we decided to build a 1600 sq. ft. home. Being in a wheelchair for 23 years at that time, I knew very well what I wanted to include and what things to avoid. Obviously, stairs, steps and a wheelchair… Read More
Category: Programs Tags: accessibility, Advocate for the disabled, Disabilities, disability accessibility issues, disability advocate, disability rights, focus on ability not disability, helping the disabled, it's ability not disability that counts, Mays Mission, mays mission for the handicapped, the americans with disabilities act
Our founder’s mission and his dream
Posted on February 3, 2023 by jack
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The late Ewing W. Mays founded Mays Mission, a non-profit organization… …in order to give help, encouragement and guidance to the physically and mentally disabled.As a double amputee (he lost both of his legs during World War II), Ewing knew all to well the anguish and heartache of being disabled. He was only 25 years old when he lost his legs. For two years he lay in a hospital bed at McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas undergoing one operation after another before being fitted for artificial legs. Not once did a person with a similar disability ever visit him…. Read More
Category: Programs Tags: Advocate for the disabled, employ the disabled, Ewing W. Mays, focus on ability not disability, helping others, helping the disabled, hire the disabled, it's ability not disability that counts, mays mission for the handicapped, on the job training for the disabled
Labor Day
Updated on September 2, 2021 by jack
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Labor Day, always the first Monday in September, also known as the “workingman’s day”, has many roots and origins as with any other national holiday. It introduces a yearly national tribute to the hard work that workers have made to the prosperity and involvements of our country. The severe depressive economic conditions of the late 1890’s caused layoffs and pay cuts to thousands of railroad workers. Workers walked off the job and protested and joined by mobs of non-union workers. President Cleveland called in 12,000 troops to end the dispute. Legislation was rushed through Congress and the bill arrived on… Read More
Category: Programs Tags: careers for the disabled, focus on ability not disability, helping others, helping the disabled, hire the disabled, Labor Day, mays mission for the handicapped, on the job training, on the job training for the disabled