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Advocates stage protest at Ohio Statehouse

Advocates joined together and staged a day-long protest at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday, June 30. The group displayed protest signs and handed out literature to the public, informing people about advocates concerns with:

  • Ohio's increased funding of costly institutions/nursing homes while cutting more economical home and community-based supports and services, and
  • Ohio's funding of segregation of people with disabilities and the elderly that denies choice.

The group cited a study by the Scripps Gerontology Center that Ohio ranked 43rd in the country for its balance of home and community base care vs. nursing home care and if the budget bill passes in its current version, this could get worse. People with disabilities and the elderly would no longer have the choice between unnecessary institutionalization and living in the community.

Sue Hetrick and advocates from The Ability Center of Greater Toledo organized the protest.

Pictures from the protest at the Ohio Statehouse
June 30, 2009
Photo of a protester at the Ohio Statehouse holding a sign that says let us choose.

 Photo of a sign on the back of a wheelchair that says my life my choice.
Photo of a sign on the back of a wheelchair that says all Ohioans have the right to be productive, contributing, independent citizens and Ohio taxpayers have the right to responsible use of its public dollars.

 Photo of a sign on the back of a wheelchair that says 27,000 people are still waiting.
Photo of signs on the backs of two wheelchairs that say free our people and a nursing home is not a home.

 Photo of a sign on the back of a wheelchair that says a nursing home is not a home.
Photo of a group of protesters at the Ohio Statehouse.