A DAY WITHOUT ATTENDANTS

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For more information, contact: Nancy Crowther 512-808-7486, ncrowther21@gmail.com or David Wittie 512-577-8982, davidwittie@yahoo.com

 

 

A DAY WITHOUT COMMUNITY ATTENDANT SERVICES

 

ADAPT of Texas and the Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas, PACT, will hold a press conference at 1:45 pm in the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday February 19, 2019.

ADAPT and PACT will be addressing the impact of:

• The state’s neglect of the problem of a growing lack of community attendants,
• The wage rate for community attendants which is about half that of fast food workers, box packers and convenience store clerks,
• The complete lack of benefits for community attendants including NO sick leave or holidays,
• The state’s abject failure to address recruitment or retention of community attendants,
• The state’s near total disregard for the impact of this shortage on disabled people’s lives and health.