Download or read book Crafting a Life of Independence and Advocacy written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood and family; diagnosis of disability; care arrangements and assistance provided by Santa Clara First Baptist Church; school accommodations and discomfort of some teachers with disabled students; integration at school; hospitalization after pneumonia and report of physical neglect at home; placement in nursery; steps toward independent living; first apartment in Berkeley, 1982; Center for Independent Living provides attendants; politics of using undocumented and minority attendants; accessibility issues at Mills College; work with the University Students' Cooperative Association; 1991-94; benefits counselor at Center for Independent Living, 1995; SSI and SSDI issues, 1619 work incentive rule, drafting the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act, 1999; starting Express Independence benefits counseling, 2005.